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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Appeals

162: Appeals

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You can appeal to the District Court if you are unhappy with certain decisions. These decisions include the Board declining to register you or issue a licence. You can also appeal if the Board or Registrar suspends or cancels your registration or licence. You can appeal against decisions about limited certificates, provisional licences, and terms or conditions of your registration or licence. The Board or Registrar makes these decisions under certain sections of the Act, such as section 14, sections 53 to 56, 66, 79, 83, and 178. Some decisions, like those under sections 28 to 35, cannot be appealed. If the Electrical Workers Registration Board makes a decision under Part 2, it is treated as a decision of the Board. This means you can appeal against it in the same way as other Board decisions.

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Part 4Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Appeals

162Appeals

  1. A person who is dissatisfied with the whole or any part of any of the following decisions, directions, or orders may appeal to the District Court against the decision, direction, or order:

  2. any decision of the Board to decline to register the person or to decline to issue a licence to the person or to decline to renew the licence of the person:
    1. any decision of the Board to decline to issue a limited certificate under section 14 to the person or to decline to renew the limited certificate of the person:
      1. any decision of the Registrar to decline to issue a provisional licence to the person or to decline to renew the provisional licence:
        1. any decision of the Board or Registrar to suspend or cancel the person’s registration or licence:
          1. any decision of the Board or Registrar to impose any term or condition in relation to the person’s limited certificate, registration, or licence or to vary any of those terms or conditions:
            1. any decision, direction, or order under any of sections 53 to 56, 66, 79, 83, and 178 or subpart 1 of Part 3 (except section 96).

              1. For the purposes of this Part, any decision of the Electrical Workers Registration Board acting under Part 2 must be treated as a decision of the Board.

              2. Subsection (1) does not confer a right to appeal against a decision under any of sections 28 to 35.

              Notes
              • Section 162(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).