Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Act 1983

A person may, within 3 months before the expiry of his current registration card or licence, including a licence endorsed "not eligible for reciprocity", apply to the Board for renewal of that registration card or licence.

Subject to section 27, the Board may decline to accept an application for renewal of a registration card or licence if it is submitted after the expiry of the registration card or licence previously held by the applicant, and in such a case the Board shall require the applicant to submit an application under section 22 or 23, as the case may be.

An application for renewal of a registration card or licence shall be made in the approved form and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

The Board, in considering an application for renewal of a registration card or licence, may make such inquiries as it thinks fit regarding the conduct and competence of the applicant as a journeyman or advanced tradesman, as the case may be.

If the Board decides to grant the application, it must promptly:

issue and send to the applicant a registration card or licence;

and

record the issue of the registration card or licence in the appropriate register kept by it.

If the Board decides to refuse to grant the application, it must promptly give the applicant an information notice for the decision.

If an application for renewal is made while the licence or registration card is still in force, the licence or registration card remains in force until the date that the applicant is notified of the outcome of the renewal application.

If an application for renewal is granted, the renewed licence or registration card is taken to have commenced on the date following the expiry date of the licence or registration card it renews.