Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018
sec.65Installing things as part of plumbing or drainage work
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sec.65 Installing things as part of plumbing or drainage work
A person must not install, as part of plumbing or drainage work, a thing unless the thing is— a WaterMark product that— complies with the code requirements for plumbing or drainage work; and is not a prohibited WaterMark product; or if the thing is all or part of a secondary on-site sewage treatment plant—a thing for which a treatment plant approval has been granted; or if the thing is all or part of an on-site sewage treatment plant other than a secondary on-site sewage treatment plant—a thing that complies with the code requirements for plumbing or drainage work; or septic tank an environmentally relevant on-site sewage facility; or if the thing is all or part of a greywater treatment plant— a thing for which a treatment plant approval has been granted; or a thing used to treat greywater for a use prescribed under section 79 (5) (b) ; or a thing prescribed by regulation as a thing that is approved for installation as plumbing or drainage. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. In this section— secondary on-site sewage treatment plant means an on-site sewage treatment plant that produces effluent of a quality equal to or higher than secondary quality effluent. secondary quality effluent see the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code. s 65 amd 2022 No. 11 s 43 (sec.65-ssec.1) A person must not install, as part of plumbing or drainage work, a thing unless the thing is— a WaterMark product that— complies with the code requirements for plumbing or drainage work; and is not a prohibited WaterMark product; or if the thing is all or part of a secondary on-site sewage treatment plant—a thing for which a treatment plant approval has been granted; or if the thing is all or part of an on-site sewage treatment plant other than a secondary on-site sewage treatment plant—a thing that complies with the code requirements for plumbing or drainage work; or septic tank an environmentally relevant on-site sewage facility; or if the thing is all or part of a greywater treatment plant— a thing for which a treatment plant approval has been granted; or a thing used to treat greywater for a use prescribed under section 79 (5) (b) ; or a thing prescribed by regulation as a thing that is approved for installation as plumbing or drainage. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.65-ssec.2) In this section— secondary on-site sewage treatment plant means an on-site sewage treatment plant that produces effluent of a quality equal to or higher than secondary quality effluent. secondary quality effluent see the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code.
- (a) a WaterMark product that— (i) complies with the code requirements for plumbing or drainage work; and (ii) is not a prohibited WaterMark product; or
- (i) complies with the code requirements for plumbing or drainage work; and
- (ii) is not a prohibited WaterMark product; or