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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Discipline - Complaints

90: Complaints

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"Telling the Board about someone who broke the rules"

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You can complain to the Board about someone's conduct by making a complaint to the Registrar in the prescribed manner. You can do this if you think someone has not followed the rules. The Registrar will then inform the Board and the person you complained about. You cannot make a complaint if you are the Board, a member of the Board, or the Registrar. The Registrar will look at your complaint and decide what to do next. If the Registrar thinks your complaint is not serious, they will not investigate it and will tell you this. They will also not follow the process outlined in section 91 if they think your complaint is not serious.

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Part 3Discipline and offences
Discipline: Complaints

90Complaints

  1. Any person (including any person in the service of the Crown acting in his or her official capacity) may complain to the Board about the conduct of a person to whom this subpart applies by making the complaint in the prescribed manner to the Registrar.

  2. However, a complaint may not be made under subsection (1) by the Board, a member of the Board, or the Registrar.

  3. The Registrar must, as soon as practicable after receiving a complaint,—

  4. inform the Board; and
    1. inform the person complained against of the general nature of the complaint.

      1. However, if the Registrar is satisfied that the complaint is frivolous or vexatious,—

      2. subsection (3) does not apply; and
        1. section 91 does not apply; and
          1. the Registrar must inform the complainant that the complaint will not be investigated or proceeded with.