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Electricity Act 1992

Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences - Employer licences

121: Board must give employer licence holder reasonable opportunity to be heard

You could also call this:

“Board listens to employer's side before making decisions”

If the Board wants to take any actions mentioned in section 120, they must first follow these steps:

The Board needs to tell the employer licence holder why they might take these actions. They have to explain the reasons clearly.

After explaining the reasons, the Board must give the employer licence holder a fair chance to respond. The employer licence holder can write a response or speak to the Board about it. They can do this themselves or have someone else speak for them.

The Board can’t take any actions until they’ve done these two things. This rule makes sure the employer licence holder has a chance to defend themselves before any decisions are made.

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Part 10 Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences
Employer licences

121Board must give employer licence holder reasonable opportunity to be heard

  1. The Board must not take any of the actions referred to in section 120 unless it has first—

  2. informed the employer licence holder concerned as to why it may take any of those actions; and
    1. given that person a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions and be heard on the question, either personally or by that person's representative.

      Notes
      • Section 121: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).