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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Licensing of drainlayers and plumbers.

5. (1.) No person shall, unless he has been licensed by a local authority as a drainlayer as herein provided, do any of the following work within the district of that local authority, that is to say :—
   (a.) Lay any drain ;
   (b.) Alter, reconstruct, extend, repair, open up, or remove any drain or fitting connected to a drain ;
   (c.) Connect any drain to or disconnect any drain from any other drain, or sewer, or sewage-tank ;
   (d.) Affix, repair, alter, or remove any gully-trap, disconnecting-trap, or other trap in connection with any drain, or sewer, or sewage-tank ;
   (e.) Construct, alter, extend, or repair any sewage-tank.
   (2.) Any person desiring to be licensed as a drainlayer under the provisions of this regulation shall apply to the Engineer in the form herein specified.
   (3.) When the Engineer is satisfied by personal examination that the person applying is a fit and capable person to be licensed as a drainlayer he shall, on payment of the fee hereinafter prescribed, issue a license in the form specified authorizing such person to do the work of a drainlayer until the date specified in such license.
   (4.) The fee payable for the license of a master drainlayer shall be £1, and for the license of a journeyman drainlayer shall be 10s.

Licensing of plumbers.

6. (1.) No person, unless duly registered as a plumber under the provisions of the Plumbers Registration Act, 1912, and licensed as a plumber by a local authority as herein provided, shall do any sanitary plumbing within the district of that local authority, that is to say :—
   (a.) Fix, repair, alter, or disconnect any water-closet, slop-sink, urinal, bath, sink, washtub, or any other sanitary appliance, or any sanitary fittings or accessories connected therewith ;
   (b.) Fix, repair, alter, remove, or disconnect any trap, waste-pipe, soilpipe, ventilation-pipe or shaft, or overflow-pipe connected with or accessory to any sanitary convenience, or sanitary appliance, or any drain or sewer ;
   (c.) Make any connection between the soilpipe from a water-closet or slop-sink and any drain, or between any ventilation-shaft and any drain ;
   (d.) Fix, repair, remove, alter, or disconnect any water-supply pipe or cistern or flushing-appliance to any sanitary convenience or sanitary appliance ;
   (e.) Generally do any plumbing-work in connection with any sanitary convenience or appliance.
   (2.) Any person registered as a plumber under the provisions of the Plumbers Registration Act, 1912, may apply in the form specified to the Engineer to be licensed as a plumber under the provisions of this regulation.
   (3.) The Engineer, when he has satisfied himself that the person applying for such license is a registered plumber, shall issue to such person a license in the form specified to do sanitary plumbing within the area of that local authority until the date specified in such license.

General conditions as regards licenses.

7. (1.) Every license to do the work of a drainlayer or of a plumber shall terminate each year on the 31st day of March.
   (2.) Every person to whom a license as a drainlayer or as a plumber has been issued shall immediately produce such license when required to do so by the person on whose behalf the work of a drainlayer or of a plumber is being done, or by the officer appointed by the local authority to inspect such work.
   (3.) In the event of any license being lost or destroyed, or becoming from any cause illegible, the person holding such license shall forthwith make application to the Engineer, who, on being satisfied that the license is lost, destroyed, or illegible, may issue a duplicate of the license on the payment of 1s.

License may be endorsed.

(4.) If the Engineer is of opinion that any person holding a license as a drainlayer or as a plumber has committed a breach of or failed to comply with any provision of these regulations, or if in the like opinion any work done or being done by any person licensed as a drainlayer or as a plumber with reference to anything affected by these regulations is contrary to any provisions of these regulations or otherwise than by these regulations provided, it shall be lawful for the Engineer to demand and obtain from such person the license