25 MARCH 2010 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 32 937

B. Licence and Notification Fees
$
(4) Fees for issue of an annual licence
Licensed plumber 155.00
Certifying plumber 155.00
Licensed gasfitter 155.00
Certifying gasfitter 155.00
Licensed drainlayer 155.00
Certifying drainlayer 155.00
Fee for issue of provisional licence 155.00
Fee for issue or renewal of limited certificate for each trade for a trainee NIL
Fee for application for an exemption (fixing of water heaters by gasfitters) NIL
Fee for application for an exemption (installing and maintaining particular sanitary plumbing equipment) 155.00
Fee for application for an exemption (person authorised to carry out or supervise gasfitting) 155.00
Fee for notification of an exemption for plumbing, gasfitting or drainlaying under supervision under sections 19, 21 and 25 155.00
Fee for an employer licence or renewal of an employer licence 500.00

(5) Fees for notification of exemption holders under supervision are payable by the certifying gasfitter, plumber or drainlayer supervising that person.

C. Disciplinary Levy
$
(6) Base disciplinary levy for each licence for each trade in 12-month period 50.00
(7) Any disciplinary levy is to be collected at the same time as the relevant licence fee.

D. Examination Fees
$
(8) Examination fee for examinations 9192, 9193, 9194, 9195 and 9196 – for each examination 300.00

E. Re-audit Fees 135.00

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of March 2010.
KERN U’REN, Registrar, Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board.
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Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Plumbing 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 (Plumbing Registration and Licensing) Notice 2010.

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

3. Plumbing 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 plumbing registration and prescribes matters relating to plumbing registration and licensing as set out in the Schedule of this notice.

Schedule
Plumbing 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 Plumbers

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

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

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

(i) licensed plumbers;

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

(iii) trainee plumbers who hold limited certificates to undertake plumbing (“trainee plumbers”); and

(iv) persons carrying out plumbing pursuant to section 19 of the Act (“exempt persons”)

2. Minimum standards for registration

(1) To be registered as a certifying plumber a person must have:

(a) held a licence as a licensed plumber (or as a registered plumber under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 1976 (“the 1976 Act”)) for a continuous period of not less than two years under the supervision of a certifying plumber (or a craftsman plumber under the 1976 Act); and

(b) passed the three-hour certifying plumber examination (reference 9195) set by the board; and

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

(2) The certifying plumber 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 competences:

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