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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 - Cancellation and suspension

57: Cancellation and suspension generally

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"When the Board can cancel or suspend your plumber, gasfitter, or drainlayer licence or registration"

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The Board can cancel your registration, practising licence, or provisional licence if you ask them to. They can also cancel it if they think you have died. The Board can cancel your licence in accordance with section 59, section 60, section 78, or Part 3. If your registration is cancelled, your practising licence will also be cancelled. The Board can suspend your registration or practising licence in accordance with section 60 or Part 3. The Board can suspend your practising licence or provisional licence in accordance with section 56, section 60, or Part 3. If your registration or licence is cancelled or suspended, you are still responsible for anything you did wrong before it was cancelled or suspended. If you are registered for more than one type of work, the Board can cancel or suspend your registration or licence for one or all of them.

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

57Cancellation and suspension generally

  1. The Board may cancel a person’s registration, practising licence, or provisional licence—

  2. if the person, by written notice, requests that the Board do so; or
    1. if the Board believes on reasonable grounds that the person has died; or
      1. in accordance with section 59 (which concerns the cancellation of registration or of a licence if the registration or licence was obtained wrongfully); or
        1. in accordance with section 60 (which concerns the cancellation or suspension of an overseas qualification, certificate, registration, or licence); or
          1. in accordance with section 78 (which concerns the revision of the register); or
            1. in accordance with Part 3 (which concerns disciplinary proceedings).

              1. If a person’s registration is cancelled, the practising licence held by the person for the class of registration concerned (if any) is also cancelled.

              2. The Board may suspend—

              3. a person’s registration—
                1. in accordance with section 60 (which concerns the cancellation or suspension of an overseas qualification, certificate, registration, or licence); or
                  1. in accordance with Part 3 (which concerns disciplinary proceedings):
                  2. a person’s practising licence or provisional licence—
                    1. in accordance with section 56 (which concerns competence); or
                      1. in accordance with section 60 (which concerns the cancellation or suspension of an overseas qualification, certificate, registration, or licence); or
                        1. in accordance with Part 3 (which concerns disciplinary proceedings).

                        2. The cancellation or suspension of the registration, practising licence, or provisional licence of a person under this Act does not affect that person’s liability for any act or default occurring before the cancellation or suspension.

                        3. If a person is registered under this Part in respect of more than 1 class of registration, the Board may exercise its powers to cancel or suspend registration or a practising licence under this Act in respect of each of those classes or 1 or more of those classes as the Board thinks fit.