Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) This section applies if a plumbing inspector is of the opinion that any plumbing work that has been carried out on any land or in any building—
(a) contravenes any plumbing laws or would contravene any plumbing laws if it were to be used; and
(b) is an immediate danger to the life, safety or health of any person or poses an immediate risk of significant damage to any property.
(2) The plumbing inspector may issue a written order requiring that the owner or occupier of the land or building, within a specified time or times—
(a) rectify the plumbing work so that the danger or risk is removed; or
(b) modify the plumbing work so that the danger or risk is removed; or
(c) ensure that everyone on the land or in the building is evacuated from the land or building; or
(d) ensure that specified people or classes of people on the land or in the building are evacuated from the land or building.
(3) The plumbing inspector may also, in an emergency plumbing order, prohibit the occupation or use of the land or building for a specified period of up to 48 hours.
(4) The order must contain a copy of sections 221ZZG and 221ZZJ.
S. 221ZZF(5) amended by Nos 75/1998 s. 5(b), 34/2013 s. 34(Sch. 1 item 78).
(5) The Authority has no power to cancel an order made under this section.
S. 221ZZF(6) inserted by No. 99/1997 s. 121(9).
(6) If the order relates to gasfitting work, the plumbing inspector must give a copy of the order to the relevant gas distribution company.
S. 221ZZG inserted by No. 39/1996 s. 5.