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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

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6: Meaning of sanitary plumbing

You could also call this:

"What sanitary plumbing means, like fixing toilets and sinks"

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When you hear the term sanitary plumbing, it means the work of fixing or unfixing things like toilets, sinks, or showers. This includes the pipes that supply water to these fixtures or take waste away from them. It also includes the work of fixing or unfixing pipes that are connected to these fixtures. You should know that sanitary plumbing does not include things like fixing or unfixing appliances like dishwashers or washing machines, unless it involves fixing or unfixing the pipes that supply water to them or take waste away from them. It also does not include fixing or unfixing pipes in certain types of premises, like public reserves, as defined in the Reserves Act 1977, or premises taken under the Public Works Act 1981. Sanitary plumbing also does not include the work of fixing or unfixing certain types of pipes, like those used in central heating or cooling systems, or those that supply water to showers installed over baths.

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Preliminary provisions

6Meaning of sanitary plumbing

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, sanitary plumbing means—

  2. the work of fixing or unfixing any sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance, or any associated fittings or accessories:
    1. the work of fixing or unfixing any trap, waste or soil pipe, ventilation pipe, or overflow pipe connected with or intended to be connected with or accessory to any sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance or any drain (whether or not the sanitary fixture, sanitary appliance, or drain is there when the work is done):
      1. the work of fixing or unfixing any pipe that—
        1. supplies or is intended to be a means of supplying water to any sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance (whether or not that sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance is there when the work is done); and
          1. is within the legal boundary of the premises on which that sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance is or will be installed (whether or not that sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance is there when the work is done):
          2. generally all plumbing work associated with any sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance.

            1. Despite subsection (1), sanitary plumbing does not include—

            2. the work of fixing or unfixing any sanitary fixture or sanitary appliance that is installed in any ship, boat, aircraft, or vehicle, or any plumbing work associated with any of those sanitary fixtures or sanitary appliances; or
              1. the work of fixing or unfixing a bedpan washer, a bedpan steriliser, a dishwasher, or a washing machine in any case where the fixing or unfixing of waste pipes or of pipes supplying or intended to supply water is not involved; or
                1. the work of fixing or unfixing a pipe for reticulating water in any central heating or cooling system downstream of a testable backflow prevention device that is used exclusively for that central heating or cooling system; or
                  1. the work of repairing or replacing taps, ball valves, tap washers, or plugs; or
                    1. the work of fixing or unfixing any shower that is installed over a bath and that is supplied with water through the bath taps.

                      1. Despite subsection (1), sanitary plumbing does not include the work of fixing or unfixing any pipe in any premises (other than a building) if—

                      2. the premises was taken or otherwise acquired and is still held under the Public Works Act 1981 or any corresponding former Act; or
                        1. section 167(4) of the Land Act 1948 applies to the premises; or
                          1. the premises is a public reserve within the meaning of the Reserves Act 1977.

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                            • 1976 No 69 s 3