2022-02-08 - S&O Agenda - Item 1 - ATTACHMENT 3 - 2021 DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT

 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
 TITLE:        PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE

 Delegation by the Council to:                                   Date:
 Chief Executive Officer

 Source of Authority:
 Local Government Act 2009 – Section 257
 Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018
 Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2019

Delegated Power:

1. To exercise the powers of the council pursuant to the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018.

 DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                    LEGISLATION

 Power to approve a maximum temperature for a substance to be a prohibited         Section
 substance for section 75.                                                         75(4)(e)
 Power to approve the disposal of the contents of a greywater treatment plant      Section 77
 into the sewerage system for the area in which the plant is located.
 Power, where an explanatory statement given under section 83 states that          Section
 Council may contact an occupier to arrange inspection of the work, to contact     83(7)(c)
 the occupier.
 Power to start a prosecution for an offence against the Act.                      Section 90
 Power, generally, to administer the Act within Council’s local government area.   Section 135
 Power to administer the Act those areas not under Council’s control that it has Section 135(4)
 been requested to administer by the entity that has control of the area.
 Power to monitor greywater use facilities in Council’s local government area.     Section 136
 Power to monitor an on-site sewerage facility in Council’s local government Section 137
 area.
 Power to appoint an authorised person as an inspector under this Act, with or     Section 139(1)
 without conditions.
 Power to notify the QBCC commissioner of the appointment of an inspector and Section 142
 give the commissioner a list of Council’s inspectors.
 Power to give an enforcement notice to a person who carried out plumbing or       Section 143(1)
 drainage work requiring the person to take stated action.
 Power to give an enforcement notice to an owner of premises requiring the         Section 143(3)
 owner to take stated action.
 Power to give a show cause notice to a person who Council proposes to give        Section 144(1)
 an enforcement notice.


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