Licences, authorities and certificates under Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act 1979
9 Licences, authorities and certificates under Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act 1979
A licence in force under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act 1979 immediately before the commencement of this clause, being a licence authorising its holder to contract to do, to do, and to supervise, plumbing work or gasfitting work, is to be taken to be an endorsed contractor licence under this Act authorising its holder to contract to do, to do, and to supervise, the same work.
A contractor’s authority in force under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act 1979 immediately before the commencement of this clause, being an authority authorising its holder to contract to do plumbing work or gasfitting work, is to be taken to be a licence under this Act authorising its holder to contract to do the same work.
A certificate of registration in force under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act 1979 immediately before the commencement of this clause, being a certificate authorising its holder to do plumbing work or gasfitting work under general control, is to be taken to be a tradesperson certificate under this Act authorising its holder to do the same work under the supervision of the holder of an appropriate endorsed contractor licence or supervisor certificate.
Any conditions (other than prescribed conditions) to which such a licence, authority or certificate was subject immediately before the commencement of this clause are to be taken to have been imposed under this Act (when the licence, authority or certificate was in fact granted) on the corresponding licence or tradesperson certificate arising under this clause.
Any licence under this Act arising from subclause (1) or (2) is to be taken to have been issued for the residue of the term for which the corresponding licence or contractor’s authority under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act 1979 was in fact issued.
Any tradesperson certificate under this Act arising from subclause (3) is to be taken to have been issued for the residue of the term for which the corresponding certificate of registration under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act 1979 was in fact issued.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed conditions
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