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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

9: Restrictions on doing or assisting with gasfitting

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"Rules for who can do gasfitting work"

Illustration for Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

You must not do any gasfitting or help with gasfitting unless you are allowed to. You can do gasfitting or help with it if you have a current practising licence, a provisional licence, or an employer licence. You are allowed to do gasfitting or help with it if you follow the rules in sections 12 to 27. You do not break the rules if you do gasfitting or help with it according to the rules. The rules about who can do gasfitting also depend on sections 11 to 27. You have to make sure you are allowed to do gasfitting or help with it. If you are not sure, you should check the rules. The rules are in place to ensure gasfitting is done safely and correctly.

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Part 1Preliminary and key provisions
Key provisions: Restrictions on doing or assisting with sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, and drainlaying

9Restrictions on doing or assisting with gasfitting

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

  2. The following persons may do gasfitting, or assist in doing gasfitting, 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; or
      1. a person who is authorised to do, or assist in doing, the work under an employer licence.

        1. A person does not do any gasfitting, or assist in doing any gasfitting, 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.