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Electricity Act 1992

Restrictions on electrical work - Exemptions

78: Board may issue limited certificate for purposes of section 77

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“Board can give special certificates for specific purposes”

The Board can give you a special certificate for a specific purpose. This certificate is called a limited certificate. You might need to pay a fee to get it. The Board can add rules to the certificate that you must follow.

The Board can change the rules on your certificate at any time. They will tell you in writing if they do this.

Your limited certificate will last for up to 5 years. You can ask the Board to renew it for another 5 years when it expires. However, the Board doesn’t have to renew it if they don’t want to.

The Board can take away your certificate if you don’t follow the rules, or if you apply to become a registered person or get a practising licence.

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Part 9 Restrictions on electrical work
Exemptions

78Board may issue limited certificate for purposes of section 77

  1. The Board may, on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), issue to any person a limited certificate for the purposes of section 77.

  2. The Board may issue the limited certificate subject to any terms and conditions that the Board thinks fit.

  3. The Board may, by written notice to a person, revoke, amend, or add to any term or condition imposed in relation to that person's certificate.

  4. A limited certificate issued under this section, unless it is sooner cancelled, is in force for the period, not exceeding 5 years, specified in the certificate, but it may from time to time be renewed for a further term not exceeding 5 years.

  5. The Board may, if it thinks fit, refuse to renew any limited certificate.

  6. A limited certificate issued under this section may be cancelled by the Board—

  7. if the Board considers that any of the terms or conditions of the certificate have not been met; or
    1. following the determination of an application for registration as a registered person or for a practising licence.

      Notes
      • Section 78: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).