21 OCTOBER 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 143 3605

1Each registration fee includes the relevant licence fee for the first year the registered person would be licensed, and includes the fee for the issue of a certificate of registration.

This notice, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 1 July 2010, No. 76, page 2140, and a subsequent corrigendum published in the New Zealand Gazette, 8 July 2010, No. 80, page 2213, is being republished in full as it was not tabled in Parliament within the appropriate time limit.

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Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Drainlaying Registration and Licensing) Notice 2010*

Pursuant to sections 28 and 30 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 (“the Act”), the following notice is given.

Notice

1. Title—This notice may be cited as the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Drainlaying Registration and Licensing) Notice 2010.

2. Commencement—This notice comes into force on 1 April 2010.

3. Drainlaying registration and licensing—Pursuant to sections 28 and 30 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (“the board”) designates the classes of drainlaying registration and prescribes matters relating to drainlaying registration and licensing as set out in the Schedule of this notice.

Schedule

Drainlaying classes of registration, authorised work for each class of registration, minimum standards for registration and terms and conditions of licensing under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006.

Part A—Certifying Drainlayers

1. Authorised work
   A certifying drainlayer, who holds a current certifying drainlayer practising licence issued by the board:

   (a) may carry out drainlaying (as defined in the Act); and

   (b) must be responsible for any supervision, testing and verification of the drainlaying undertaken by:

   (i) licensed drainlayers;

   (ii) holders of provisional licences (“provisional licensees”);

   (iii) trainee drainlayers who hold limited certificates to undertake drainlaying (“trainee drainlayers”); and

   (iv) persons carrying out drainlaying pursuant to section 25 of the Act (“exempt persons”).

2. Minimum standards for registration

   (1) A person who has held a registered drainlaying licence for the year ending 31 March 2010 will, upon application to the board, be eligible to be licensed as a certifying drainlayer for the year ending 31 March 2011.

   (2) Applicants must satisfy the board that they have advanced experience and proficiency in drainlaying work.

   (3) These criteria are deemed to be met if the person:

   (a) has held a drainlaying practising licence in the year ending 31 March 2009 and in the year ending 31 March 2010; or

   (b) is a registered drainlayer and has held a craftsman plumber licence in the year ending 31 March 2010; or

   (c) supervised a limited certificate holder in drainlaying in the year ending 31 March 2010.

   (4) Persons not meeting the above criteria will be required to submit an application to the board to enable applicants to be assessed using the board’s registered drainlayer transition process. Applicants may be required to submit one or both of the following:

   (a) A letter or letters from one or more territorial authority inspectors who have observed the applicant on at least five drainlaying contracts, as a limited certificate or registered drainlayer, and can verify that the applicant undertook that drainlaying;

   (b) details of at least five drainlaying contracts which the applicant has undertaken including dates, addresses, building consent numbers and photographs of the drainlaying contracts. The board may require such information to be verified by a current or past employer or supervisor of the applicant.

   (5) Persons who have held a certifying drainlayer licence for the year ending 31 March 2011, will be eligible to be licensed as a certifying drainlayer in each year thereafter.

   (6) Any other person who has not held a registered drainlaying licence under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 1976 for the year ending 31 March 2010, must, after 1 April 2010, have:

   (a) held a licence as a licensed drainlayer for a continuous period of not less than two years under the supervision of a certifying drainlayer;

   (b) passed the three-hour certifying drainlayer examination (reference 9198) set by the board; and

   (c) passed the three-hour certifying common examination (reference 9194) set by the board.

   (7) The certifying drainlayer examination and the certifying common examination, referred to above, will be set by the board so that to pass the examinations the applicant must demonstrate the following competencies:

   (a) Advanced knowledge of design and verification processes, accepted workmanship practice, drainlaying techniques and the technologies employed to meet compliance requirements, including the testing of installations and materials.

   (b) Advanced knowledge of trade calculations and sciences relevant to drainlaying and their application in verification processes and design of drainlaying systems.

   (c) Advanced knowledge of the selection of materials, their properties and application used in the design and specification of systems.