Building Act 2016
166Additional application requirements for alternative performance solutions
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166 Additional application requirements for alternative performance solutions
If an application under section 165 relates to permit plumbing work that involves a proposed performance solution under the National Construction Code, the applicant must include, as part of the application, the following information in addition to the requirements of that section:
(a) a letter from the owner of the premises where the proposed permit plumbing work is to be performed stating that the owner is aware that the proposed work includes a performance solution;
(b) evidence of the suitability of the proposed performance solution in accordance with Part A2.2 of the Plumbing Code of Australia in Volume 3 of the National Construction Code;
(c) if the proposed performance solution involves plumbing work on an installation that connects directly or indirectly to a water supply system, a waste-water system, an onsite waste-water management system or a sewerage system, a copy of the written consent, from the owner of the system, to the use of the performance solution.