NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 97 — 27 OCTOBER 2016

(b) is subject to appropriate safety measures; and

(c) complies with the requirements of all relevant regulations, including regulations made under the Building Act 2004.

(9) A certifying plumber must ensure that all persons under their supervision:

(a) are competent to perform the tasks undertaken;

(b) are adequately supervised while carrying out sanitary plumbing;

(c) comply with all relevant regulations, including regulations made under the Building Act 2004; and

(d) can produce their current authorisation card issued by the Board on demand.

(10) A certifying plumber may nominate another currently licensed certifying plumber or tradesman plumber (“Nominated Person”) to provide physical supervision of any person working under their supervision.

(11) A certifying plumber remains responsible at all times for all aspects of the work done by a person under their supervision even where they have nominated another certifying plumber or tradesman plumber to provide physical supervision of that work.

(12) A certifying plumber who is nominated to provide physical supervision of a person must promptly notify the person’s supervising certifying plumber of any concerns they have about the work done by that person or the safety measures in place in respect of the work done by that person.

(13) A certifying plumber must ensure that, during the first 12 months of holding a limited certificate to do or assist in doing sanitary plumbing, a Trainee Plumber under their supervision works at all times in their presence or in the presence of a Nominated Person.

(14) A certifying plumber must ensure that, during the first 24 months of doing or assisting in doing sanitary plumbing under an exemption under section 19 of the Act, an Exempt Person under their supervision works at all times in their presence or in the presence of a Nominated Person.

Part B - Tradesman plumber

9. Tradesman plumber

(1) The Board designates the tradesman plumber class of plumbing registration.

(2) All plumbers registered as licensed plumbers under the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board (Plumbing Registration and Licensing) Notice 2010 are now deemed to be registered as tradesmen plumbers.

10. Authorised work

A tradesman plumber who holds a current annual practising licence issued by the Board:

(a) may carry out sanitary plumbing under the supervision of a certifying plumber;

(b) may physically supervise, as a Nominated Person, sanitary plumbing undertaken by a person under supervision; and

(c) may test sanitary plumbing.

11. Minimum standards for registration

Registration requirements

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

(a) obtained the National Certificate in Plumbing and passed the examination specified in paragraph 11(2) below; or

(b) where the person is applying on the basis of an overseas plumbing qualification:

(i) submitted a completed pre-registration application form to the Board that includes the following documentation:

A. an international qualifications assessment report from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority concluding that the applicant’s plumbing qualification is equivalent to, or greater than level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework;

B. unless the applicant has already been granted New Zealand residence, police certificates that are no older than six months from the applicant’s country of citizenship (unless they can provide satisfactory evidence they have never lived there), and from any country the applicant has lived in for 12 months or more (whether in one visit or intermittently) in the last 10 years, that the Board assesses as meeting its fit and proper person registration requirements; and

C. evidence that the applicant has worked full-time in the plumbing trade for four years or more; and

(ii) passed the examination specified in paragraph 11(2) below, which they may sit in their home country by arrangement with the Board.

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