📜 Plumbers Licensing Amendment Bill 2025

Legislative Assembly Second ReadingLABill 3321 August 2025

The Plumbers Licensing Amendment Bill 2025 amends the Plumbers Licensing Act 1995 to transfer technical regulation of plumbing work to the Building Commissioner, update the definition of plumbing work, regulate plumbing design, increase penalties for offences, and extend the prosecution period.

Impact

Plumbers, plumbing designers, and the Building Commissioner will be affected. The changes aim to modernize plumbing regulations, improve compliance, and ensure public safety by allowing for better regulation of plumbing work and stronger penalties for non-compliance.

Key Changes

["Moves technical regulation of plumbing work to the Building Commissioner.", "Introduces flexibility to the definition of 'plumbing work'.", "Regulates the design of plumbing work and verification of designs.", "Increases the maximum penalty for offences against the Regulations from $5,000 to $50,000.", "Extends the time within which a prosecution may commence from 12 months to two years."]