Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 143

143 When enforcement notice may be given

(1) A local government may give a notice to a person who carried out plumbing or drainage work requiring the person to take stated action if the local government reasonably believes the work does not comply with this Act, including, for example, by not complying with the code requirements for the work.

(2) A local government may give a notice to the owner of premises requiring the owner to take stated action if the local government reasonably believes—

(a) plumbing or drainage on the premises—

(i) is in a condition, or functions in a way, that constitutes a danger or health risk to occupiers of the premises or the public; or

(ii) is defective and should be altered, repaired or replaced; or

(iii) can not deal with the sewage or greywater produced on the premises; or

(iv) is in a condition that unreasonably interferes, or is likely to unreasonably interfere, with the use or enjoyment of other premises; or

(v) for plumbing or drainage the subject of permit work—was installed without, or not in compliance with, a permit; or

(b) the premises are not in a sewered area and the absence of an on-site sewage facility on the premises constitutes a danger or health risk to occupiers of the premises or the public; or

(c) the owner has contravened, or is contravening, part 3 , division 3 , 4 or 5 .

(3) A local government may give the owner of premises a notice requiring the owner to take stated action if the local government reasonably believes plumbing on the premises has polluted or could be polluting—

(a) the water supply in the premises; or

(b) a water service provider’s water service.

(4) A notice given under this section is an
"enforcement notice" .