Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations In these by‑laws
unless the contrary intention appears —
Act means the Country Towns Sewerage Act 1948
, and any amendment thereof;
bore , diameter or size in reference to any pipe
means the internal diameter thereof;
building means any building used as a work place,
residence, place of business, place of amusement, or a place of human
habitation, or used for the storage of food intended for human consumption,
but does not include outbuildings unless such are used for any of the above
purposes or are provided with plumbing fixtures;
CEO means the chief executive officer of the
department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration
of the Act;
combined pipe system means that type of plumbing
installation in which disconnector traps are omitted and both soil and waste
pipes are connected directly to the drain or to a common pipe taking both soil
and waste discharges, and in which a common system of venting is used for all
classes of pipe;
combined waste pipe means any pipe which receives
the discharge from both soil and waste fixtures and conveys the same to the
drain. Combined waste pipes are connected directly to the drain and are used
only in connection with the “combined pipe system”;
disconnector trap means a trap for isolating or
disconnecting waste pipes from the drain and soil pipes, and for providing
inlet ventilation to the waste pipe or pipes discharging into it;
domestic wastewater means all faecal matter,
urine, household slops and household liquid refuse;
drain has the same meaning as property sewer;
emergency work means work that must be carried out
immediately by a licensed plumber to prevent —
(a) the
entry into the Corporation’s sewerage system of any substance or matter
that is likely to hinder or prevent the proper functioning of that system; or
(b) the
escape from the Corporation’s sewerage system of foul air or offensive
matter;
industrial waste means the liquid, solid or
gaseous refuse from any business, industry, warehouse or manufacturing
premises other than domestic wastewater, stormwater, or unpolluted water;
inspector means any person appointed by the
Corporation for the purpose of these by‑laws or to administer the said
by‑laws;
licensed plumber means a person who holds a
plumbing contractor’s licence under the
Water Services Licensing (Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards)
Regulations 2000 ;
plumbing standards has the meaning given to that
term in regulation 3(1) of the
Water Services Licensing (Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards)
Regulations 2000 ;
property for the purposes of these by‑laws
includes either house, building, tenement, land or premises;
sanitary plumbing means plumbing that is the
result of sanitary plumbing work as defined in regulation 3(1) of the
Water Services Licensing (Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards)
Regulations 2000 ;
separate pipe system means that type of plumbing
installation in which separate pipes are provided for soil and waste
discharges and for the ventilation of soil and waste fixtures, and in which
all waste pipes are connected to the drain through a disconnector trap;
soil pipe means any pipe which conveys the
discharge from water closets, slop hoppers, urinals, mortuaries, or operating
theatres to the drain;
trap means any fitting designed to retain a
quantity of water for the purpose of preventing the passage of air or gases
through such fitting;
waste pipe means any pipe which conveys the
discharge from any fixture, other than water closets, slop hoppers, urinals,
mortuaries, or operating theatres, to a disconnector trap in the case of
“the separate pipe system” or directly to the drain in the case of
the “combined pipe system”;
water supply plumbing means plumbing that is the
result of water supply plumbing work as defined in regulation 3(1) of the
Water Services Licensing (Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards)
Regulations 2000 ;
working day means a day of the week other than a
Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or public service holiday.
[By‑law 2 amended in Gazette
28 Jun 1985 p. 2334; 29 Jun 1988 p. 2128;
22 Dec 1989 p. 4624; 3 Jan 1992 p. 32;
29 Dec 1995 p. 6314 and 6315; 4 Feb 1997 p. 708;
25 Aug 1998 p. 4738; 16 Jun 2000 p. 2963;
28 Jun 2004 p. 2381‑3; 26 Aug 2008
p. 4031.]
[Heading inserted in Gazette 25 Aug 1998
p. 4737.]