12Exemptions for employees of network utility operators

12 Exemptions for employees of network utility operators

12 Exemptions for employees of network utility operators

(1) An individual is exempt from the requirements of the provisions of Part 2 of the Act (except sections 6 and 7) in relation to plumbing and drainage work if—

(a) the individual is an employee or contractor of a network utility operator, and

(b) the work was incidental to other work that was not plumbing and drainage work and was carried out in the course of the individual’s normal duties as an employee for the network utility operator or in the course of the work that the individual was contracted to do for the network utility operator.

(2) Nothing in this clause exempts an owner or occupier of land who has control of a plumbing installation or a sanitary drainage system from the requirements of section 17 of the Act.