Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subsection (2) applies for regulated work or on-site sewerage work—
(a) to be carried out in an area prescribed under a regulation as a remote area; and
(b) the local government has, by resolution, declared it is satisfied that in the absence of assessment of the work at the stages prescribed under a regulation by an inspector will not adversely affect public health or safety.
(2) A request for compliance assessment of the work must be—
(a) in the approved form; and
(b) made to the local government; and
(c) accompanied by the fee fixed by resolution of the local government.
(3) After the work has been completed the local government—
(a) must be given a notice stating that the work complies with the requirements of the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation; and
(b) may ask the person who made the request to provide a plan of the completed work.
(4) The request must be decided within 3 business days—
(a) if the local government has not requested a plan of the work—after receiving the notice; or
(b) if the local government has requested a plan of the work—after receiving the plan.
(5) The local government must in deciding the request—
(a) give the person making the request a compliance certificate; or
(b) refuse to give a compliance certificate.
(6) If the local government gives a compliance certificate, the local government must also give a copy of the certificate to the owner of the premises to which the certificate relates.
(7) If the local government does not decide the request within the time stated in subsection (4), the request is taken to have been refused.
(8) If the local government refuses to give a compliance certificate, the local government must give the person who made the request an information notice about the decision.
Note—
For appeals against the decision, see the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, chapter 7, part 2, divisions 6, 8 and 9.
(9) If a local government makes a resolution for subsection (1), the local government must—
(a) give a copy of the resolution to the chief executive; and
(b) ensure a copy of the resolution is available for inspection at the local government's public office under the Local Government Act 2009.