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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Offences

121: False declarations and representations

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"Telling lies to get a licence or certificate can get you in trouble and a big fine."

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You can get in trouble if you make false declarations or representations to get registered, licensed, or certified under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006. If you knowingly make a false or misleading declaration, either orally or in writing, you can be fined up to $10,000. You must not provide fake documents or use documents you know are false or not genuine. You commit an offence if you give the Registrar, the Board, or the Electrical Workers Registration Board a document that you know contains false information or is not real. You also commit an offence if you use a document that you know contains false information or is not real. This can result in a fine of up to $10,000.

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Part 3Discipline and offences
Offences

121False declarations and representations

  1. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 who, for the purpose of obtaining any registration, licence, renewal of a licence, or certificate under this Act, either on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of any other person,—

  2. either orally or in writing, makes any declaration or representation that, to the person’s knowledge, is false or misleading in any material particular; or
    1. provides to the Registrar, the Board, or the Electrical Workers Registration Board, any document knowing that the document—
      1. contains any declaration or representation that is false or misleading in any material particular; or
        1. is not genuine; or
        2. makes use of any document knowing that the document—
          1. contains any declaration or representation that is false or misleading in any material particular; or
            1. is not genuine.

            Notes
            • Section 121: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).