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Service Listing 3 of 3

 Service Output                    DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
                                   Provision of development information, assessment & compliance
                                   services.

 Service Activity                  Plumbing Services
                                   The activities include provision of information, advice and assessment of
                                   applications for compliance assessable plumbing work, undertaking
                                   audits of notifiable plumbing works, on site-treatment plants and backflow
                                   prevention devices as well as maintaining records and undertaking
                                   searches to provide information relating to property specific plumbing
                                   information for Council, State and Federal Agencies.

 Responsible Area                  Department                                 Branch
                                   Environment & Sustainable                  Building and Plumbing Services
                                   Development

 Cost Centres                      Management Building &                      1620
                                   Plumbing Services                          1609

 Key Statistics                    FY2016/17:                                 YTD         2017/18      2016/17
                                   # Applications                             411         503          463
                                   # Approvals                                411         503          463
                                   # Applications (non-sewered)               131         157          206
                                   # Application site Inspections             1,792       2,009        3,262
                                   # Compliance/complaint inspections         37          43           294
                                   # QBCC site compliance inspections         2           4            155
                                   # Form 4 Notifiable Works audits           258         145          233
                                   # Waste water facilities service reports   5,407       5,410        7.670
                                   # Registered backflow devices              4,425       4,200        6,045
                                   # Plumbing searches                        604         754          1,147

 Legislative responsibility to     Plumbing & Drainage Act 2018
 provide this service              Plumbing & Drainage Regulation 2019
                                   2016 National Construction Code Volume 3.(plumbing)
                                   Queensland Plumbing and Waste Water Code
                                   AS/NZS 1547:2000 - On-site wastewater management.
                                   Water and Safety Reliability Act 2008

                                   Note: Legislative changes are due to be implemented in June 2019 which will
                                   reduce statutory timelines for compliance assessment from 20 days to 10 days.



                                 ACTIVITY                                     SERVICE LEVEL TARGET

 Plumbing assessment & compliance
 [Activities include providing advice, assessment and decision making relating to Compliance Assessable Plumbing
 work and reporting]
 Scheduled work                        Compliance reporting and inspections     20 business days
                                       (plumbing) for QBCC1

                                   2Audits of notifiable plumbing works       Systematic inspection programme -
                                   (Form 4) – statutory requirement to        10 business days (or as agreed with
                                   audit 5% of these minor works.             owner = letter drop system)

                                   Audits of on-site sewerage treatment       Systematic inspection programme -
                                   plants (waste water)                       10 business days (or as agreed with
                                                                              owner = letter drop system)

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