Regulatory Change Table—Proposed Plumbing Regulations 2018 Proposed regulatory change 2008 2018 Short description of the regulation Regulation Regulation no. no. change/ impact clarify Revoke Reduce Update/ no No Strengthen 1 1 Objectives The objectives of the Regulations remain the same. Wording changes Regulation 1 describes the objectives of reflect current drafting practice. X the regulations. 2 2 Authorising provisions N/A Regulation 2 specifies the relevant X sections of the Act under which the regulations are made. 3 3 Commencement The Regulations will commence 18 November 2018, noting the following Regulation 3 prescribes the date the exceptions: regulations commence and come into Regulation 36 (new class for TMVs) will commence on 18 effect. X November 2018. Clause 13 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (new standard for hot water heaters) will commence on 1 May 2019. 4 4 Revocations This regulation revokes the Plumbing Regulations 2008 to allow the Regulation 4 revokes the Plumbing Plumbing Regulations 2018 to replace them. X Regulations 2008 and all subsequent amendments. 5 5 Definitions The definitions for existing and standards have been relocated into Regulation 5 defines terms used in the regulation 5 to reflect current drafting practice. X Regulations.
Regulatory Change Table—Proposed Plumbing Regulations 2018 2008 Regulation no. 2018 Regulation no. Short description of the regulation Proposed regulatory change Revoke No change/ no impact Update/ clarify Reduce Strengthen 1 1 Objectives Regulation 1 describes the objectives of the regulations. X The objectives of the Regulations remain the same. Wording changes reflect current drafting practice. 2 2 Authorising provisions Regulation 2 specifies the relevant sections of the Act under which the regulations are made. X N/A 3 3 Commencement Regulation 3 prescribes the date the regulations commence and come into effect. X The Regulations will commence 18 November 2018, noting the following exceptions: Regulation 36 (new class for TMVs) will commence on 18 November 2018. Clause 13 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (new standard for hot water heaters) will commence on 1 May 2019. 4 4 Revocations Regulation 4 revokes the Plumbing Regulations 2008 and all subsequent amendments. X This regulation revokes the Plumbing Regulations 2008 to allow the Plumbing Regulations 2018 to replace them. 5 5 Definitions Regulation 5 defines terms used in the Regulations. X The definitions for existing and standards have been relocated into regulation 5 to reflect current drafting practice.
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