Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 (Qld)

Queensland Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Subordinate Legislation 2014 No. 255 made under the Building Act 1975 Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002 State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Building Regulation 2006 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 16 (Prescribed notification requirements—Act, s 246ATM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 16B (Prescribed professional indemnity insurance— Act, s 246AV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 16C (Approved code of conduct for pool safety inspectors—Act, s 246BA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 16DE (CPD activities and points) . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 16G (Allocation of demerit points for demerit contraventions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Omission of pt 4, div 3, sdiv 3 (Reviews of PSC’s decisions). . . . 5 Insertion of new pt 10, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Division 3 Transitional provisions for Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 64 Definitions for div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Contents Part 3 11 12 13 14 15 Part 4 16 17 18 Part 5 19 20 Part 6 21 Schedule 1 65 Demerit points not allocated by PSC before commencement 5 66 Demerit points allocated, but not notified, by PSC before commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of sch 1 (Qualifications, practical experience and scope of work for plumbers and drainers licences). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of sch 2 (Qualifications, practical experience and scope of work for restricted licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of sch 3 (Qualifications, practical experience and scope of work for endorsements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of Standard Plumbing and DrainageRegulation 2003 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of s 29B (Rectification notices for inspections under s 29A or the Act, s 87(8)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Amendment of s 53 (Qualifications and experience) . . . . . . . . . . 8 Amendment of the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation2014 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Amendment of sch 1 (Infringement notice offences and fines for nominated laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Minor and consequential amendments Regulations amended by sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Minor and consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Building Regulation 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Page 2 2014 SL No. 255

Part 1 Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 10 November 2014. Part 2 Amendment of Building Regulation 2006 3 Regulation amended This part amends the Building Regulation 2006 . 4 Amendment of s 16 (Prescribed notification requirements—Act, s 246ATM) Section 16, editor’s note, ‘the department’s website at < omit , insert — QBCC’s website at < 5 Amendment of s 16B (Prescribed professional indemnity insurance—Act, s 246AV) Section 16B(4)— insert — (d) the Queensland Building and Construction Employing Office established under the QueenslandBuildingandConstructionCommission Act 1991 , section 29A. 2014 SL No. 255 Page 3

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 2 Amendment of Building Regulation 2006 [s 6] 6 Amendment of s 16C (Approved code of conduct for pool safety inspectors—Act, s 246BA) Section 16C, editor’s note— omit , insert — Note — Under section 338(3) of the Act, the code of conduct for pool safety inspectors continues in effect as if the code of conduct had been made by the QBCC commissioner. Editor’s note — Copies of the code of conduct for pool safety inspectors are available for inspection at QBCC’s head office at 299 Montague Road, West End. The code is also available for inspection on QBCC’s website at < 7 Amendment of s 16DE (CPD activities and points) (1) Section 16DE(2), ‘department’s’— omit , insert — QBCC’s (2) Section 16DE(2), editor’s note— omit , insert — Editor’s note — The QBCC’s website is at < 8 Amendment of s 16G (Allocation of demerit points for demerit contraventions) After section 16G(2)— insert — Note — For reviews of the decision, see the Queensland Building andConstruction Commission Act , part 7, division 3. Page 4 2014 SL No. 255

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 2 Amendment of Building Regulation 2006 [s 9] 9 Omission of pt 4, div 3, sdiv 3 (Reviews of PSC’s decisions) Part 4, division 3, subdivision 3— omit . 10 Insertion of new pt 10, div 3 Part 10— insert — Division 3 Transitional provisions for Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 64 Definitions for div 3 In this division— former council means the PSC under the Building Act 1975 as in force immediately before the commencement of the ProfessionalEngineers and Other Legislation Amendment Act2014 . unamended regulation means the Building Regulation 2006 as in force immediately before the commencement. 65 Demerit points not allocated by PSC before commencement (1) This section applies if, before the commencement, the former council— (a) was satisfied that a pool safety inspector had committed a demerit contravention; but (b) had not allocated demerit points to the pool safety inspector for the demerit 2014 SL No. 255 Page 5

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 3 Amendment of Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 [s 11] contravention under the unamended regulation. (2) The QBCC commissioner may be satisfied that the pool safety inspector had committed a demerit contravention merely because the former council was satisfied the pool safety inspector had committed a demerit contravention. 66 Demerit points allocated, but not notified, by PSC before commencement (1) This section applies if, before the commencement, the former council— (a) had allocated demerit points to a pool safety inspector for a demerit contravention under the unamended regulation; but (b) had not given the pool safety inspector a notice for the allocation of the demerit points under the unamended regulation. (2) The allocation of the demerit points continues in effect as if it had been done by the QBCC commissioner. Part 3 Amendment of Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 11 Regulation amended This part amends the PlumbingandDrainageRegulation2003 . 12 Amendment of sch 1 (Qualifications, practical experience and scope of work for plumbers and drainers licences) Schedule 1, table, items 1 and 2, column 2, ‘PIC’— omit , insert — Page 6 2014 SL No. 255

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 4 Amendment of Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 [s 13] the QBCC commissioner 13 Amendment of sch 2 (Qualifications, practical experience and scope of work for restricted licences) (1) Schedule 2, table, items 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8, column 2, ‘PIC’— omit , insert — the QBCC commissioner (2) Schedule 2, table, item 3, columns 2 and 3, ‘PIC’— omit , insert — the QBCC commissioner 14 Amendment of sch 3 (Qualifications, practical experience and scope of work for endorsements) Schedule 3, table, items 1 to 6, column 2, ‘PIC’— omit , insert — the QBCC commissioner 15 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) Schedule 5, definition PIC — omit . Part 4 Amendment of Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 16 Regulation amended This part amends the StandardPlumbingandDrainageRegulation 2003 . 2014 SL No. 255 Page 7

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 5 Amendment of the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 [s 17] 17 Amendment of s 29B (Rectification notices for inspections under s 29A or the Act, s 87(8)) Section 29B(3), ‘council’— omit , insert — QBCC commissioner 18 Amendment of s 53 (Qualifications and experience) Section 53(2)(b)(ii) and (3)(b)(iii), ‘council’— omit , insert — QBCC commissioner Part 5 Amendment of the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 19 Regulation amended This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation2014 . 20 Amendment of sch 1 (Infringement notice offences and fines for nominated laws) (1) Schedule 1, entry for BuildingAct1975 , administering authority provision— insert — (ba) for an infringement notice served by an inspector appointed under the QueenslandBuilding and Construction Commission Act1991 , section 104—the Queensland Building and Construction Commission; or Page 8 2014 SL No. 255

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 5 Amendment of the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 [s 20] (bb) for an infringement notice served by an investigator mentioned in the BuildingAct1975 , section 246CP(1)—the Queensland Building and Construction Commission; or (2) Schedule 1, entry for BuildingAct1975 , administering authority provision, paragraphs (ba) to (d)— renumber as paragraphs (c) to (f). (3) Schedule 1, entry for BuildingAct1975 , authorised person provision, paragraph (f), from ‘chief’— omit , insert — commissioner appointed under the QueenslandBuilding and Construction Commission Act 1991 ; or (4) Schedule 1, entry for BuildingAct1975 , authorised person provision, paragraphs (g)(i) and (ii)— omit , insert — (i) the commissioner appointed under the Queensland Building and ConstructionCommission Act 1991 ; or (5) Schedule 1, entry for BuildingAct1975 , authorised person provision, paragraph (g)(iii)— renumber as paragraph (g)(ii). (6) Schedule 1, entry for BuildingAct1975 , authorised person provision, paragraph (h)(ii)— omit. (7) Schedule 1, entry for BuildingAct1975 , authorised person provision, paragraph (h)(iii)— renumber as paragraph (h)(ii). (8) Schedule 1, entry for Building Regulation 2006 , authorised person provision, paragraph (a)(iii)— omit , insert — 2014 SL No. 255 Page 9

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 5 Amendment of the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 [s 20] (iii) the commissioner appointed under the Queensland Building and ConstructionCommission Act 1991 ; or (9) Schedule 1, entry for PlumbingandDrainageAct2002 , administering authority provision, before paragraph (a)— insert — (aa) for an infringement notice served by the commissioner appointed under the QueenslandBuildingandConstructionCommissionAct1991 —the Queensland Building and Construction Commission; or (ab) for an infringement notice served by an investigator appointed under the PlumbingandDrainageAct2002 , section 33A—the Queensland Building and Construction Commission; or (10) Schedule 1, entry for PlumbingandDrainageAct2002 , administering authority provision, paragraphs (aa) to (b)— renumber as paragraphs (a) to (d). (11) Schedule 1, entry for PlumbingandDrainageAct2002 , authorised person provision, before paragraph (a)— insert — (aa) the commissioner appointed under the QueenslandBuildingandConstructionCommission Act 1991 ; or (12) Schedule 1, entry for PlumbingandDrainageAct2002 , authorised person provision, paragraphs (aa) to (d)— renumber as paragraphs (a) to (e). (13) Schedule 1, entry for StandardPlumbingandDrainageRegulation2003 , administering authority provision, before paragraph (a)— insert — Page 10 2014 SL No. 255

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 6 Minor and consequential amendments [s 21] (aa) for an infringement notice served by the commissioner appointed under the QueenslandBuildingandConstructionCommissionAct1991 —the Queensland Building and Construction Commission; or (ab) for an infringement notice served by an investigator appointed under the PlumbingandDrainageAct2002 , section 33A—the Queensland Building and Construction Commission; or (14) Schedule 1, entry for StandardPlumbingandDrainageRegulation2003 , administering authority provision, paragraphs (aa) to (b)— renumber as paragraphs (a) to (d). (15) Schedule 1, entry for StandardPlumbingandDrainageRegulation2003 , authorised person provision, before paragraph (a)— insert — (aa) the commissioner appointed under the QueenslandBuildingandConstructionCommission Act 1991 ; or (16) Schedule 1, entry for StandardPlumbingandDrainageRegulation 2003 , authorised person provision, paragraphs (aa) to (d)— renumber as paragraphs (a) to (e). Part 6 Minor and consequential amendments 21 Regulations amended by sch 1 Schedule 1 amends the regulations mentioned in it. 2014 SL No. 255 Page 11

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Minor and consequential amendments section 21 Building Regulation 2006 1 Replacement of references in relation to dissolution of PSC The provisions mentioned in column 1 are amended by omitting the words mentioned in column 2 and inserting the words mentioned in column 3— column 1 column 2 column 3 provision amended words omitted words inserted section 16DC, definition CPD activities PSC QBCC commissioner section 16DE(1), first mention, (2), (3) and (4) PSC QBCC commissioner section 16DE(1), second mention PSC commissioner section 16E, definition PSC demerit points the QBCC commissioner section 16F(3) PSC the QBCC commissioner section 16G(2) PSC The QBCC commissioner section 16H(1), first mention PSC The QBCC commissioner Page 12 2014 SL No. 255

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Schedule 1 column 1 column 2 provision amended words omitted section 16H(1), second PSC mention section 16H(2)(b) PSC section 16I, heading PSC section 16I(1) PSC section 16I(2) section 16I(2)(e) and (f)(i) section 16J(1) PSC must PSC PSC section 16J(2) and (3) PSC section 16K, heading PSC section 16K(1) PSC section 16K(2) and (4) PSC section 16L(1) PSC section 16L(2) section 16M(1)(a) PSC PSC section 16M(2) section 16M(2)(a), (b) and (c)(i) schedule 3, item 4(a)(iii) and (b)(iii) PSC must PSC chief executive column 3 words inserted the commissioner the commissioner QBCC commissioner the QBCC commissioner The commissioner must the commissioner the QBCC commissioner the commissioner the QBCC commissioner the QBCC commissioner The commissioner the QBCC commissioner The commissioner the QBCC commissioner The commissioner must the commissioner QBCC commissioner 2014 SL No. 255 Page 13

Building and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Schedule 1 Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 2 Replacement of references in relation to dissolution of PIC The provisions mentioned in column 1 are amended by omitting the words mentioned in column 2 and inserting the words mentioned in column 3— column 1 column 2 column 3 provision amended words omitted words inserted section 9(1)(a), first mention and (b) PIC the QBCC commissioner section 9(1)(a), second PIC mention the commissioner section 9(2), first mention PIC The commissioner section 9(2), second mention PIC the commissioner section 9(3) PIC must the commissioner must section 9(3)(b) PIC the commissioner section 10, heading PIC QBCC section 10 to PIC to the QBCC schedule 5, definition PIC competencies the QBCC commissioner ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 6 November 2014. 2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 7 November 2014. 3 The administering agency is the Department of Housing and Public Works. © State of Queensland 2014 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Page 14 2014 SL No. 255