7. Cases in which person can recover damages on illegal contract
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a person who enters into any contract in contravention of this Act, but without knowledge of the fact that the other party to the contract (being the person undertaking to perform or cause to be performed any electrical work) is not licensed as required by section 6, from recovering from that unlicensed party such damages for any breach of contract as may have been recovered if this Act had not been enacted; or
electrical work
“electrical work” means any work performed or carried out on any electrical installation and includes the installing, constructing, erecting or repairing thereof or the altering of the structure thereof or the replacing of any part thereof or the adding of any part thereto or the carrying out of any work thereon for the maintenance thereof, but does not include work in relation to —(a)the manufacturing of any electrical installation or the assembling thereof in the course of or in connection with its manufacture for the purpose of producing a new article; or(b)the oiling, greasing, cleaning or painting of any electrical installation;
a licensed electrical worker or licensed electrical contractor who is employed by or makes a contract or sub-contract with another person without knowledge of the fact that that person is not licensed as an electrical contractor as required by section 6, from recovering from that unlicensed person any wages, any sum agreed under any contract, any reasonable remuneration for work done or materials supplied by that licensed electrical worker or electrical contractor, as the case may be, or such damages for any breach of contract as may have been recovered if this Act had not been enacted.
licensed
“licensed”, in relation to —(a)an electrical worker, means a person who is the holder of a current licence permitting him to perform personally such electrical work as is specified in his licence; and(b)an electrical contractor, means a person who is the holder of a current licence permitting him to carry on trade or business as an electrical contractor in respect of such electrical work as is specified in his licence;