Inspections are required to be carried out during and on completion of the work which is covered by the approval, as stated in section 19 of the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation.

To receive a compliance certificate at completion of plumbing and drainage works the Final Inspection must be completed and approved.
This inspection must be called within 7 days of the work being completed

What is Regulated Work?

Regulated work is defined by exclusion. Any plumbing or drainage work that is not defined as minor work or unregulated work is therefore regulated work. Regulated work requires local government approval and can only be carried out by a licensed person.

What is Unregulated Work?

Unregulated work is plumbing and drainage work that does not require local government approval or notification. No licence is required to perform this work.

As per below schedule from the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation;

Schedule 3 Unregulated work - section 8

For sanitary plumbing and sanitary drainage

• cleaning or maintaining ground level grates to traps on
sanitary drains
• replacing caps to ground level inspection openings on sanitary
drains
• maintaining an above or below ground irrigation system for
the disposal of effluent from an on-site sewerage facility
For water plumbing
• installing or maintaining an irrigation or lawn watering
system downstream from an isolating valve, tap or backflow
prevention device on the supply pipe for the irrigation or lawn
watering system
• replacing a jumper valve or washer in a tap
• changing a shower head
• replacing, in a water closet (WC) cistern, a drop valve washer,
float valve washer or suction cup rubber
 

What is Minor Work?

Minor work is plumbing and drainage work that you can perform without local government approval. You must still be a licensed person to perform this work.

As per below schedule from the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation

Notifiable minor work

• emergency work
• repairing or replacing a plumbing or drainage pipe that is