Western Australian Current Regulations

PLUMBERS LICENSING AND PLUMBING STANDARDS REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 45B

45B .         Certificate of compliance for performance solution

        (1)         When plumbing work that includes a performance solution is completed, the licensed plumbing contractor responsible for the work must, within 5 working days after the day on which the work is completed —

            (a)         give the Board a certificate of compliance for the work; and

            (b)         give a copy of the certificate to —

                  (i)         if the work relates to building work carried out under a building permit — the person named as the builder on the building permit; or

                  (ii)         otherwise — the owner or occupier of the place where the work was carried out;

                and

            (c)         give a copy of the certificate to the local government in whose district the work was carried out if the work is drainage plumbing work and the drainage plumbing is not, and is not intended to be, connected to a sewer.

        Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $5 000.

        (2)         The certificate must certify that —

            (a)         the plumbing that is the result of the work (the principal plumbing ), and any other plumbing that the certificate must cover because of subregulation (4), complies with the plumbing standards; and

            (b)         existing plumbing that any of the plumbing referred to in paragraph (a) relies upon for its safe and effective operation is safe and in proper working order.

        (3)         The certificate must be in the approved form.

        (4)         The certificate must cover the plumbing of a previous contractor if —

            (a)         the principal plumbing includes or relies upon plumbing that is the result of plumbing work for which another licensed plumbing contractor (the previous contractor ) is responsible; and

            (b)         the plumbing work of the previous contractor was not completed by the previous contractor; and

            (c)         a certificate of compliance for the plumbing work of the previous contractor has not been given; and

            (d)         the plumbing of the previous contractor is essential to the safe and effective operation of the principal plumbing.

        (5)         A licensed plumbing contractor who has given a certificate of compliance must keep a copy of the certificate at the contractor’s principal place of business for at least 6 years after giving the certificate.

        Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $3 000.

        [Regulation 45B inserted: Gazette 24 Apr 2015 p. 1497‑8; amended: Gazette 29 Apr 2016 p. 1345; 13 Dec 2016 p. 5626‑7; SL 2024/12 r. 23.]