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Electricity Act 1992

Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences - Electrical worker registration and licensing - Cancellation and suspension

112: Board may cancel registration or licence if obtained wrongfully

You could also call this:

“Board can take away your licence if you weren't honest when you got it”

The Board can cancel your registration, practising licence, or provisional licence if they find out you got it by being dishonest. This means if you lied or misled them when you applied, or if you weren’t actually allowed to get registered or licensed, they can take it away.

Before the Board does this, they have to tell you why they’re thinking about cancelling your registration or licence. They also need to give you a fair chance to explain yourself. You can write to them or speak to them in person, or have someone speak for you.

If the Board decides to cancel your registration or licence, they will make an official order. The Registrar will make sure you get a copy of this order.

The cancellation starts either from the day you get the order, or from a date written in the order, whichever comes later.

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Part 10 Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences
Electrical worker registration and licensing: Cancellation and suspension

112Board may cancel registration or licence if obtained wrongfully

  1. The Board may order the cancellation of a person's registration, practising licence, or provisional licence if it is satisfied that he or she—

  2. obtained registration or obtained the licence by making a false or misleading representation or declaration (whether oral or written); or
    1. was not entitled to be registered or issued with the licence.

      1. The Board may not act under subsection (1) unless it has first—

      2. informed the person concerned why it may act under that subsection; and
        1. given that person a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions and be heard on the question, either personally or by his or her representative.

          1. The Registrar must ensure that a copy of the order made under this section is given to the person concerned.

          2. An order made under this section takes effect from the day on which a copy of the order is given to the person concerned or from any date that is specified in the order, whichever is the later.

          Notes
          • Section 112: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).