55Persons registered to carry out former class of plumbing work or former class of specialised plumbing work 51

55 Persons registered to carry out former class of plumbing work or former class of specialised plumbing work 51

56 Persons provisionally registered to carry out former class of plumbing work or former class of specialised plumbing work 53

57 Persons who are eligible to be licensed or registered to carry out former class of plumbing work or former class of specialised plumbing work 55

Part 8A—Transitional provisions—Building and Plumbing Amendment (Solar Water Heaters and Other Matters) Regulations 2023 57

58 Requirements for solar water heaters installed on or after 1 May 2024 57

Schedule 1—Revocations 58

Schedule 2—Standards in relation to plumbing work 59

Schedule 3—Class of plumbing work required to carry out a class of specialised plumbing work 64

Schedule 4—Qualifications and experience requirements for licence or registration 65

Schedule 5—Fees 84

Schedule 6—Transitional provisions—classes and types of plumbing work 86

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Endnotes 88

1 General information 88

2 Table of Amendments 90

3 Explanatory details 91

Version No. 009

Plumbing Regulations 2018

S.R. No. 149/2018

Version incorporating amendments as at

Part 1—Preliminary

Division 1—Introduction

1 Objectives

The main objectives of these Regulations are—

(a) to specify work that is plumbing work to which Part 12A of the Building Act 1993 applies, and to specify classes of plumbing work and classes of specialised plumbing work for the purposes of that Part; and

(b) to specify the qualifications and experience required for a person to be able to be licensed or registered to carry out plumbing work; and

(c) to incorporate the Plumbing Code of Australia and to prescribe standards and other requirements that a licensed or registered plumber must comply with when carrying out plumbing work; and

(d) to specify fees for the purposes of Part 12A of the Building Act 1993; and

(e) to provide for other matters for the purposes of Part 12A of the Building Act 1993.