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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Discipline - Exercise of disciplinary powers

107: Costs and expenses

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"Paying costs if you break the rules"

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You might have to pay costs if you are involved in a disciplinary case. The Board can order you to pay a sum of money towards their costs. This includes costs for the investigator's work, the prosecution of the complaint, and the hearing by the Board, as outlined in section 106.

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Part 3Discipline and offences
Discipline: Exercise of disciplinary powers

107Costs and expenses

  1. In any case to which section 106 applies, the Board may order the person concerned to pay to the Board any sum that it considers just and reasonable towards the costs and expenses of, and incidental to,—

  2. the investigator’s investigation of the complaint:
    1. the prosecution of the complaint by the investigator:
      1. the hearing by the Board.