The Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board, under sections 28, 30, 31 and 139 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 (“Act”), having been guided by the principles set out in section 32 of the Act, issues the following notice to amend the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board (Plumbing Registration and Licensing) Notice 2016, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 27 October 2016, Issue No. 97, Notice No. 2016-gs6011.

1. Title

This notice is the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board (Plumbing Registration and Licensing) Registration Pathways Amendment Notice 2018.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into force on 1 April 2018.

3. Principal notice

This notice amends the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board (Plumbing Registration and Licensing) Notice 2016 (“principal notice”).

4. Purpose

The purposes of this notice are to:

1. recognise a new qualification which will replace the current National Certificate in Plumbing; and
2. introduce a new process for overseas qualified practitioners wishing to become registered in New Zealand.

5. Interpretation

(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:

board means the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board.

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

6. Principal notice amended

Paragraph 6(1)(b)(i)(A) replaced

(1) Paragraph 6(1)(b)(i)(A) of the principal notice is revoked and the following paragraph is substituted:

“A. an assessment from The Skills Organisation concluding that the applicant’s plumbing qualification is equivalent to, or greater than the New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing at level 4; and”

New paragraph 11(1)(aa) added

(2) After paragraph 11(1)(a), the following paragraph is added:

“(aa) obtained the New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing; or”

Paragraph 11(1)(b)(i)(A) replaced

(3) Paragraph 11(1)(b)(i)(A) of the principal notice is revoked and the following paragraph is substituted:

“A. an assessment from The Skills Organisation concluding that the applicant’s plumbing qualification is equivalent to, or greater than the New Zealand Certificate in Plumbing at level 4; and”

Issued at Wellington this 1st day of March 2018.

WILLIAM HENRY MARTIN SAWYERS, Registrar, Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board.

Explanatory note

This note is for explanatory purposes only.

This notice changes the registration pathways in the principal notice to recognise a new qualification in plumbing and changes the process for overseas qualified practitioners wishing to become registered in New Zealand.

In prescribing the matters set out in this notice, and in accordance with the provisions set out in sections 32, 33, and 34 of the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006, the board has:

• been guided by the principles in section 32;
• consulted in accordance with section 33(1); and
• sought the approval of the Minister in accordance with section 34(1).