Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 72

72 Temperature control devices

(1) Unless authorised under this Act or another Act, a person must not—

(a) remove a temperature control device installed at premises; or

(b) do anything to a temperature control device installed at premises that makes the device inoperable.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—250 penalty units.

(2) In this section—

"temperature control device" means—

(a) a mixing valve that automatically controls the temperature from a mixed water outlet to a preselected temperature using a thermostatic element or sensor; or

(b) a mixing valve that is temperature activated and used to control a hot water supply with cold water to deliver hot water at a lower temperature at 1 or more outlet fixtures; or

(c) another device installed to deliver hot water at a lower temperature at 1 or more outlet fixtures.