On-Site Wastewater Management Code of Practice - NT - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You will need to comply with this code if you have an on-site sewage and sullage treatment system. This Code applies to small-scale on-site wastewater systems with maximum design capacity of 8000 litres per day.

This code was developed to assist the community and the industry in ensuring that safe and effective septic tanks are installed and maintained throughout the life of the system.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Comply	All	Code of Practice for Product Approval of On-site Wastewater Management Systems - PDF (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Building Act 1993 Northern Territory

Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 Northern Territory

Regulation(s) name

Building Regulations 1993 Northern Territory

Public and Environmental Health Regulations 2014 Northern Territory

Administering agency

Department of Health

Contact details

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Environmental Health - Barkly

Department of Health
Northern Territory
Operating address:	Tennant Creek Hospital 45 Schmidt Street Tennant Creek, Northern Territory 0860
Mailing address:	PO BOX 346 Tennant Creek, Northern Territory 0861
Phone:	08 8962 4302
Fax:	08 8962 4420
Email:	envirohealthca@nt.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Environmental Health - Central Australia

Department of Health
Northern Territory
Operating address:	Peter Sitzler Building 67 Stuart Highway Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870
Mailing address:	PO BOX 721 Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0871
Phone:	08 8955 6122
Fax:	08 8952 5927
Email:	envirohealthca@nt.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Environmental Health - Darwin

Department of Health
Northern Territory
Operating address:	Casuarina Plaza Floor 2 258 Trower Road Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811
Mailing address:	PO BOX 40596 Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811
Phone:	08 8922 7377
Fax:	08 8922 7036
Email:	envirohealthte@nt.gov.au

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Environmental Health - Katherine

Department of Health
Northern Territory
Operating address:	2nd Floor, O'Keefe House, Katherine Hospital Katherine NT 0850
Mailing address:	PRIVATE BAG 73 Katherine, Northern Territory 0852
Phone:	08 8973 9061
Phone:	08 8973 9062
Fax:	08 8973 9063
Email:	envirohealthte@nt.gov.au

Supporting information

Codes and Guidelines (Opens in new window)

On-Site Wastewater Management Code of Practice - Northern Territory