Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not do any of the following unless authorised under this or another Act—
(a) remove a hot water control device installed on premises;
(b) do anything to a hot water control device installed on premises that renders it inoperable.
Maximum penalty—165 penalty units.
(2) In this section—
hot water control device means—
(a) a mixing valve in which the temperature from the mixed water outlet is automatically controlled by a thermostatic element or sensor to a preselected temperature; or
(b) a mixing valve that is temperature actuated and is used to temper a hot water supply with cold water to provide hot water at a lower temperature at 1 or more outlet fixtures; or
(c) any other device installed to deliver hot water at a lower temperature at 1 or more outlet fixtures.