Public Utilities (Regulated Works and WSI Design Works) Regulations 2018

For the purposes of section 40J(1)(d) of the Act, an applicant who applies for a plumber’s licence on or after the 65th anniversary of his or her birth must be certified by a registered medical practitioner in accordance with paragraph (2), to be physically and mentally fit to carry out, or directly supervise the carrying out of, any regulated works.

The certification by a registered medical practitioner must be in a medical report issued by the registered medical practitioner —

In this regulation, “registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Medical Registration Act 1997.

Where the plumber’s licence of a licensed plumber is lost, destroyed or defaced or becomes obliterated, the licensed plumber must without delay notify the Board of such matter.

Subject to paragraph (4), if the Board is satisfied of any matter notified to the Board under paragraph (1), the Board may on the payment of the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule issue a replacement of the plumber’s licence to the affected licensed plumber.

The plumber’s licence replaced by the Board has the same effect as the original plumber’s licence granted by the Board.

The Board must not replace the plumber’s licence of the licensed plumber —

Where the original plumber’s licence is found after any replacement is issued under this regulation to a licensed plumber, the licensed plumber must without delay return the replacement to the Board for cancellation.

Any licensed plumber who contravenes paragraph (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

The fees specified in the second column of the First Schedule are payable in respect of the matters specified opposite in the first column.

Except as provided by paragraph (3), no fee under these Regulations is refundable.

Where the Board considers appropriate, the Board may waive, refund or remit the whole or part of a fee mentioned in item 1, 2 or 3 of the First Schedule payable or paid by any of the following individuals: (a)a licensed water service worker mentioned in section 21(4) of the Public Utilities (Amendment) Act 2018 (Act 11 of 2018) who applies for a plumber’s licence; (b)a specified sanitary plumber mentioned in section 21(5) of the Public Utilities (Amendment) Act 2018 who applies for a plumber’s licence.

Any individual who is carrying out any regulated works, or who reasonably appears to an authorised officer to be or to have been engaged in the carrying out of any regulated works, must on demand of the authorised officer —

Any individual who fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

Every individual whose plumber’s licence is suspended or cancelled by the Board must return the plumber’s licence to the Board not later than 14 days after the date that the suspension or cancellation takes effect under section 40L(4) of the Act.

Any individual who fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

A licensed plumber or professional engineer must, in the course of any specified activity or inspecting any water service installation, notify the Board of any water service installation that is causing or likely to cause any of the following:

In this regulation, “specified activity” means —

Where a licensed plumber or professional engineer mentioned in paragraph (2) is for any reason unwilling or unable to carry out any of his or her duties under this Part, the licensed plumber or professional engineer (as the case may be) must notify the Board in writing of such fact within 14 days after he or she stops carrying out any such duty.

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the following are the licensed plumber and professional engineer concerned: (a)a licensed plumber who is engaged by an owner or occupier under section 40G(5) of the Act to carry out any sanitary works or WSI works; (b)a licensed plumber or professional engineer who is engaged by an owner or occupier under section 40G(6) of the Act to carry out any limited WSI design works; (c)a professional engineer who is engaged by an owner or occupier under section 40H(1) of the Act to carry out any WSI design works that are not limited WSI design works.

This regulation applies in relation to —

For the purposes of section 40O(1)(b)(i) of the Act, every licensed plumber must submit to the Board a written notice under paragraph (3) —

The written notice must —

In this regulation, “PUB S&R Standard” means the document known as “PUB’s Stipulation of Standards & Requirements for Water Fittings for Use in Potable Water Service Installations” published by the Board, as in force from time to time.

This regulation applies in relation to —

For the purposes of section 40O(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, every licensed plumber who completes any works mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) must, in respect of the works and not later than 7 working days after completing the works, submit to the Board a certificate of satisfactory completion in accordance with paragraph (3).

The certificate of satisfactory completion must —

The Board may, after receiving a written notice from a licensed plumber under regulation 12, give a direction under paragraph (3) to the licensed plumber.

The Board may, after receiving a certificate of satisfactory completion from a licensed plumber under regulation 13 in respect of any WSI works or notifiable sanitary works —

A direction under paragraph (1) or (2) —

Every licensed plumber must comply with a direction of the Board given to him or her under this regulation.

This regulation applies in relation to any WSI works that may result from any WSI design works carried out by a professional engineer.

For the purposes of section 40P(1)(b)(i) of the Act, every professional engineer must, before the start of any WSI works mentioned in paragraph (1), submit to the Board a written notice —

This regulation applies to WSI works mentioned in regulation 15 where completed.

For the purposes of section 40P(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, every professional engineer must, without delay after the completion of the WSI works, submit to the Board a certificate of satisfactory completion —

This regulation applies in relation to any WSI works that may result from any WSI design works carried out by a professional engineer.

An application under section 69A(1) of the Act for the Board to exempt a particular person from the operation of any of the following, in relation to any requirement for the WSI works mentioned in paragraph (1), must be accompanied by a fee of $950 for each requirement for which the exemption is sought:

In this regulation —