Plumbing and Drainage Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2025 (Qld)

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Plumbing and Drainage Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2025.

2   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019.

3   Amendment of s 8 (Approval of Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code—Act, s 7)

Section 8, ‘version 1, 2024’—
omit, insert—

version 1, 2025

4   Insertion of new s 99A

After section 99—
insert—

99A   Temporary approval of urine diverting toilets for installation as plumbing or drainage—Act, s 65

(1)For section 65(1)(f) of the Act, a urine diverting toilet is approved for installation as plumbing or drainage work if—

(a)the toilet is installed as part of the trial of urine diverting toilets—

(i)undertaken by Queensland Urban Utilities and a university established under an Act or under the law of another State; and

(ii)ending on 31 December 2032; and

(b)the installation is carried out—

(i)on land, other than residential premises, in the local government area of a participating local government; and

(ii)in accordance with the written agreement of the owner of the land.

(2)In this section—

participating local government means the following local governments—

(a)Brisbane City Council;

(b)Ipswich City Council;

(c)Lockyer Valley Regional Council;

(d)Scenic Rim Regional Council;

(e)Somerset Regional Council.

Queensland Urban Utilities means the Central SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority established under the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009, section 8.

residential premises means premises used, or intended to be used, as a place of residence or mainly as a place of residence.

urine diverting toilet means a toilet designed to separate urine from faeces.