Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018

The commissioner must consider an application for a licence and decide to—

grant the licence; or

grant a provisional licence for the class of licence applied for; or

refuse to grant a licence.

The commissioner may grant a provisional licence to the applicant only if—

the commissioner reasonably believes the applicant needs more practical experience before being granted the licence applied for; or

the commissioner reasonably believes the applicant does not have the qualifications required under section 15(1), but does have enough practical experience to be able to carry out work under the provisional licence; or

the applicant holds a corresponding licence; or

the commissioner reasonably believes the applicant has the qualifications and practical experience required under section 15(1), but requires evidence, or further evidence, of the qualifications and experience to be given to the commissioner.

If, at the end of the decision period for the application, the commissioner has failed to decide the application, the failure is taken to be a decision to refuse to grant a licence.

In this section—

an interstate or New Zealand licence; or

a licence, however called, issued in another country, that authorises the applicant to carry out the work to which the application relates.

if there is no extended period or agreed day for deciding the application under section 18—20 business days after the commissioner receives—

if the applicant was required to give information under section 17(2)(a)—the information; or

if the applicant was required to undergo an examination under section 17(2)(b)—the results of the examination; or

otherwise—the application; or

if there is an extended period or agreed day for deciding the application under section 18—the extended period or the period ending on the agreed day.