Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

COUNTRY AREAS WATER SUPPLY BY-LAWS 1957 - REG 58A

58A .         Things connected to Corporation works, standard of

        (1)         A material, fitting or fixture, other than a fixture of a kind described in Part 1 of Schedule 3, shall not be connected to the works of the Corporation unless —

            (a)         it is a product that —

                  (i)         is manufactured or supplied under a StandardsMark licence or a Water‑Mark licence granted by Standards Australia as a water or sanitary plumbing product intended for use in plumbing installations; and

                  (ii)         bears, or the packaging of which, bears the StandardsMark or Water‑Mark, as appropriate, of Standards Australia and the product or its packaging complies with such other marking requirements as are set out in the “Manual of Authorisation Procedures for Plumbing and Drainage Products, SAA MP52 —1988”, published by Standards Australia;

                or

            (b)         it is the same as a material, fitting or fixture that is currently authorised for such connection by the CEO under sub‑bylaw (5) and complies with any conditions as to marking imposed under that sub‑bylaw.

        (2)         Notwithstanding compliance with sub‑bylaw (1)(a), a material, fitting or fixture of a kind described in Part 2 of Schedule 3 shall not be connected to the works of the Corporation.

        (3)         Every application for authorisation of a material, fitting or fixture for connection to the works of the Corporation shall be made in writing in a form acceptable to the CEO and shall be accompanied by —

            (a)         2 copies of drawings in a form acceptable to the CEO; and

            (b)         unless exempted by the CEO, a sample of the material, fitting or fixture.

        (4)         The CEO may, by notice in writing, require the applicant to provide details of test results and such other information as may be needed for the purpose of determining a particular application.

        (5)         The CEO may, by notice in writing, give or refuse to give authorisation to any material, fitting or fixture for connection to the works of the Corporation or may give such authorisation subject to such conditions as the CEO thinks fit.

        (6)         The CEO may, by notice in writing, vary, add to or remove conditions imposed under sub‑bylaw (5).

        [(7)         deleted]

        (8)         The applicant shall pay the reasonable costs of travel and accommodation incurred by the CEO in carrying out a test, inspection or evaluation.

        [By‑law 58A inserted in Gazette 22 Dec 1989 p. 4634‑5; amended in Gazette 29 Dec 1995 p. 6309‑10 and 6310; 26 Apr 2005 p. 1398; 29 Jun 2007 p. 3234; 26 Aug 2008 p. 4032.]

[Heading deleted in Gazette 29 May 2001 p. 2708.]