Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019
sec.78Criteria for giving action notice for work
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sec.78 Criteria for giving action notice for work
An inspector may give an action notice to the responsible person for the work (the relevant work ) carried out under the permit if— the inspector has inspected the relevant work and is not satisfied the work is compliant; or the work has been covered before the inspector has inspected it the inspector requires further information about whether or not a thing that is part of the work is a thing to which section 65 (1) (a) to (f) of the Act applies the inspector has inspected the relevant work and considers there is a substantial inconsistency between the work and the permit or an approved plan for the work; or The local government dealt with the application for the permit as a fast-track application and the inspector considers the relevant work includes permit work that is not fast-track permit work. the inspector has, under section 76 (1) (c) , required the responsible person to ensure a competent person tests or commissions plumbing or drainage resulting from, or affected by, the relevant work and either of the following applies— the inspector considers the responsible person has contravened section 77 (4) ; the testing or commissioning report prepared by the competent person states that the work, or part of the work, does not comply with the code requirements for the work. (sec.78-ssec) An inspector may give an action notice to the responsible person for the work (the relevant work ) carried out under the permit if— the inspector has inspected the relevant work and is not satisfied the work is compliant; or the work has been covered before the inspector has inspected it the inspector requires further information about whether or not a thing that is part of the work is a thing to which section 65 (1) (a) to (f) of the Act applies the inspector has inspected the relevant work and considers there is a substantial inconsistency between the work and the permit or an approved plan for the work; or The local government dealt with the application for the permit as a fast-track application and the inspector considers the relevant work includes permit work that is not fast-track permit work. the inspector has, under section 76 (1) (c) , required the responsible person to ensure a competent person tests or commissions plumbing or drainage resulting from, or affected by, the relevant work and either of the following applies— the inspector considers the responsible person has contravened section 77 (4) ; the testing or commissioning report prepared by the competent person states that the work, or part of the work, does not comply with the code requirements for the work.
- (a) the inspector has inspected the relevant work and is not satisfied the work is compliant; or Examples of reasons an inspector may not be satisfied work is compliant— • the work has been covered before the inspector has inspected it • the inspector requires further information about whether or not a thing that is part of the work is a thing to which section 65 (1) (a) to (f) of the Act applies