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

M E T R O P O L I T A N 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 6

ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO

ELIZABETHE II REGINE

Act N o . 46 , 1979 .

An Act to amend the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Act, 1924, consequentially upon the enactment of the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act, 1979. [Assented to, 9th May, 1979.1

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 the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the "Metropolitan Water, 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 pursuant to section 2 (3) of the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainers Act, 1979.

3. The Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Act, 1924, is amended—

(a) by omitting section 46 and by inserting instead the 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 and drains of the board unless— following section :—

(a) he is the holder of a licence or certificate of registration granted under the Plumbers, Gasfitters 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 125 (1) ( v ) .

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