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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Discipline - Investigations

94: Registrar must supply warrant of authority

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"The Registrar gives a special paper to show who has permission to do certain jobs."

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You need a warrant to act under section 93(1)(a) of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006. The Registrar gives you a written warrant of authority that says what powers you have. It also has your full name and a reference to the provision. If you do not have a warrant, you must not say you do. You can get in trouble if you do not follow this rule or if you pretend to be someone who has a warrant. You can be fined up to $10,000 if you break these rules or pretend to be someone you are not.

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Discipline: Investigations

94Registrar must supply warrant of authority

  1. The Registrar must supply to an investigator who intends to act under section 93(1)(a) a written warrant of authority that contains—

  2. a reference to that provision; and
    1. the full name of the investigator; and
      1. a statement of the powers conferred by that provision.

        1. A person who does not have a warrant supplied under this section must not represent himself or herself to be the holder of a warrant supplied under this section.

        2. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 who—

        3. fails to comply with subsection (2); or
          1. impersonates or falsely pretends to be a person named in a warrant supplied under this section.

            Notes
            • Section 94(3): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).