HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2636 BY-LAW NUMBER
A BY-LAW OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OP PICKERING TO PROVIDE
FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATING OF PLUMBERS~ MASTER PLUMBERS,
JOURNEYMAN PLUMBERS, DRAIN CONTRACTORS~ DRAIN LAYERS AND APPRENTICES.
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Township 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) "Apprentice" means any person who is in the employ of a
Master Plumber but has not had five years experience.
(b) "Board" means the Plumbers' Licensing Board.
(c) "Drain Contractor" means a person concerned with all
drainage work not included in plumbing.
(d) "Drain Layer" means a person employed by a drain contractor
who understands the principles of drain laying.
(e) "Journeyman Plumber" means a person other than a Master
Plumber who has been employed by a Master Plumber in the
performance of plu.~qb~n~.or not less than~$~q~.~
holds a certificate~6~ a ~ trade sc~oo~f~Iro~-ing~°
at least two years ~uition and who desires to follow
plumbing as his calling.
(f) "Master Plumber" means a person who is skilled in the
Planning, superintending and installation of plumbing,
is familiar with the laws, rules and regulations govern-
ing the same and who himself or by journeyman plumbers in
his employ performs plumbing.
(g) "Plumbing" means the art of installing in buildings the
pipes for distributing the water supply~ the fixtures
for using water, and the soil and waste pipes for removing
waste water and sew~age, together with fittings and
appurtenances of various kinds within or adjacent to the
building and the house sewer.
2(1) The Plumbers' Licensing Board shall consist of four persons:
(a) The Township Engineer
(b) The Plumbing Inspector
(c) One Master Plumber and one Journeyman Plumber, appointed
from time.t~_time by the Council of the Township of
Pickering~ shall hold office during the pleasure of
the said Council.
2(2) The Council shall appoint the Secretary of the Board and the
Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairmsn 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~ Journeyman Plu~ers,
Drain Contractors~ Drain Layers or Apprentices is granted
under thisBy-Law.
4. Every applicant for regis%ration as ~n~Lppr~n~tiqe ~bal~ be
grant~d r~ gi s ~ r~t i ~ .u~--~. ~ ~ ~'~.~
5. E~ery applicant for registration as a Master Plumber., Journey-
man Plumber, Drain Contractor or Drain Layer shall be granted
registration if he obtains at least seventy percent (70%)
standing in an examination as to his skills conducted by the
Board, and he pays the appropriate fee.
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6. 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.
Every application for registration ~nder this By-Law shall be
in writing signed by the Applicant in such form as the Board
may from time to time prescribe.
8. The Secretary of the Board shall issue a license as a Master
Plumber, Journeyman Plumber~ Drain Contractor or Drain Layer
to any person who is registered as such and who has paid the
appropriate fee for such license.
9, Every license issued pursuant to this By-Law shall expire on
the 31st day of December in the year for which it is issued.
~ ' each year the registrations of
[!0. On the 1st day of ....... ~ mn
all persons other than Apprentices who have not obtained their
licenses for such year shall lapse.
11. The Board may cancel the registration of any person who~-~
.... ~u~.F~cnt o~3 ~,. has committed
a wiliul violation of any By-Law pertaining to plumbing.
12, 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.
13. When the registration of any person is cancelled the license
of such person shall cease and determine.
No person shall in the Township 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 qualified Master
Plumber.
(c) Engage himself in employment as a Journeyman Plumber
unless he is the holder of a Journeyman Plumber's license.
(d) Engage himself in employment as a Drain Layer unless he
is the holder of a Drain Layer's license.
(e) Engage himself in employment as an Apprentice unless he
is re[istered as an Apprentice.
(f) Being a Master Plumber, cause or permSt 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 a~ under the direct personal super-
vision of a licensed Master Plumber or Journeyman Plumber,
continuously employed on the same contract or job.
(g) Engage in business as a Drain Contractor unless he is
the holder of a Drain Contractor's license.
15. The Secretary of the Board shall on the application of any
person registered under this By-Law and the payment by such
applicant of the proper fee, issue to such applicant a cert-
ificate of such registration.
16. The Board may require any person registered under this By-Law
other than an Apprentice 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
leas% seventy percent (70%) standing in such examination the
registration of such person shall be cancelled.
17. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained the
Board may without examination register under this By-law any
person engaged in the trade of plumbing or drain-laying in the
Township at the time of passing of this By-Law.
18. The fees payable under this By-Law shall be as follows:
Complete Examinations
Master Plumber $10.00
Drain Contractor 10.00
Journeyman Plumber 5.00
Drain Layer 5.00
Partiai~Examinations
Master Plumber 5.00
Drain Contractor 5.00
Journeyman Plumber 2.00
Drain Layer 2.00
Annual License
Master Plumber ~.00
Drain Contractor 10.00
Journeyman Plumber 2.00
Drain Layer 2.00
For the issuing of any
certificate of registratio~ 1.00
Any person convicted of'a breach of fhe p~ovisions of this
By-Law shall forfeit his licence, 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.
20. .~v-Law Number 2 54 be and the same. zs heme_bv repealed.
/ ! ~ Reeve