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14 Exemptions relating to contracting and advertising

(1) In this clause:
"electrical installation" and "electricity supply authority" have the same meanings as they have in the Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2004 .
"general contractor" means a contractor who or which carries on a business the principal object of which is to supply goods or services otherwise than by the doing of specialist work but the supply of which goods or services may incidentally involve the doing of specialist work.

(2) A person is exempt from the requirements of section 4 (Unlicensed contracting) of the Act if:

(a) the contract concerned is made by or on behalf of an exempt corporation and the exempt corporation does not contract to do specialist work only under the contract, or

(b) the contract concerned is made by or on behalf of a general contractor, the general contractor contracts to do specialist work (none of which is residential building work) under the contract and that specialist work is part only of the work to be done under the contract by the general contractor, or

(c) the contract concerned is made by or on behalf of an electricity supply authority and the electricity supply authority contracts under the contract to do only installation, alteration or maintenance work on power lines forming part of an electrical installation.

(3) A person is exempt from the requirements of section 5 (Seeking work by or for unlicensed person) of the Act if:

(a) the representation concerned is made by or about an exempt corporation and the representation does not relate to specialist work only, or

(b) the representation concerned is made by or about a general contractor and the representation relates to specialist work none of which is residential building work and that specialist work is only part of the work to be done, or

(c) the representation concerned is made by or about an electricity supply authority and the representation relates only to installation, alteration or maintenance work on power lines forming part of an electrical installation.