NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 97 — 27 OCTOBER 2016

the Board.

(4) At all times when undertaking sanitary plumbing, a tradesmen plumber must be able to produce their authorisation card on demand.

Supervision

(5) A tradesman plumber must work at all times under the supervision of a certifying plumber.

(6) A tradesman plumber must notify the Board of the name and registration number of their supervising certifying plumber.

(7) A tradesman 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 competency of the work done by that person or the safety measures in place in respect of the work done by that person.

Part C - Journeyman plumber

14. Journeyman plumber

The Board designates the journeyman plumber class of plumbing registration.

15. Authorised work

A journeyman 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; and

(b) may test sanitary plumbing.

16. Minimum standards for registration

To be registered as a journeyman plumber a person must have successfully completed one of the following:

(a) the National Certificate in Plumbing;

(b) the third stage block course in plumbing; or

(c) the practice trade certificate in plumbing.

17. Terms and conditions of registration

(1) A journeyman plumber must pay any monies owing to the Board as they become due, subject to any exceptions agreed to by the Board.

(2) A journeyman plumber must provide the Board with all information required for the public register.

18. Terms and conditions of licence

Continuing professional development

(1) For the purposes of paragraph (2) below:

Approved continuing professional development course means a course of training of up to six hours duration on continuing professional development topics as set out on the Board’s website and delivered by an approved provider either in person or online.

Approved provider means a provider approved by the Board to deliver an approved continuing professional development course and notified on the Board’s website.

(2) To be eligible to renew their annual practising licence, all journeymen plumbers applying to renew their licence for the licensing years beginning on 1 April 2018 and beyond must satisfy the Registrar that they have completed any approved continuing professional development course that has been notified as applying in the 12 month period prior to renewal.

Authorisation card

(3) All journeymen plumbers that hold a current annual practising licence are issued with an authorisation card by the Board.

(4) At all times when undertaking sanitary plumbing, a journeyman plumber must be able to produce their authorisation card on demand.

Part D – General

19. Licence period

The licence period is from 1 April to 31 March of the following year, provided that:

(a) a licence is issued for a maximum period of one licensing year only;

(b) all licences expire on 31 March irrespective of when in the licensing period they were issued subject to section 50 of the Act; and

(c) a licence issued after 1 April is valid only from the date on which it is issued until its expiry on 31 March.

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