Occupational Licensing (Plumbing Work) Regulations 2021
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4 Prescribed work
(1) For the purposes of the definition of prescribed work in section 3(1) of the Act, the following work is determined to be prescribed work, unless exempted under section 99(1)(b) of the Act:
(a) work carried out on, or as part of, the design, construction, installation, replacement, repair, alteration, maintenance, servicing, testing, commissioning, decommissioning or removal of any part of the following plumbing installations or systems:
(i) sanitary;
(ii) water;
(iii) drainage;
(iv) roof (stormwater);
(v) mechanical services;
(vi) refrigerated air conditioning;
(b) plumbing work carried out in or on an unregistrable relocatable building within the meaning of the Building Act 2016 .
(2) Despite subregulation (1) , the following work is not prescribed work:
(a) any work carried out in relation to a supply or discharge reticulation system or a treatment plant or any equipment, appliance, fixture or system associated with that system or plant (other than any equipment, appliance, fixture or system used mainly for administrative, domestic, fire protection or ablution purposes) owned by, or exclusively vested in –
(i) the holder of a water licence or a sewerage licence under the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 ; or
(ii) a council when the work is for stormwater drainage system purposes;
(b) the opening or closing of inspection opening caps and covers in sewage, stormwater and waste pipes;
(c) the connection, for water use, of hoses to taps for the purpose of –