   4. EWLG Investigations ReportRecent investigations undertaken by the Electrical Workers Licensing Group (EWLG) into work done by unregistered workers has resulted in the Ministry of Economic Development's Legal section considering eight possible recommendations for prosecution. A further eighteen investigations of registered workers have been referred to the Complaint Assessment Committee. In general the reason for a referral falls into two categories:
- The investigation has shown that the person doing the work is registered; or
- A registered worker has signed the certificate of compliance for an unregistered person who carried out the defective work. This on many occasions illustrates that the registered worker has never been on site or carried out the essential testing required to ensure electrical safety.
In the second category, a prosecution of the unregistered worker is also considered. If the defective work involves inspection and has been signed off by an electrical inspector, that electrical inspector is also referred to a Complaints Assessment Committee. Further details and outcomes of EWLG investigations will be included in future editions of ELECTRON.
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