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Plumbing and Drainage Act 2011
17Obligation to prevent threats to public health or safety
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17 Obligation to prevent threats to public health or safety
17 Obligation to prevent threats to public health or safety
(1) The owner or occupier of land who has control of a plumbing installation or a sanitary drainage system must take all reasonable steps to ensure the plumbing installation or sanitary drainage system does not threaten public health or safety.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units in the case of an individual or 200 penalty units in the case of a corporation.
(2) This section applies only to a plumbing installation or sanitary drainage system the construction of which would constitute plumbing and drainage work.