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#### 9 Plumbing and drainage work must be pre-notified to plumbing regulator
9 Plumbing and drainage work must be pre-notified to plumbing regulator
> > (1) The responsible person for plumbing and drainage work must ensure that no plumbing and drainage work is carried out by, or under the supervision of, the responsible person unless—
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> > > (a) the responsible person has given the plumbing regulator a notice of work in accordance with this section, and
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> > > (b) the work carried out corresponds to the specifications in the notice of work.
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
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> > (2) A notice of work is a notice in an approved form that specifies the work to be carried out and the responsible person for the work.
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> > (3) The notice of work must be given to the plumbing regulator—
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> > > (a) in relation to plumbing and drainage work that involves a proposed performance solution—no later than 20 business days before the work is carried out, and
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> > > (b) in any other case—before—
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> > > > (i) the work is carried out, and
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> > > > (ii) any notice under section 13 is given in relation to the work.
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> > (4) Work carried out corresponds to the specifications in a notice of work only if—
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> > > (a) the work is the same as or not materially different from the work as specified in the notice of work, and
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> > > (b) the work is carried out by or under the supervision of the responsible person specified in the notice of work.
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> > Note—
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> > Accordingly, if a notice of work is given to the plumbing regulator and the work proposed to be carried out is materially different from the work notified, or the responsible person for the work changes, the plumbing regulator must be given a further notice of work with the new specifications before that work is carried out.
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> > (5) Work notified in accordance with this section is work that has been pre-notified.
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> **s 9:** Am 2018 No 43, Sch 2.2 \[3\].