The Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board, under section 142 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006, issues the following notice to amend the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers (Fees and Disciplinary Levy) Notice 2013 (“principal notice”) published in the New Zealand Gazette, 20 December 2012, No. 151, page 4495.

1. Title—This notice is the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers (Fees and Disciplinary Levy) Amendment Notice 2015.

2. Commencement—This notice comes into force on 12 February 2015.

3. Purpose—This notice amends paragraph 5 in the Schedule of the principal notice to accurately describe the administration of the relevant fees.

4. Interpretation—(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:

Act means the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

board means the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board

(2) Any term or expression defined in the Act that is used but not defined in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act.

5. Paragraph 5 of Schedule amended (exemption under supervision)

Replace paragraph 5 of the Schedule with:

“(5) Notification of supervision under section 19, 21 or 25—An authorised person who supervises a person or persons working under a section 19, 21 or 25 exemption must pay the relevant fee(s) for each such person:

”

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of January 2015.

WILLIAM MAX PEDERSEN, Registrar, Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice and has been included to explain its general effect.

This amendment was prescribed by the board on 13 January 2015. It amends the description of the fees at paragraph 5 of the Schedule to accurately reflect how the fees are administered; it does not alter the amount of the fees. Sector consultation was undertaken before the principal notice was made. There has been no consultation on this amendment as there is no change to the amount of the fees or their administration.

This notice is administered by the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board.

*This notice, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 15 January 2015, Issue No. 3, Notice No. 2015-gs269, is being republished in full as it was not tabled in Parliament within the appropriate time limit.