Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

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

181: Continuation of pending investigations, inquiries, and disciplinary proceedings

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"What happens to ongoing investigations and complaints about plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers"

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You are looking at a law about plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers. If someone started an investigation or inquiry before this law came into effect, it will keep going as if this law did not exist. You will still have the same people in charge of these investigations and inquiries. They will keep using the old rules to finish what they started. You might be wondering what happens if someone is being investigated and they are considered a registered person under sections 173 to 175. In this case, the people in charge can make decisions about their registration or licence. They can make orders under section 106(1)(a) to (e) about the person's registration, practising licence, or provisional licence. The people in charge will keep doing their job to finish any investigations or inquiries that started before this law came into effect. They will use the old rules to make sure everything gets done properly. This means they will keep looking into complaints and making decisions about disciplinary actions.

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180: Provisions relating to persons whose registration is suspended, or

"What happens if your plumber, gasfitter, or drainlayer registration is suspended"

182: Complaints about conduct before commencement of this section, or

"Complaints about bad behaviour before the law changed"

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

181Continuation of pending investigations, inquiries, and disciplinary proceedings

All investigations, inquiries, and disciplinary proceedings under the former Act that have been commenced before the commencement of this section and that have not been completed before that commencement are to be continued and completed as if this Act had not been enacted.
The Board and every other body or person appointed, constituted, or acting under the former Act in respect of complaints and disciplinary proceedings continues to have and may exercise all its, his, or her powers, functions, and duties under that Act for the purpose of giving effect to subsection (1).
However, if a complaint or disciplinary proceeding continued under this section relates to a person who is deemed, under any of sections 173 to 175, to be a registered person or to hold a practising licence or a provisional licence, the Board’s power to discipline the person includes the power to make an order under section 106(1)(a) to (e) in relation to that registration, practising licence, or provisional licence.