Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019
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sch.6-sec.6 Documents supporting a performance solution
This section applies to an application if, for the application, a performance solution is proposed to be used to comply with a performance requirement of— the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code; or the Plumbing Code of Australia. The application must be accompanied by— a document stating— each performance requirement the performance solution is intended to satisfy; and details of the performance solution, including, for example, how the performance solution differs from the deemed-to-satisfy solution for the performance requirement; and how the performance solution will satisfy the performance requirement; and details of the test results and other information relied on to develop the performance solution; and any document certifying technical details or drawings for the performance solution provided by a competent person for developing the performance solution. In this section— competent person , for developing a performance solution, means any of the following persons— a person who holds a licence under the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 under which the person is qualified to develop the solution; a registered professional engineer for an area of engineering relevant to developing the solution; another person the local government deciding the application considers is competent to develop the solution. (sch.6-sec.6-ssec.1) This section applies to an application if, for the application, a performance solution is proposed to be used to comply with a performance requirement of— the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code; or the Plumbing Code of Australia. (sch.6-sec.6-ssec.2) The application must be accompanied by— a document stating— each performance requirement the performance solution is intended to satisfy; and details of the performance solution, including, for example, how the performance solution differs from the deemed-to-satisfy solution for the performance requirement; and how the performance solution will satisfy the performance requirement; and details of the test results and other information relied on to develop the performance solution; and any document certifying technical details or drawings for the performance solution provided by a competent person for developing the performance solution. (sch.6-sec.6-ssec.3) In this section— competent person , for developing a performance solution, means any of the following persons— a person who holds a licence under the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 under which the person is qualified to develop the solution; a registered professional engineer for an area of engineering relevant to developing the solution; another person the local government deciding the application considers is competent to develop the solution.
- (a) the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code; or
- (b) the Plumbing Code of Australia.