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PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 19
Deciding application
19 Deciding application
(1) The commissioner must consider an application for a licence and decide
to— (a) grant the licence; or
(b) grant a provisional licence for the class
of licence applied for; or
(c) refuse to grant a licence.
(2) The
commissioner may grant a provisional licence to the applicant only if— (a)
the commissioner reasonably believes the applicant needs more practical
experience before being granted the licence applied for; or
(b) 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
(c)
the applicant holds a corresponding licence; or
(d) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) In this section—
"corresponding licence" means— (a) an interstate or New Zealand licence; or
(b) a licence, however called, issued in another country, that authorises the
applicant to carry out the work to which the application relates.
"decision period" , for an application for a licence, means— (a) if there is
no extended period or agreed day for deciding the application under
section 18 —20 business days after the commissioner receives— (i) if the
applicant was required to give information under section 17 (2) (a) —the
information; or
(ii) if the applicant was required to undergo an examination
under section 17 (2) (b) —the results of the examination; or
(iii)
otherwise—the application; or
(b) 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.
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