Hunter District Water, Sewerage and Drainage (Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers) Amendment Act 1979 (NSW)

H U N T E R DISTRICT W A T E R , S E W E R A G E A N D

D R A I N A G E (PLUMBERS, GASFITTERS A N D

D R A I N E R S ) A M E N D M E N T A C T , 1979 , N o . 4 8

ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act N o . 4 8 , 1 9 7 9 .

An Act to amend the Hunter District Water, Sewerage and
Drainage Act, 1938, consequentially upon the enactment of

to, 9th May, 1979.1

the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act, 1979. [Assented

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by lite authority of the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the "Hunter District Wat , Sewerage and Drainage (Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers) Amendment Act, 1979".

(1 ) Except as provided by subsection ( 2 ) , this Act shall commence on the date of assent to this Act.

2.

(2 ) Section 3 shall commence on the day appointed and notified under section 2 (3) of the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act, 1979.

3. The Hunter District Water, Sewerage and Drainage Act, 1938, is amended—

(a) by omitting section 46 and by inserting instead the

following section :—

46. (1 ) No person shall commence or perform work of any class or description in connection with water supply, sewerage or drainage which communicates or is intended to communicate directly or indirectly with the pipes, sewers or drains of the board unless—•

(a) he is the holder of a licence or certificate of registration granted under the Plumbers, Gas- fitters and Drainers Act, 1979, of a class prescribed in relation to work of that class or description; or

(b) he does so under the immediate supervision of the holder of a licence of a class prescribed in relation to work of that class or description.

(2 ) Any person who acts or knowingly employs another to act in contravention of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence under this Act and is liable upon summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $2,000.

(b) by omitting section 128 (1) ( v ) .