HomeMy WebLinkAbout2045 A by-law proposed by the Electrical Contractors Association to provide a standard of qualification of Master Electricians and Journeymen Electricians the electrical installation and service work in the Township of Darlington.
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2. No person shall within the limits of the municipality of Darlington
carry on or engage in the trade, calling, business or occupation of Electrical
Contractor, Master Electrician or Journeyman Electrician until he shall have been
"registered Hnd Bonded" or "Registered " as provided under the By-laws ahd Constit-
ution of the Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario, and every person so
"Registered" shall be subject to this By-law.
3, (a~ No "Registered " Master Electrician shall conduct a business
within the Township of Darlington under this By-law unless he has
a regular place of business within the Township of Darlington and
is a resident thereof, except as provided under Section 1~, and is
of ~ full age of 21 years.
(b~ In this section a "regular " place of business shall mean an
office accessible to the public, which may be entered from the street,
having displayed outside thereof a sign bearing the name or names of
the person, in letters not less than 3" high, clearly designating
that it is a Registered Master Electrician's shop or place of
business.
!~, No Non-resident "Registered' Master Electrician shall in arty calends
year conduct business or carry out a contract~Vi,~hi~the Township of Darlington
without first having paid the prescribed fee, ~.r......, which shall be
in lieu of a business tax that would have beer. paid by a resident "Kegistered"
Master Electrician had the work been done by him.
5. Every person to whom "Registration " has been granted, shall display
in a prominent place in his place of business, the "registered " Master Electrician
certificate issued by the Association, with a seal dated for the calenda_*- year of
issue affixed thereto, to indicate that he is in good standing.
6. No "Registered " Master Electrician shall employ a Journeyman
Electrician who has not been qualified and registered as a " Registered "
Journeyman Electrician.
7. No "Registered " A~aster Electrician shall cause or permit an
apprentice, or helper, or other unregistered person to perform any electric7Ca1
work, or install any electrical material, or appliance, except as an assistant
to, and under the direct personal supervision of a "Registered" "aster Electrician
or "Registered' Journeyman Electrician.
8. No person registered as a " egistered" Journeyman Electrician under
this By-law , shall perf orm any electrical work or install any material or
appliances, or engage in the electrical trade or occupation, except under tY:e
supervisior. i.t~.u •wirec+.ion of .: "F?~~istcred " Master &lectrician, in charge of and
directly besponsible for the superintendence of the electrical r.crk Y,crfen~.ec.,
except as noted in Section 15.
9. Any change in the persons composing a Pirm, or person representing
a corporation, or in the location of a business, shall be prwnptly reported to
the Association.
10, Every "Registered' Master Electrician shall canply with the rules
and regulations of the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Inspection
Department.
11, No "Registered' Master Electrician shall allow his name to be used
by any other person, registered or not registered, for the purpose of or in
connection with ob~sining a work permit from the Hydro Electric Power Commission
Snspection Department.
12. The following shall be the duties of the Law Enforcement Officer--
(a~ To cause to be prosecuted any parson who violates any of the
provisions of this By-law, when such violation is reported to him
an3 supported by evidence, by any accredited officer of the
Association.
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(b) Any act or duty to be performed by the Law Enforcement Officer
under this By-law may be performed by any Inspector, Sergeant, or
Constable authorized to perform such act or duty.
13. Any person convicted of a breach of any of the provisions of this
By-law shall incur, for the first offence, a penalty not exceeding (exclusively
of costs) the stun of X10.00; and for any subsequent offence shall incur a penalty
of not less than 415.00 (exclusive of costs) and not more than X50,00.
14. This By-law shall repeal all existing By-laws respecting the examin-
ing, licensing and regulating electrical workers, but all licenses heretofore
issued shall, during the period for which the same have been issued, remain in
full force and unaffected by the repeal of the said By-law,
15. The provisions of the By-law shall not apply to:-
(a) Employees of any public service commission (or the Municipality);
(b) Electrical installations made by a person on property which he
owns or in an industrial establishment which the person occupies as
owner or tenant;
(c) An electrical installation made by the insertion or removal
of lamps, approved fuses or equipment connected by plugs no7C to
decarboning, trimming or operation of arc lamps;
(d) An electrical Instaklation made by employees of and upon the
premises occupied by the Crown, a Municipality, a public board, comm-
ission or utility;
(e) The installation of a communication system or an electric
elevator;
(f) The services performed by a regular employee engaged an
maintenance in an industrial establisYunent in the course of his
employment;
(g) The services of an employee of affi manufacturer of electrical
equipment or other product of which electrical equiprent is
component while acting in the course of his employment;
(h) The services of a representative of a manufacturer of electrical
equipment or other product of which electrical equipment is a
component or the sales agency or sales representative for a
manufacturer of electrical equipment, with respect to such equip-
ment, with respect to such equipment in the source of such services.
READ A FIRST, SECOND and THIRD TI:vIE AND FINAI,I,Y PASSED
THIS ~' DAY OF ~ - - `^'~ 1956.
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