HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 27/74THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 27/74
WHEREAS Section 401, Subsection 3 (12) of the Municipal Act
R.S.O. 1970 provides for the licensing and regulating of Master Plumbers
and Drain Contractors.
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Town of Pickering that:
1. In this By-law whenever the terms hereinafter defined are used
they shall have the meaning hereinafter ascribed to them;
(a) "Board" means the Plumbers' Licensing Board.
(b) "Drain Contractor" means a person concerned with all drainage
work not included in plumbing, as defined by the Department of
Labour regulations pertaining to plumbers.
(c) "Master Plumber" means a person who is skilled in the planning,
superintending and installation of plumbing, is familiar with
the laws, rules and regulations governing the same and who
himself or by journeyman plumbers in his employ performs plumbing.
(d) "Plumbing" as defined by Regulation 647 of the Revised
Regulations of Ontario 1970 as amended by Ontario
Regulations 344/71, 209/72, 158/73.
2. (1) The Plumbers' Licensing Board shall consist of five persons:
(a) Mayor;
(b) The Plumbing Inspector;
(c) Three Master Plumbers, appointed from time to time by the
Council of the Town of Pickering who shall hold office
during the pleasure of the said Council.
(2) The Plumbing Inspector shall be Secretary of the Board and the
Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairman thereof.
3. The Secretary of the Board shall keep a register in which shall
be entered the names and addresses of all persons to whom
registration as Master Plumbers and Drain Contractors is -,ranted
under this By-law.
4. Every applicant for registration as a Master Plumber or Drain
Contractor shall be granted registration if he obtains at least
seventy percent (707) standing in an examination as to his shills
conducted by the Board, and he pays the appropriate fee.
(To qualify for examination as a Master Plumber, applicant shall
have worked at the trade a minimum of Five (5) years "with a
sworn declaration of same', or have proof of apprenticeship as
approved by the Department of Labour. In either case, applicant
must hold a current Provincial Certificate of Qualification as
a Plumber.)
5. Any applicant for registration who has failed to obtain the
required standing in respect of part only of his examination
shall be entitled on application made to the Board within
sixty days of such failure, and upon payment of the appropriate
fee, to be re-examined as to such part of such original
examination.
6. Every application for registration under this By-law shall be
in writing signed by the Applicant in such form as the Board
may from time to time prescribe.
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7. Every license issued pursuant to this By-law shall expire on
the 31st day of December in the year for which it is issued.
B. on the 1st day of March in each year the registrations of all
persons other than Apprentices who have not obtained their
licenses for such year shall lapse.
9. The Board may cancel the registration of any person who has
committed a wilful violation of any By-law pertaining to
plumbing.
10. When the registration of any person lapses or is cancelled the
Secretary of the Board shall forthwith delete the name of such
person from the register, and their names shall not be re-entered
until their applications have been reviewed by the Board and
specified examination fee has been paid.
11. When the registration of any person is cancelled the license
of such person shall cease and desist.
12. No person shall in the Town of Pickering:
(a) Assume responsible charge and direction of plumbing or
engage himself or hold himself out as being qualified to
undertake on his own behalf to perform plumbing work unless
he is the holder of a Master Plumber's license.
(b) Employ, whether for gain or otherwise, any person other
than a licensed Master Plumber to do plumbing work unless
he is himself the holder of a Master Plumber's license, or
employs for such work a Master Plumber.
(c) Engage himself in employment as a Journeyman Plumber
unless he is the holder of a Provincial Certificate of
Qualification.
(d) Being a Master Plumber, cause or permit an Apprentice
or helper or other unlicensed person to perform any plumbing
work or install any plumbing material or appliance within
the meaning of this By-law except as an assistant to and in
the presence of and under the direct personal supervision
of a licensed Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber, continously
employed on the same contract or job.
(e) Engage in business as a Drain Contractor unless he is the
holder of a Drain Contractor's license.
13. The Secretary of the Board shall on the application of any such
person registered under this By-law and the payment by such
applicant of the proper fee, issue to such applicant a certificate
of such registration.
14. The Board may require any person registered under this By-law
to submit to examination by the Board as to his competency
should the Board at any time have reason to doubt his competency,
and should such person fail to obtain at least seventy percent
(70%) standing in such examination the registration of such
person shall be cancelled.
15. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained the
Board uiay without examination register under this By-law any
person engaged in the trade of plumbing or drain-laying in the
Town at the time of passing of this By-law.
16. The fees payable under this By-law shall be as follows:
Complete Examinations
Master Plumber $10.00
Drain Contractor 10.00
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Partial Re-Examinations
Master Plumber $5.00
Drain Contractor 5.00
Annual License
Master Plumber 25.00
Drain Contractor 25.00
For the issuing of any certiFicate
of registration 1.00
17. Any person convicted of a breach of the provisions of this
By-law shall forfeit his license, and pay at the discretion
of the convicting Magistrate, a penalty not exceeding the
sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for each offence,
exclusive of costs.
18. By-law Number 3332 be and the same is hereby repealed.
By-law read a first and second time this IA day of
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B°-law read a Third time and PASSED this id /k day of
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