Water Services Licensing (Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards) Amendment Regulations 2013 (WA)

14 November 2013 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5231

Water Services Licensing Act 1995

Water Services Licensing (Plumbers Licensing

and Plumbing Standards) Amendment

Regulations 2013

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Water Services Licensing (Plumbers

Licensing and Plumbing Standards) Amendment

Regulations 2013.

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 the day on which the

Water Services Act 2012 Part 2 comes into operation.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Water Services Licensing

(Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards)

Regulations 2000.

4.             Regulation 1 replaced

Delete regulation 1 and insert:

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Plumbers Licensing and
Plumbing Standards Regulations 2000.

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Amendment Regulations 2013

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5.             Regulation 3 amended

(1)	In regulation 3(1) delete the definitions of:
exempt work pipe sewer waste water services provider
(2)	In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

exempt work means work carried out by or on behalf
of a water services provider in connection with the
undertaking, maintenance or operation of water

services works of the water services provider;

pipe includes fittings and fixtures associated with a

pipe;

sewer means sewerage works of a licensee as defined

in the Water Services Act 2012 section 3(1);

trade waste has the meaning given in the Water

Services Act 2012 section 101(1);

waste includes solid, liquid and gaseous waste;

water services provider means a licensee as defined in

the Water Services Act 2012 section 3(1);

water services works of a water services provider

means water service works of a licensee as defined in

the Water Services Act 2012 section 3(1);

(3) In regulation 3(1) in the definition of fixture delete “or other
waste”.

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6.             Regulation 51 amended

In regulation 51:

(a)	delete paragraph (b) and insert:
(b) “conduit” means a pipe or other closed passage

for conveying water or wastewater;

(b)	delete paragraph (e) and insert:
(e) “ground level” means the ground level at the

relevant location after the intended level and
grade for the location has been achieved and all

surface treatments have been completed;

(c)	delete paragraphs (h) and (i) and insert:
(h) “spill level”, for any fixture, storage tank or

receptacle means the maximum height to which
water will rise while overflowing the rim level
or through channels or openings having a free
discharge to the atmosphere under all
conditions, when water is flowing into the
fixture, storage tank or receptacle at the
maximum rate (under a pressure equal to a head
of 70 m) with all the service outlets of the
fixture, storage tank or receptacle closed;

(i)      “trade waste” has the meaning given in the

Water Services Act 2012 section 101(1);

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7.             Regulation 64 amended

(1)	In regulation 64(1)(b) delete “industrial” and insert:
trade
(2)	In regulation 64(3) delete “an industrial” and insert:
a trade
(3)	In regulation 64(4) delete the definition of industrial waste.

8.             Schedule 4 amended

In Schedule 4 in Form 1 and Form 2 delete “Water Services Licensing

(Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards) Regulations 2000” and insert:

Plumbers Licensing and Plumbing Standards Regulations 2000

By Command of the Governor,

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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