Queensland Consolidated Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2002 - SECT 143

(1) A local government must keep a copy of each of the following documents (each a compliance document) until the designated period for the document ends—

(a) each compliance permit it gives, and the plan and any other document relating to the permit;

(b) each compliance certificate it gives, and the plan of assessed work relating to the certificate.

(2) The local government must, until the designated period for a compliance document ends—

(a) ensure a copy of the document is available for inspection at the local government's public office under the Local Government Act 2009; and

(b) make a copy available for purchase at its public office at a price not more than the cost to the local government of producing the copy and, if a copy is supplied to a purchaser by post, the cost of postage.

(3) A person employed by the local government who has charge of compliance documents must not obstruct or hinder the inspection or copying of a document under subsection (2).

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

designated period, for a compliance document, means—

(a) if the document relates to a class 2 to 9 building under the Building Code of Australia, until the building is demolished or removed; or

(b) if the document relates to a class 1 or 10 building under the Building Code of Australia, the earlier of the following to happen—

(i) the building's demolition or removal;

(ii) if the document is, or relates to, a compliance permit—10 years from when the permit was given;

(iii) if the document is, or relates to, a compliance certificate—10 years from when the certificate was given.