• “(1) The Board may, by notice in the Gazette, impose on every registered person a disciplinary and prosecution levy of any amount it thinks fit for the purpose of funding the costs arising out of—

  • “(a) investigations into allegations or complaints against registered persons; and

  • “(b) proceedings concerning discipline under Part 3; and

  • “(c) investigations into, and prosecutions against persons for, the breach of any Act or regulation relating to sanitary plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying.”

“171A Validation of disciplinary levy

• “(1) A disciplinary levy payable during the period beginning on 1 April 2007 and ending on the close of 11 January 2012 is and always has been validly imposed by the Board.

  “(2) Money received by the Board in payment of a disciplinary levy validated by subsection (1) is and always has been lawfully collected and applied.

  “(3) In this section, disciplinary levy payable means a disciplinary levy payable or purportedly payable in accordance with the following:

  • “(a) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Amendment Notice 2007 (Gazette 2007, p 414):

  • “(b) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Amendment Notice (No 2) 2007 (Gazette 2007, p 575) as amended by the Corrigendum to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Amendment Notice (No 2) 2007 (Gazette 2007, p 721):

  • “(c) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Amendment Notice (No 3) 2007 (Gazette 2007, p 3635):

  • “(d) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 (Gazette 2010, p 936) as amended by the Amendment to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 (Gazette 2010, p 1675):

  • “(e) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 (Gazette 2010, p 2140) as amended by the Amendment to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 (Gazette 2010, p 2213) and republished as the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 (Gazette 2010, p 3604).

“171B Validation of offences fee

• “(1) An offences fee payable on and from 12 January 2012 is and always has been validly prescribed by the Board.

  “(2) The Board must not amend an offences fee validated by subsection (1), but may revoke it.

  “(3) Money received by the Board in payment of an offences fee validated by subsection (1) is and always has been lawfully collected and applied.

  “(4) In this section, offences fee payable means an offences fee payable or purportedly payable in accordance with the following:

  • “(a) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 (Gazette 2010, p 3604) as amended by the Amendment to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2010 (Gazette 2011, p 5677):

  • “(b) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers (Fees and Disciplinary Levy) Notice 2013 (Gazette 2012, p 4495).”