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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Preliminary and key provisions - Key provisions - General exemptions

12: Board may exempt person or class of persons from sections 8 to 10

You could also call this:

"The Board can give you or a group a special exception to some plumbing rules."

Illustration for Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

The Board can let you or a group of people not follow some rules in sections 8 to 10. You can be exempt from these rules for all types of sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying, or just for a particular type. The Board can also set conditions for the exemption. The Board can let you do sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying under an exemption if you follow the conditions. You must do the work within the limits set by the exemption and in a competent and safe manner. The exemption must also apply to you. If you get an exemption, it is like a special rule that applies just to you or your group. You can find out more about how these special rules are published by looking at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7298343

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Part 1Preliminary and key provisions
Key provisions: General exemptions

12Board may exempt person or class of persons from sections 8 to 10

  1. The Board may, if it thinks fit, exempt any person or class of persons from compliance with any of sections 8 to 10 generally or in relation to a particular type of sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying.

  2. The Board may grant the exemption subject to any terms and conditions that it thinks fit.

  3. A person may do any sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying, or assist in doing any sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying, under an exemption granted under subsection (1) if—

  4. the work is within the limits specified in the exemption; and
    1. the exemption applies to the person; and
      1. the work is done in accordance with the terms and conditions of the exemption; and
        1. the work is carried out in a competent and safe manner.

          1. An exemption under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

          Notes
          • Section 12(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
          • Section 12(4): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).