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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Miscellaneous provisions, consequential amendments, and repeals - Transitional provisions

177: Persons holding limited certificates

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"What happens if you have a limited certificate under the old plumbing law"

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You hold a limited certificate under the old Act. You are now deemed to hold a limited certificate under section 14. This new certificate has the same expiry date as your old one. You can do the same work you were allowed to do under the old Act. Your new certificate is subject to the same conditions as your old one. These conditions are outlined in the old Act. The Board can still cancel your certificate or use other powers under the new Act. The rules from section 38 of the old Act still apply to you. These rules have been modified to fit the new Act.

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Part 4Administration, appeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous provisions, consequential amendments, and repeals: Transitional provisions

177Persons holding limited certificates

  1. Every person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, held a limited certificate under the former Act is, on and from the commencement of this section, deemed to be a person who holds a limited certificate issued under section 14.

  2. The limited certificate that a person is deemed to hold under subsection (1) is deemed to—

  3. expire on the earlier of the following dates (but may be renewed under section 14):
    1. the date that the limited certificate under the former Act would have expired if this Act had not been enacted:
      1. the date that is specified by the Board by written notice to the person; and
      2. authorise that person, in accordance with section 13, to do, or assist in doing, work of the kind that the person was, immediately before the commencement of this section, permitted to do, or assist in doing, by virtue of the limited certificate issued under the former Act; and
        1. be subject to any conditions, limitations, or restrictions that, immediately before the commencement of this section, were imposed by or under the former Act on the person’s limited certificate.

          1. The conditions, limitations, or restrictions imposed by section 38 of the former Act continue to apply, with all necessary modifications, in relation to a limited certificate that is deemed to be held under this section as if the references in that provision to—

          2. a craftsman plumber or a registered plumber were references to a registered person who holds a current practising licence that authorises the person to do the relevant work; and
            1. a craftsman gasfitter or a registered gasfitter were references to a registered person who holds a current practising licence that authorises the person to do the relevant work; and
              1. a registered drainlayer were references to a registered person who holds a current practising licence that authorises the person to do the relevant work; and
                1. the period for which a person has held a limited certificate is calculated by reference to the period that the person held a limited certificate under the former Act together with the period that the person holds a limited certificate under this section.

                  1. Nothing in this section prevents the Board from—

                  2. cancelling the limited certificate that a person is deemed to hold under subsection (1); or
                    1. exercising any other power in relation to that certificate under this Act.