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Plumbers say it will be more difficult to comply with new lead-free product rules now that Australia is delaying their own lead-free regulations by another two years.
Plumbing products containing lead will remain legal to install in Australia until 2028, after the national building authority decided the delay was necessary due to "insufficient" availability of lead-free certified products.
In New Zealand the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment remains committed to the ban.
It has delayed the ban once already to align with Australia.
Master Plumbers chief executive Greg Wallace says while they agree with the decision to not further delay the ban, in the absence of a verification regime, it is pointless.
