10Additional requirements for proposed performance solutions

10 Additional requirements for proposed performance solutions

10 Additional requirements for proposed performance solutions

(1) This clause applies to plumbing and drainage work that involves a proposed performance solution.

(2) The responsible person for plumbing and drainage work to which this clause applies must give the following documents and information to the plumbing regulator at the same time as the person gives to the plumbing regulator the relevant notice of work under section 9 of the Act—

(a) written confirmation from the person for whom the work is to be carried out indicating that the person is aware that a performance solution is proposed to be used,

(b) in the case of plumbing and drainage work in respect of an installation that connects directly or indirectly with a network utility operator’s water supply system or network utility operator’s wastewater or sewerage system, a copy of the consent in writing of the network utility operator to the use of the performance solution,

(c) evidence of the suitability of the proposed performance solution in accordance with the Plumbing Code of Australia, A2G2.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) A person who contracts with another person for that other person to carry out plumbing and drainage work to which this clause applies in relation to premises, and who is not the owner of the premises, must, within 5 business days after giving the written confirmation referred to in subclause (2) (a) to the responsible person concerned, give a copy of the written confirmation to the owner of the premises or the owner’s agent.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) The plumbing regulator may, not later than 15 business days after receiving a notice of work under section 9 of the Act in relation to plumbing and drainage work to which this clause applies, give the responsible person for the work a notice in writing requiring the responsible person to provide such of the following documents and information to the plumbing regulator as the plumbing regulator specifies in the notice within the time specified in the notice—

(a) expert assessments of a type specified in the notice in relation to the proposed performance solution,

(b) information of a type specified in the notice in relation to the qualifications of experts whose advice on the proposed performance solution was relied on by the responsible person,