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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

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

76: Duty to notify change of address

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"Tell the Registrar if you change your address"

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If you have a practising licence, a provisional licence, or an employer licence, you must tell the Registrar if you change your street address. You have 3 months to notify the Registrar of your new address. If you do not tell the Registrar, you can get a fine of up to $500.

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

76Duty to notify change of address

  1. If a practising licence holder, a provisional licence holder, or an employer licence holder changes that person’s street address that is recorded in the register, that person must, within 3 months after the change, notify the Registrar of that person’s new street address.

  2. The Registrar must enter the new address in the register.

  3. Every person who breaches subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.

Notes
  • Section 76(3): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).