Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards Amendment Regulations 2019 (WA)

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INDUSTRY REGULATION

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Plumbers Licensing Act 1995

Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards

Amendment Regulations 2019

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in Executive

Council.

Standards Regulations 2000.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing

Standards Amendment Regulations 2019.

2.   Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on 1 May 2019.

3. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing

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4.            Regulation 3 amended

(1)	In regulation 3(1) delete the definition ofperformance solution.
(2)	In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

National Construction Code means the National
Construction Code Series published by, or on behalf of,
the Australian Building Codes Board, as amended from
time to time;
performance solution has the same meaning as
"Performance Solution" in the Plumbing Code

Schedule 3;

(3)	In regulation 3(1) in the definition of Plumbing Code delete "Code Series published by, or on behalf of, the Australian Building Codes Board;" and insert:
Code;
5.	Regulation 48 replaced Delete regulation 48 and insert:

48.         Plumbing standards

The standards that apply to plumbing and plumbing work (plumbing standards) are, subject to the modifications set out in regulation 49, the requirements that -

(a) are set out in the following provisions of the
Plumbing Code -

(i)	Section A;
(ii)	Parts B 1, B2 (other than Part B2.4), B3, B4 and B5;
(iii)	Section C;
and

(b) relate to -

(i)     water supply plumbing or water supply plumbing work; or

(ii)     sanitary plumbing or sanitary plumbing work; or

(iii) drainage plumbing or drainage
plumbing work.

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6.            Regulation 49 amended

(1)	Delete regulation 49(1).
(2)	In regulation 49(2) in the Table:

(a)	delete the items relating to Clauses 3.2, 3.9.2.2 and 3.18 and insert:
Clause 2.4.1	Delete paragraph (a) and insert:
(a) Bends in pipes shall -

(i) have a throat radius
complying with AS/NZS
1260:2017 (PVC-U pipes
and fittings for drain, waste
and vent applications)
Table 5.6 and Figure B6; and

(ii)     be free from wrinkling and flattening.

Clause 3.8.2	Delete paragraph (b) and insert:
(b) the drains laid through footings shall be installed with an annular space of not less than 25 mm filled with a liner of flexible material. However, the drains need not be installed in such a way if the drains are installed in a building that is -

(i) I Oa building under Volume 1

classified as a Class la or Construction Code; and

(ii)	in sandy soil classified as
Class 'A' within the meaning
of AS 2870-2011 (Residential slabs and footings).

Clause 3.18	Delete paragraph (d) and insert:
(d) A vacuum sewer system DN 100 downstream vent shall be connected on the main drain -

(1) before or on the inspection
shaft riser; and

(ii) after the last fixture on the

main drain.

The vacuum sewer system DN 100 downstream vent should be

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connected as close as possible to

the inspection shaft riser.

(e)	Vacuum sewer system and boundary trap low level vents shall terminate between a minimum of 150 mm and a maximum of 250 mm above ground or adopted flood level using one of the following methods -
(i) with invert level not less

one 88° bend and a flat grate or adopted flood level;

(ii)      two 88° bends and a flat grate or vent cowl so that there is not less than 150 mm between the flat grate or vent cowl and the ground or adopted flood level;

(iii) less than 150 mm above
ground or adopted flood

an air admittance valve not with Clause 6.9.

Clause 4.5.3	At the end of the clause insert:
However, if the reflux valve is being installed in relation to an existing building, the reflux valve may be installed upstream from the inspection shaft or boundary trap.
(b)	in the item relating to Clause 4.6.2 delete "have the" and
insert:
in relation to a class I a or class 1 Oa building within the meaning of Volume I and 2 of the National Construction Code - have the

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(c)	delete the items relating to Table 4.6.6.6 and Clauses 4.7.1 and 6.4.3 and insert:
Table 4.6.6.6	Delete the table and insert:

TABLE 4.6.6.6

POINT OF MEASUREMENT ON

FIXTURES FOR HEIGHT

ABOVE OVERFLOW GULLY

Fixture Point of measurement

Floor waste	Top surface level of the
gully	grate
All other	Overflow level of the
fixtures	fixture
(including greywater diversion devices)

Clause 4.7.1	Delete paragraph (c) and insert:
(c) on the downstream end of any branch drain that exits a building, between the building and the junction into the main drain;
Clause 6.5.1	Delete the clause and insert:
6.5.1 General

have a trap or self-sealing device and be

Each sanitary fixture and appliance shall

appliance that it serves.
Traps for sanitary fixtures that are buried
in the ground or embedded in concrete in
the same room as the fixture shall be
installed directly below the fixture outlet.
Self-sealing devices and traps with loose
nuts and seals shall not be installed in the
ground or concrete.

in the same room as the fixture and/or accessible locations.

Clause 13.9 Delete the passage that begins with
"Where" and continues to the end of the
clause.

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(3)	In regulation 49(3) in the Table in the item relating to
Clause 1.9.2 delete "1.9.2" and insert:
1.11.2
(4)	Delete regulation 49(4) and (5).

7.      Regulation 110 inserted

After regulation 109 insert:

110.    Transitional provision for Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards Amendment Regulations 2019

The plumbing standards that apply on and after
1 May 2019 to plumbing and plumbing work
commenced, but not completed, before that date are the
plumbing standards as they stood at the time the
plumbing or plumbing work was commenced.

8.      Schedule 2 clause 2 amended

(1)	In Schedule 2 clause 2 delete "Subject to clause 3," and insert:
(1) Subject to subclause (2) and clause 3,
(2)	At the end of Schedule 2 clause 2 insert:
(2) If a member's term expires without a person having been appointed to fill the vacancy, the member continues in office until any of the following occurs -

(a) the office of the member becomes vacant under

clause 3(1);

(b)	a person is appointed to fill the vacancy;
(c)	a period of 6 months elapses after the expiry of the

term of office.

R. NEILSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.