2017-12-12 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Updated Delegations of Authority

                                                                                   ATTACHMENT 1


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 2002
Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003

Delegated Power:

1.    To exercise the powers of the Council pursuant to the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002.

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                          LEGISLATION
Power to give a copy of a resolution which decides work for which a compliance Section 83
permit is not required to the chief executive and a distributor-retailer (if
applicable) and to make it available for inspection at Council’s public office.
Power to carry out a compliance assessment of plans or work in relation to              Section 84
compliance assessable work by or for a public sector entity and, if satisfied,
issue a compliance permit if it is a plan and a compliance certificate if it is for a
work.
Power, as a relevant service provider, to give written consent before a Section 84(5)
compliance permit or certificate is issued.
Power to respond to a compliance request for compliance assessment of a plan Section 85
for compliance assessable work, including requesting further information,
deciding the request and, imposing reasonable and relevant conditions and
giving or refusing to give the compliance permit.
Power to give a copy of a compliance permit to:                                         Section 85(8)
a) The owner of premises to which a permit relates; and
b) The water services provider, where Council is not the provider and the work
   involves the installation of water meters.
Power, upon refusal to give a compliance permit or the grant of a compliance Section 85(10)
permit on conditions, to give the person who made the request an information
notice about the decision.
Power to assess and decide all requests for compliance assessment for Section 86
compliance assessable work according to the provisions of the Plumbing and
Drainage Act 2002 and Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003
including giving or refusing to give the compliance certificate.
Power to decide not to assess on-site sewerage work if an approved person for Section 86(6)
the assessment gives Council a notice in the approved form verifying that the
work complies with the relevant compliance permit and the Standard Plumbing
and Drainage Regulation 2003.
Power to ask, after assessing compliance assessable work or after a Section 86(7)
compliance notice is given for on-site sewerage work, for a plan of the assessed
work.


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