LEGISLATION
CHANGES TO PLUMBING LEGISLATION – 1 JULY 2019 COMMENCEMENT
The Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018 was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 11 September 2018.
The Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019 was approved by the Governor in Council on 4 April 2019.
The new Act will commence on 1 July 2019, along with the new Regulation and new Queensland Plumbing Wastewater Code.
This has been an extensive consultation and we would like to thank everyone who has had their say.
Fact sheets
We have developed fact sheets to help industry and the community prepare for these changes to the plumbing laws.
Webinar
Watch our webinar to understand the new plumbing and drainage laws starting 1 July 2019.
Read the video transcript (Word Document)
Forms
These forms and templates have been created for use with respect to plumbing and drainage assessment process under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018. They will be uploaded to the Department’s website in the near future.
- Form 1 - Permit work application for plumbing drainage and onsite sewerage work
- Form 2 - Application to amend a permit including an extension of time
- Form 3 - Covered work declaration
- Form 5 - A testing or commissioning report
- Form 6 - Remote area compliance notice
- Form 7 - Notification of responsible person
- Form 8 - An on-site sewerage work declaration
- Form 9 - Report Inspection And Testing Of Backflow Prevention Devices
- Form 10 - Application for a treatment plant approval
- Form 11 - Service Report treatment plant
- Form 12 - Compliance Statement for specialised work
- Form 14 - Notice of compliance
- Form 17 - Permit or amended permit
- Form 18A - Inspection certificate
- Form 18B - Inspection certificate - fit for use
- Form 19 -Final inspection certificate
- Template - Action notice for notifible work not under permit (incl info notice reqts)
- Template - Action notice for work under permit (incl info notice reqts)
- Template - Decision notice
- Template - Enforcement-notice-licensee
- Template - Enforcement-notice-owner
- Template - Information notice_permit issued with conditions
- Template - Information notice_refusal of permit
- Template - Show-cause-notice-licensee
More information
Should you wish to discuss these changes further, please contact Simone Boughen simone.boughen@hpw.qld.gov.au
