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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers - Employer licences in respect of gasfitting

69: Powers of inspection

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"The Board can check your workplace to make sure you're following the rules."

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You have a licence to be an employer of plumbers, gasfitters, or drainlayers. The Board can send someone to check your workplace. They can look at your documents and ask for information. You can find more about what the Board can do if you do not follow the rules in section 66. The person checking your workplace must tell you they are coming, unless that would stop them from doing their job. When they arrive, they must show you their identity and proof that they are allowed to be there. The Board can check your workplace to make sure you are following the rules and doing gasfitting work safely and correctly, as required by the Gas Act 1992 and regulations made under section 54 of that Act. They cannot enter certain restricted areas without special permission, as stated in the Defence Act 1990.

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Part 2Registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers
Employer licences in respect of gasfitting

69Powers of inspection

  1. Every employer licence is subject to a condition that—

  2. any person authorised by the Board for the purpose may, for an authorised purpose, at any reasonable time, inspect any premises (not being a dwellinghouse) occupied by the employer licence holder, and for that purpose may enter and re-enter any place:
    1. the Board may, for an authorised purpose,—
      1. require the employer licence holder to produce for inspection, within any reasonable period that the Board may specify, any document or class of document in the possession or under the control of the employer licence holder, and may take copies of, or extracts from, any of those documents:
        1. require the employer licence holder to provide, within any reasonable period that the Board may specify, any information or class of information that the Board may require.

        2. If the employer licence holder breaches a condition expressed in subsection (1), the Board may act under section 66.

        3. A person must give reasonable notice of that person’s intention to enter any premises under subsection (1)(a) to the employer licence holder, unless the giving of the notice would defeat the purpose of the entry.

        4. Every person must, on entering any premises under subsection (1)(a), and when requested at any subsequent time, produce—

        5. evidence of that person’s authority to enter the premises; and
          1. evidence of that person’s identity.

            1. The following are authorised purposes for the purposes of this section:

            2. the purpose of ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the employer licence:
              1. the purpose of ensuring that the gasfitting work done by employees of the employer licence holder—
                1. is at all times carried out safely and competently; and
                  1. complies with the requirements of the Gas Act 1992 and any regulations made under section 54 of that Act.

                  2. Nothing in this section authorises any person to enter or search any restricted area within a defence area (within the meaning of the Defence Act 1990) unless the person entering that area has a security clearance approved by the person in charge of the area.

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