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Legislation


Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Regulations 2010
Gas Act 1992
Gas (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010
Building Act 2004
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 - read more

Please note that while the Board strives to keep these documents current, from time to time changes may occur without the Board’s knowledge. All current legislation documentation is freely available at www.legislation.govt.nz


Gazette notices

Official notices

ALL CURRENT GAZETTE NOTICES (as at 21 October 2010) relating to regulated fees and the registration and licensing of all three trades

Subsequent amendments:
Notice 4436, 7 July 2011 - Amendment to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010
Notice 5261, 4 August 2011 - Amendment to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010
Notice 8695, 15 December 2011 - Amendment to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010
To view historical notices please visit the Department of Internal Affairs website


Compliance documents


Gasfitting
Code of practice for multi cylinder Installations Visit www.lpga.org.nz

New Zealand Building Code
NZ Building Code compliance documents (i.e E1, E2, G12, G13 etc) Visit www.dbh.govt.nz
NZ Building Code Visit www.dbh.govt.nz
NZ Building Code handbooks Visit www.dbh.govt.nz

New Zealand Standards
Except for a few selected documents Standards New Zealand does not provide either NZ or AS/NZS standards free. However, these documents are available for purchase from Standards New Zealand. Simply type the standard you are looking for, ie AS/NZS 3500 in the search field on the right of the screen and select “Search”. A list of related documents will appear for you to choose from.
 Visit www.standards.co.nz


Building consents


Territorial authorities (city or district councils) issue building consents where required before plumbing or drainlaying work commences and a code compliance certificate is issued on completion of the work.

To contact your territorial authority and for further information visit: Local Government New Zealand or Local Councils New Zealand

Gasfitting is a self-certifying trade. Certifying gasfitters issue an Energy Works Certificate (often referred to as a gas certificate) on the completion of work, this must satisfy the requirements of the Building Code and no other consent is required.
 

Legislation explained


Where does sanitary plumbing end and drainlaying begin?
 
The Board examined this question in detail in its December 2011 issue of Info Brief (page 4) - click here to read more about the legally defined demarcation point between drainlaying and plumbing.