AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Regulations    1988    No. 71

Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, GARY FRANCIS PUNCH, the Minister of State for the Arts and Territories, pursuant to section 8 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1967, hereby make the following Regulations under the Building and Services Ordinance 1924. 
Dated 30 May 1988.
GARY PUNCH
Minister of State for the Arts and Territories

Principal Regulations
1.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations.
Commencement
2.  These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1988.
Interpretation
3.  Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of “Sewer” in subregulation (1) the following definition:
“ ‘sprinkler system’ means a system of pipes and other equipment installed in a building, being pipes containing valves that open automatically at certain temperatures, for use in the extinguishing of fires;”.
Insertion
4.  Before regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Part II:
Sprinkler fitting
“10.  A person shall not install or fit a sprinkler system or any part of a sprinkler system unless the person holds a water supply plumber’s licence, a journeyman plumber’s licence or a sprinkler fitter’s licence and the Engineer has granted to that person or to his or her employer a plumbing permit in respect of the work.
Penalty:  $500.”.
Minor plumbing or drainage permit—suspension, cancellation etc.
5.  Regulation 15AB of the Principal Regulations is amended—
	(a)	by omitting from subregulation (3) “fee paid under sub-regulation 15 (5)” and substituting “determined fee paid”; and
	(b)	by omitting from subregulation (4) “fee paid under sub-regulation 15 (5)” and substituting “determined fee paid”.

NOTES
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 June 1988.
2.	Regulations notified in the Gazette on 2 November 1933 as amended by Regulations notified in the Gazette on 30 July 1936, 3 June 1937 and 18 August 1938 and by Regulations 1941 No. 1; 1942 Nos. 2, 9 and 11; 1959 No. 16; 1962 No. 8; 1975 No. 14; 1977 No. 8; 1978 No. 14; 1979 No. 26; 1980 No. 11; 1981 No. 18; 1982 Nos. 10, 18, 35 and 44; 1983 No. 15; 1984 No. 27; 1985 No. 9; 1987 No. 19.