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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Preliminary and key provisions - Key provisions - Specific sanitary plumbing exemptions

16: Exemption for sanitary plumbing in areas in rural districts

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"Doing your own plumbing in rural areas is allowed if the Minister says it's okay."

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The Minister can choose areas where you can do your own sanitary plumbing. These areas cannot be cities, boroughs, or town districts. You can do sanitary plumbing in these areas if the Minister has given a notice saying it is okay. The Minister must talk to the local authority before giving a notice or changing one. You can finish any sanitary plumbing you have started, even if the Minister changes or cancels the notice. You can also finish it if section 17 applies. A notice from the Minister is a type of secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 1Preliminary and key provisions
Key provisions: Specific sanitary plumbing exemptions

16Exemption for sanitary plumbing in areas in rural districts

  1. The Minister may, by notice, designate any area, other than an area that forms part of a city, a borough, or a town district, as an area where sanitary plumbing may be done by any person.

  2. A person may do any sanitary plumbing in any area in respect of which a notice given under subsection (1) is in force.

  3. The Minister must consult with the appropriate local authority before he or she—

  4. issues a notice under subsection (1); or
    1. varies or revokes a notice.

      1. A person is not prevented from completing any sanitary plumbing that he or she has lawfully commenced by—

      2. the variation or revocation of a notice under this section; or
        1. section 17.

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

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          Notes
          • Section 16(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
          • Section 16(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).