Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 157

157 Regulation-making power

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

(2) A regulation may—

(a) fix the fees payable under this Act and the way, time, place, and the person by and to whom the fees must be paid; or

(b) provide for a maximum penalty of not more than 20 penalty units for a contravention of a regulation; or

(c) provide for matters relating to the licensing of plumbers or drainers; or

(d) provide for matters relating to plumbing or drainage work; or

(e) provide for permits for permit work or notifiable work; or

(f) provide for the inspection of permit work and notifiable work and the giving of action notices, inspection certificates or final inspection certificates for the work; or

(g) provide for administrative matters, including the requirement for a person to give a notice to an entity, in relation to plumbing or drainage work; or

(h) require the maintenance, testing and inspection of particular plumbing or drainage work; or

(i) provide for approvals for—

(i) on-site sewage treatment plants; or

(ii) greywater treatment plants; or

(j) provide requirements about reporting on servicing on-site sewage facilities, greywater use facilities or greywater treatment plants; or

(k) provide for circumstances when a local government is not required to inspect particular plumbing or drainage work, and for the giving of notices about the work; or

(l) require a person to carry out plumbing or drainage work on premises to comply with a requirement of this Act, and to provide for payment of the costs of carrying out the work; or

(m) provide for a local government to recover costs from the owner of premises for costs incurred by the local government carrying out plumbing or drainage work on the premises; or

(n) provide for the registers the commissioner or a local government must keep and the information that must or may be included in each register.