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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

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

56: Unsatisfactory results of competence programme

You could also call this:

"What happens if you don't pass your plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying training programme?"

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You have to complete a competence programme if you want to be a plumber, gasfitter, or drainlayer. If you do not pass the programme, the Board can make some decisions about your licence. The Board can add conditions to your licence, suspend it, or not renew it. If the Board wants to suspend your licence, they must tell you why and give you a chance to explain yourself. You can write to the Board or talk to them in person, and you can have someone represent you. The Board will then make a decision and the Registrar will give you a copy of the order. The order will start from the day you get it, or from a date specified in the order. If the Board adds conditions to your licence or suspends it, this will last until you pass the competence programme. The Board can give you more time to complete the programme if needed.

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

56Unsatisfactory results of competence programme

  1. If any person who is required to complete a competence programme does not satisfy the requirements of the programme, the Board may make 1 or more of the following orders:

  2. that the person’s practising licence or provisional licence be subject to any condition that the Board considers appropriate:
    1. that the person’s practising licence or provisional licence be suspended:
      1. that the person’s application for a renewal of a practising licence or provisional licence be declined.

        1. The Board may not suspend a licence under subsection (1) unless it has first—

        2. informed the person concerned why it may suspend the licence of that person; and
          1. given the person a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions and be heard on the question, either personally or by his or her representative.

            1. The Registrar must ensure that a copy of the order made under subsection (1) is given to the person concerned.

            2. An order made under subsection (1) takes effect from the day on which a copy of the order is given to the person concerned or from any date that is specified in the order, whichever is the later.

            3. Any order made under subsection (1)(a) or (b) remains in effect until the time that the person concerned has satisfied all the requirements of the competence programme, and for that purpose the Board may extend the period within which the person is required to satisfy those requirements.