35Start-work notifications for permit plumbing work

35 Start-work notifications for permit plumbing work

(1)  The responsible person for permit plumbing work must notify the relevant permit authority, in an approved form and no later than the specified period before the work commences, that the work is to commence.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2)  A permit authority who receives a notification under subregulation (1) may notify the responsible person for the permit plumbing work in writing that the permit work is not to commence because the permit authority is not satisfied that all the necessary requirements of the Act have been met in respect of the permit plumbing work.

(3)  A notification under subregulation (2)  –

(a) may only be made within the specified period before the work commences referred to in subregulation (1) ; and

(b) is to be in an approved form; and

(c) is to specify the steps that need to be taken before the notification is to be withdrawn and the permit plumbing work may commence.

(4)  A person must not perform permit plumbing work that is the subject of a notification under subregulation (2) until the notification has been withdrawn in respect of the work.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(5)  The relevant permit authority may withdraw a notification under subregulation (2) if satisfied that all the necessary requirements of the Act have been met in respect of the permit plumbing work.

(6)  For the purposes of the Act, permit plumbing work that is the subject of a notification under subregulation (2) and is performed while the notification is in force is not performed in accordance with the Act.