sec.145Use of enforcement notice

sec.145 Use of enforcement notice

Without limiting what may be required to be done under an enforcement notice, an enforcement notice may require a person to— apply for a permit; or take, or not take, stated action to ensure plumbing or drainage work complies with this Act or a permit; or alter, repair or replace plumbing or drainage; or for an enforcement notice about plumbing polluting the water supply in premises or a water service provider’s water service— install a backflow prevention device; or register a backflow prevention device that is required to be registered under a regulation; or have a backflow prevention device inspected, tested and, if necessary, repaired or replaced by a person who holds a licence for the work. An enforcement notice may require all or part of the plumbing or drainage resulting from plumbing or drainage work to be removed if the local government reasonably believes it is not possible or practical to take steps— to make the plumbing or drainage resulting from plumbing or drainage work comply with the code requirements, a permit, or any conditions of the permit, for the plumbing or drainage work; or if the plumbing or drainage is a danger to persons or a risk to public health—to remove the danger or risk. An enforcement notice that requires plumbing or drainage work on premises to stop being carried out may be given by fixing the notice to the premises in a way that a person entering the premises would normally see the notice. (sec.145-ssec.1) Without limiting what may be required to be done under an enforcement notice, an enforcement notice may require a person to— apply for a permit; or take, or not take, stated action to ensure plumbing or drainage work complies with this Act or a permit; or alter, repair or replace plumbing or drainage; or for an enforcement notice about plumbing polluting the water supply in premises or a water service provider’s water service— install a backflow prevention device; or register a backflow prevention device that is required to be registered under a regulation; or have a backflow prevention device inspected, tested and, if necessary, repaired or replaced by a person who holds a licence for the work. (sec.145-ssec.2) An enforcement notice may require all or part of the plumbing or drainage resulting from plumbing or drainage work to be removed if the local government reasonably believes it is not possible or practical to take steps— to make the plumbing or drainage resulting from plumbing or drainage work comply with the code requirements, a permit, or any conditions of the permit, for the plumbing or drainage work; or if the plumbing or drainage is a danger to persons or a risk to public health—to remove the danger or risk. (sec.145-ssec.3) An enforcement notice that requires plumbing or drainage work on premises to stop being carried out may be given by fixing the notice to the premises in a way that a person entering the premises would normally see the notice.