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Electricity Act 1992

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

140: Search purposes

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"You can only search the register for specific reasons allowed by law"

You can only search the register for reasons that are listed in section 126. This means you can't look through the register for any other purpose than what is allowed by the law.

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

140Search purposes

  1. A search of the register may be carried out only for a purpose referred to in section 126.

Notes
  • Section 140: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).