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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Preliminary and key provisions - Key provisions - Restrictions on doing or assisting with sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying

8: Restrictions on doing or assisting with sanitary plumbing

You could also call this:

"Rules for doing sanitary plumbing work in New Zealand"

Illustration for Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

You cannot do sanitary plumbing or help with it unless you are allowed to. You can do sanitary plumbing or help with it if you have a current practising licence or a provisional licence. You are allowed to do sanitary plumbing or help with it if you follow the rules in sections 12 to 27. You must have a licence to do sanitary plumbing or help with it. There are some exceptions to this rule, which are explained in sections 11 to 27. You need to follow these rules to do sanitary plumbing or help with it legally. If you do sanitary plumbing or help with it, you must follow the rules. You can find the rules in the legislation, which includes sections 12 to 27. You should check the legislation to see what you are allowed to do.

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Key provisions: Restrictions on doing or assisting with sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying

8Restrictions on doing or assisting with sanitary plumbing

  1. A person must not do any sanitary plumbing, or assist in doing any sanitary plumbing, unless that person is authorised to do so under this section.

  2. The following persons may do sanitary plumbing, or assist in doing sanitary plumbing, within the limits prescribed in regulations (if any):

  3. a registered person who is authorised to do, or assist in doing, the work under a current practising licence; or
    1. a person who is authorised to do, or assist in doing, the work under a provisional licence.

      1. A person does not do any sanitary plumbing, or assist in doing any sanitary plumbing, in breach of this section if that work is done in accordance with sections 12 to 27.

      2. Subsection (1) is subject to subsection (3) and sections 11 to 27.