PLUMBERS, GAS FITTERS AND ELECTRICIANS ACT 1995 - SECT 6

PLUMBERS, GAS FITTERS AND ELECTRICIANS ACT 1995 - SECT 6

6—Obligation of contractors to be licensed

        (1)         A person must not—

            (a)         carry on business as a plumbing contractor, a gas fitting contractor or an electrical contractor except as authorised by a licence under this Part; or

            (b)         advertise or otherwise hold himself or herself out as being entitled to carry on business as a plumbing contractor, a gas fitting contractor or an electrical contractor unless authorised to carry on business as such a contractor by a licence under this Part.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for an offence committed by a natural person—

                  (i)         for a first or second offence—$50 000; or

                  (ii)         for a third or subsequent offence—$50 000 or 12 months imprisonment or both; or

            (b)         for an offence committed by a body corporate—$250 000.

        (2)         A person required by this Act to be licensed as a contractor is not entitled to any fee or other consideration in respect of work performed as a contractor unless—

            (a)         the person was authorised to perform the work under a licence; or

            (b)         a court hearing proceedings for recovery of the fee or other consideration is satisfied that the person's failure to be so authorised resulted from inadvertence only.

        (3)         The Commissioner may, on application, exempt a person from compliance with this section subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit.

        (4)         The Commissioner may vary or revoke an exemption granted under subsection (3) as the Commissioner thinks fit.