Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers - Register of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers

72: Purpose of register

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"What the register is for"

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The register helps you find out if a person is registered to do sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying work. You can use the register to choose a suitable person to do this work and to contact them. The register also shows if a person has been disciplined under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 in the last three years. The register helps you find out about a person's history of registration or licensing. This includes if they have been registered or held a licence before, and what happened with their registration or licence. The register is also used by the Board and the Registrar to do their jobs. The information on the register is available to you, but there are some limits. This section is subject to section 83, which means the Registrar can restrict access to certain information in certain circumstances.

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71: Registrar must enter matters in register, or

"The Registrar must record important information in a special book."

73: Form of register, or

"How the Register of Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers is Kept and Accessed"

Part 2Registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers
Register of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers

72Purpose of register

The purpose of the register is—
to enable members of the public to—
1. determine whether a person is a registered person or holds a practising licence, provisional licence, or employer licence issued under this Part and, if so, the status and relevant history of the person’s registration or licence; and
2. choose a suitable person to do sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying work; and
3. know how to contact a registered person or a provisional licence holder or an employer licence holder; and
4. obtain information concerning which persons have been disciplined under this Act or the former Act within the last 3 years; and
to enable members of the public to obtain information concerning whether or not a person has previously been registered under this Part or the former Act or held a licence under this Part or the former Act and, if so, the relevant history of the person’s registration or licence; and
to facilitate the administrative, disciplinary, and other functions of the Board, the Electrical Workers Registration Board, any investigator, and the Registrar under this Act.

This section is subject to section 83 (which allows the Registrar to restrict public access to certain information or documentation in certain circumstances).