Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsapparatus, for supplying water to premises, includes a water meter.
appropriately qualified, for a person to whom a power under this Act may be delegated, includes having the qualifications or experience appropriate to exercise the power.
approved form means a form approved by the chief executive under section 141.
AS/NZS 1546 means AS/NZS 1546.1:1998, On-site domestic wastewater treatment units—Part 1: Septic tanks, as in force from time to time.
backflow prevention device means a device to prevent the reverse flow of water from a potentially polluted source into a potable water supply system.
building and development dispute resolution committee means a building and development dispute resolution committee established under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009.
Building Code of Australia means the means the edition, current at the relevant time, of the Building Code of Australia published by the body known as the Australian Building Codes Board and includes the edition as amended from time to time by amendments published by the body.
chairperson means the chairperson of the council appointed under section 11(1).
chief executive approval see section 91(1).
common effluent drainage means a sewerage system for carrying effluent from premises after treatment in an on-site sewerage facility for the premises.
compliance assessment means assessment under part 4.
compliance certificate see section 79.
compliance permit see section 78.
compliance request see section 85(1).
council means the Plumbing Industry Council established under section 5.
deputy chairperson means the deputy chairperson of the council appointed under section 11(1).
deputy member means a deputy member appointed under section 10.
development approval means a development approval under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009.
distributor-retailer means a distributor-retailer established under the SEQ Water Act, section 8.
drainage means—
(a) an apparatus, fitting or pipe, either above or below ground level, that carries—
(i) sewage to a sewer, or to, within or from an on-site sewerage facility; or
Examples—
a pipe carrying effluent to an on-site sewage treatment plant on premises
a pipe carrying treated effluent from an on-site sewage treatment plant off the premises on which the plant is installed to a system of common effluent drainage or a holding tank for collection
(ii) greywater from a greywater treatment plant or greywater diversion device; or
(b) an on-site sewage treatment plant.
drainage work includes installing, changing, extending, disconnecting, taking away and maintaining drainage.
dry-vault toilet means a system of disposing of waste discharged from a human body, incorporating a chamber that—
(a) receives and treats the waste; and
(b) uses a biological degradation or dehydration process to treat the waste; and
(c) does not use water other than water for cleaning or to assist the biological degradation process.
enforcement notice means a notice given under section 116 or 117.
environmentally relevant on-site sewerage facility—
1 An environmentally relevant on-site sewerage facility is a facility described in paragraph 2 that consists of, or includes, a sewage treatment plant the operation of which is an environmentally relevant activity under the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
2 For paragraph 1, the facility is a facility installed on premises for treating, on the premises, sewage generated on the premises, and disposing of the resulting effluent—
(a) on part of the premises (commonly called a 'land application area'); or
(b) off the premises by common effluent drainage or by collection from a tank on the premises.
EPA design rules means the design rules under the Environmental Protection (Waste Management) Regulation 2000, section 67 and schedule 8.
foreign licensing authority means—
(a) an interstate or the New Zealand licensing authority; or
(b) an entity established under a law applying in a foreign country, other than New Zealand, having functions similar to the council's functions.
greywater means wastewater from a bath, basin, kitchen, laundry or shower, whether or not the wastewater is contaminated with human waste.
greywater application area means an area in which greywater is disposed of by subsurface or surface irrigation.
greywater diversion device—
1 A greywater diversion device is a device that consists of—
(a) a diversion device with the characteristics mentioned in paragraph 2; and
(b) a filtering system that uses a coarse filter to remove solids from greywater.
2 For paragraph 1, the characteristics are that the device—
(a) directs and diverts greywater to sanitary drainage or a greywater application area; and
(b) automatically diverts greywater from the facility to sanitary drainage if the facility does not work properly or at all; and
(c) allows the manual diversion of greywater from the facility to sanitary drainage.
greywater treatment plant means a treatment plant installed on premises for treating, on the premises greywater generated on the premises.
greywater use facility means a facility that consists of—
(a) a greywater diversion device and a greywater application area; or
(b) a greywater treatment plant and a greywater application area; or
(c) a greywater treatment plant.
information notice means—
(a) for a decision of the council under part 3, a notice complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the decision, and stating the following—
(i) if the decision is that a person be licensed on conditions—the review period applying to the conditions;
(ii) if the decision is that a licence be renewed or restored—the review period applying to the conditions;
(iii) if the decision is that the conditions imposed on a licence be confirmed—the review period applying to the confirmed conditions;
(iv) if the decision is that the conditions imposed on a licence be changed—
(A) the review period applying to the changed conditions; and
(B) a direction to the licensee to return the licence to the council within 10 business days after receiving the information notice; or
(b) for a decision of the chief executive or a local government, under part 4 or 5, a notice stating the following—
(i) the decision;
(ii) the reasons for the decision;
(iii) that the person to whom the notice is given may appeal against the decision to a building and development dispute resolution committee within 20 business days;
(iv) how the person may appeal against the decision.
inspector means a person appointed under section 107 as an inspector for this Act.
interstate or New Zealand licence means a licence that is granted by an interstate or the New Zealand licensing authority.
interstate or the New Zealand licensing authority means an entity established under the law of another State or New Zealand having functions similar to the council's functions.
investigator means a person appointed under section 33A as an investigator.
kitchen greywater means greywater from any of the following parts of a domestic dwelling—
(a) a kitchen;
(b) another part that regularly produces significant amounts of greywater contaminated with grease or oil.
licence means a licence in force under part 3.
licensed person, for work, means a person who holds a licence that entitles the person to perform the work.
local government, in relation to work performed or to be performed, a facility or premises, means the local government that, under section 89, administers the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation for the area in which the work is performed, or to be performed, or the facility or premises is located.
member means a member of the council.
minor work means plumbing or drainage work prescribed under the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation as minor work.
occupier, of premises, includes a person who reasonably appears to be the occupier of, or in charge of, the premises.
on-site sewage treatment plant is a sewage treatment plant installed or to be installed on premises as part of an on-site sewerage facility for the premises.
on-site sewerage facility—
1 An on-site sewerage facility is a facility, other than an environmentally relevant on-site sewerage facility, installed on premises for—
(a) treating, on the premises, sewage generated on the premises, and disposing of the resulting effluent—
(i) on part of the premises (commonly called a 'land application area'); or
(ii) off the premises by common effluent drainage or by collection from a tank on the premises; or
(iii) by using the effluent for the discharge of a toilet or for surface or subsurface irrigation, if the facility is installed only for testing purposes; or
(b) storing on the premises sewage generated on the premises for its subsequent disposal off the premises by collection from the premises.
2 A chemical, composting or incinerating toilet is also an on-site sewerage facility.
3 On-site sewerage facility does not include a dry-vault toilet that is not a chemical, composting or incinerating toilet.
on-site sewerage work means building, installing or changing an on-site sewerage facility, including, for example, building, installing or changing an on-site sewerage facility for testing purposes.
operate, plumbing or drainage or an on-site sewerage facility, includes maintain the plumbing or drainage or facility.
original decision see section 129(1).
owner means—
(a) for premises comprising a building or structure—the owner of the building or structure within the meaning of the Building Act 1975; or
(b) for other premises—the person for the time being entitled to receive the rent for the premises or who would be entitled to receive the rent for the premises if the premises were let to a tenant for rent.
participating local government, for a distributor-retailer, means a participating local government under the SEQ Water Act for the distributor-retailer.
plan includes any supporting documentation for the plan.
plumbing means—
(a) for water—an apparatus, fitting or pipe for supplying water to premises from a service provider's infrastructure or a water storage tank and for carrying water within premises; or
(b) for sewage—an apparatus, fitting, fixture or pipe, above ground level, that carries sewage on premises to drainage; or
(c) a greywater treatment plant or greywater diversion device.
plumbing code authorisation and certification means product authorisation and certification under the document in force from time to time called 'Plumbing Code of Australia', produced for all State governments by the National Plumbing Regulators Forum.
Editor's note—
A copy of the most recent version of the code at any time may be inspected free of charge during office hours on business days at the department's office at 41 George Street, Brisbane.
For product authorisation and certification, see the code, parts A2 (Acceptance of design and construction) and G1 (Certification and authorisation).
plumbing work includes installing, changing, extending, disconnecting, taking away and maintaining plumbing.
premises means—
(a) a building or other structure; or
(b) land (whether or not a building or other structure is situated on the land).
prohibited substance means—
(a) a solid or viscous substance in a quantity, or of a size, that can obstruct, or interfere with the operation of, an on-site sewerage facility; or
Examples for paragraph (a)—
ash, cinders, sand, mud, straw and shavings
metal, glass and plastics
paper and plastic dishes, cups and milk containers
rags, feathers, tar and wood
whole blood, paunch manure, hair and entrails
oil and grease
cement laden waste water, including, wash down from exposed aggregate concrete surfaces
(b) a flammable or explosive solid, liquid or gaseous substance; or
(c) floodwater, rainwater and stormwater, and roof water, seepage water, subsoil water and surface water; or
(d) a substance that, given its quantity, is capable alone, or by interaction with another substance discharged into an on-site sewerage facility, of—
(i) inhibiting or interfering with a sewage treatment process; or
(ii) causing damage or a hazard to an on-site sewerage facility; or
(iii) causing a hazard for humans or animals; or
(iv) creating a public nuisance; or
(v) creating a hazard in waters into which it is discharged; or
(vi) contaminating the environment in places where effluent or sludge from a sewage treatment plant is discharged or reused; or
Example paragraph (d)—
a substance with a pH lower than 6.0 or greater than 10.0, or having another corrosive property
(e) a substance having a temperature of more than—
(i) if the local government has approved a maximum temperature for the substance—the approved maximum temperature; or
(ii) if paragraph (a) does not apply—38&#deg;C.
public sector entity—
1 Public sector entity means—
(a) a department or part of a department; or
(b) an agency, authority, commission, corporation, instrumentality, office, or other entity, established under an Act for a public or State purpose.
2 The term includes a government owned corporation.
3 However, the term does not include a distributor-retailer.
register means the register kept under section 77.
registrar means the person holding office under an appointment made under section 29.
regulated work means plumbing or drainage work that is not minor work or unregulated work.
relevant service provider, for SEQ water work, means—
(a) if the work has been carried out, or is to be carried out, in the local government area, under the SEQ Water Act, of any of the following councils, that council—
(i) the Gold Coast City Council;
(ii) the Logan City Council;
(iii) the Redland City Council; or
(b) otherwise—the distributor-retailer in whose geographic area under the SEQ Water Act the work has been carried out, or is to be carried out.
Note—
Paragraph (a) does not apply until 1 July 2012. See section 188.
repealed Act means the Sewerage and Water Supply Act 1949.
review period, applying to conditions imposed by the council or QCAT on a licence, means the period of not more than 2 years after the decision to impose the conditions takes effect within which the licensee may not apply for a review of the conditions under part 3, division 6.
sanitary drain means a drain (not including a pipe that is a part of common effluent drainage) that is immediately connected to, and used to carry discharges from, a soil or waste pipe for an individual premises.
sanitary drainage means an apparatus, fitting or pipe for collecting and carrying discharges from sanitary plumbing, or from a fixture directly connected to a sanitary drain, to a sewerage system, on-site sewerage facility or greywater use facility, including all the following apparatus, fittings and pipes—
(a) disconnector gullies;
(b) bends at the foot of stacks or below ground level;
(c) in relation to connection to an on-site sewerage facility—a pipe, other than a soil or waste pipe, used to carry sewage to or from the facility;
(d) pipes, above ground level, installed using drainage principles.
septic tank means a tank in which solid organic matter in sewage is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria.
SEQ region see the Water Act 2000, section 341.
SEQ Water Act means the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009.
SEQ water work means work that—
(a) is regulated work carried out, or to be carried out, in the SEQ region; and
(b) involves connecting to, disconnecting from or changing a connection to a relevant service provider's water infrastructure.
sewage means household and commercial wastewater that contains, or may contain, faecal, urinary or other human waste.
sewage treatment plant means equipment for the biological, physical or chemical treatment of sewage.
sewer means a pipe, other than for drainage, for carrying sewage from premises.
sewerage service provider means a service provider under the Water Supply Act for a sewerage service.
sewerage system means infrastructure used to receive, transport and treat sewage or effluent, including, for example, sewers, access chambers, vents, engines, pumps, structures, machinery and outfalls.
sewered area means a service area for a sewerage service under the Water Supply Act.
show cause notice for—
(a) part 3, division 7—see section 66(1); or
(b) part 6, division 2—see section 115(1).
Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation see section 145(2).
stormwater installation, for premises, means roof gutters, downpipes, subsoil drains and stormwater drainage for the premises, but does not include any part of a local government's stormwater drainage.
testing approval means a chief executive approval under section 91(1)(e).
trade means the trade of plumbing and draining.
unregulated work means plumbing or drainage work prescribed under the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation as unregulated work.
water infrastructure, of a distributor-retailer, see the SEQ Water Act, section 53BB(1).
water meter means a device, including equipment related to the device, for measuring the volume of water supplied to premises.
Example of equipment related to the device—
a pulse meter associated with the device
water service provider, for premises, means the person registered under the Water Supply Act, chapter 2, part 3, as the water service provider for retail water services for the premises.
Water Supply Act means the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008.
Water Supply Act connection approval means an approval, under the Water Supply Act, to connect premises to a distributor-retailer's water infrastructure.