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Electricity Act 1992

Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences - Electrical worker registration and licensing - How to become registered

94: Duration of provisional licence

You could also call this:

“How long a temporary electrician's license lasts and when it can end”

A provisional licence lets you work as an electrician for a short time. It lasts for up to 12 months, but you can ask to have it renewed for another 12 months. The Board that gives out these licences can say no if they don’t want to renew your licence.

Your provisional licence can be taken away for a few reasons. It can be cancelled in the same ways as other licences, which are described in another part of the law. It can also be cancelled if you don’t follow the rules of your licence. Finally, it can be cancelled when you apply for full registration or a regular practising licence.

Remember, the Board can decide to cancel your licence at any time if they think it’s the right thing to do.

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94Duration of provisional licence

  1. A provisional licence, unless it is sooner suspended or cancelled, is in force for the period, not exceeding 12 months, specified in the licence, but it may from time to time be renewed for a further period not exceeding 12 months.

  2. The Board may, if it thinks fit, refuse to renew any provisional licence.

  3. A provisional licence may be cancelled—

  4. in any of the ways described in section 110(1); or
    1. if the Board considers that any of the terms or conditions of the licence have not been met; or
      1. following the determination of an application for registration or a practising licence under this subpart.

        Notes
        • Section 94: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).