Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers - Plumber, gasfitter, and drainlayer registration and licensing - Classes of registration

32: Principles guiding prescribing of registration and licensing matters

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"Rules for Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Must Be Fair and Safe"

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When the Board makes rules about registration and licensing, you need to know they follow certain principles. They must make rules that protect people's health and safety, prevent property damage, and ensure plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers are competent. The Board also considers whether the rules are fair and do not cost too much for plumbers, gasfitters, drainlayers, or the public. The rules must be necessary for a good reason, such as protecting health or safety, as stated in sections 28 and 30. The Board thinks about how the rules affect people who want to be plumbers, gasfitters, or drainlayers. They try not to make it too hard or expensive for people to get registered or licensed. The Board also makes sure the rules do not cost too much for people or the public. They balance the need to protect people with the need to make it fair and reasonable for plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers. This helps ensure that the rules are good for everyone involved.

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31: Minimum standards for registration, or

"What you need to do to become a registered plumber, gasfitter, or drainlayer"

33: Board must consult before making notices, or

"The Board must talk to people before making important rules."

Part 2Registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers
Plumber, gasfitter, and drainlayer registration and licensing: Classes of registration

32Principles guiding prescribing of registration and licensing matters

In prescribing matters under sections 28 and 30, the Board must be guided by the following principles:
the matters must be necessary to—
1. protect the health or safety of members of the public; or
2. promote the prevention of damage to property; or
3. promote the competency of persons who do, or assist in doing, sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying; or
4. carry out, give effect to, or provide for a matter that is incidental to, or consequential on, the matters relating to subparagraph (i), (ii), or (iii); and
the matters may not unnecessarily restrict the registration or licensing of persons as plumbers, gasfitters, or drainlayers; and
the matters may not impose undue costs on plumbers, gasfitters, or drainlayers, or on the public.