Past complaint decisions
Summaries of past complaint decisions by the Board.
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Martin [2022] EWRB CE22437 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22437
- EWRB number: EW036823
- Region: Waikato
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 23 July 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(b)(ii) - Serious harm carrying out PEW
- Summary: The Respondent negligently created a risk of serious harm or significant property damage when carrying out prescribed electrical work. The Respondent voluntarily cancelled his licence. On that basis, he is censured and ordered to pay costs of $250. The Board’s decision will be recorded on the public register for a period of three years.
Sharma [2022] EWRB CE22440 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22440
- EWRB number: EW140692
- Region: Wellington
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 21 July 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner contrary to section 143(a)(i) of the Act and provided a false or misleading return contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. He is fined $750 and ordered to pay costs of $250. A record of the disciplinary offending will be maintained on the public Register for a period of three years.
Manabe [2022] EWRB CE22462 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22462
- EWRB number: EW126247
- Region: Wellington
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 20 July 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner contrary to section 143(a)(i) of the Act. He is fined $750 and ordered to pay costs of $250. A record of the disciplinary offence will be on the public Register for a period of three years.
Louis [2022] EWRB CE22441 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22441
- EWRB number: EW114389
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 19 June 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a Certificate of Compliance and an Electrical Safety Certificate as required under the Safety Regulations. He is fined $500 and ordered to pay costs of $750. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years.
Hart [2022] EWRB CE22406 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22406
- EWRB number: EW115765
- Region: Northland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 19 June 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(h) - No action under this subsection 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent provided a false or misleading return. As the return related to non-compliant prescribed electrical work completed by another electrical worker, the Board decided, in the circumstances, that it would not impose a disciplinary penalty. The Respondent was ordered to pay $250 in costs. There will be no publication or record of the matter on the Register.
Brewster [2022] EWRB CE22340 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22340
- EWRB number: EW048626
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 8 June 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(e) - Complete something in subsection 2 in a certain time period 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(d) - Outside limits of registration Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner, carried out prescribed electrical work when not licensed to do so and provided false or misleading certificates of compliance. He is ordered to undertake training and to pay costs of $250. A record of the disciplinary offences will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years. The matter will be reported in the Electron, and the Respondent will be named.
Fannin [2021] EWRB CE22422 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22422
- EWRB number: EW144461
- Region: Northland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 26 May 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner contrary to section 143(a)(i) of the Act. He also provided false or misleading certification contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $2,250. The disciplinary offences will be recorded on the Public Register for electrical workers for a period of three years.
Rossouw [2022] EWRB CE22405 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22405
- EWRB number: EW114517
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 18 May 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner contrary to section 143(a)(i) of the Act and provided a false or misleading return contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. He is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,125. The disciplinary offences will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years and will be published in the Electron.
Rossouw [2022] EWRB CE22454 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22454
- EWRB number: EW114517
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 18 May 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(a)(i) - Cancel registration or practising licence (or both) 147M(1)(a)(iii) - Timeframe to apply to be re-registered or re-licensed 147Z - Publication 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(b)(ii) - Serious harm carrying out PEW Section 143(e)(ii) - False or misleading statement
- Summary: The Respondent negligently created a risk of serious harm to any person, carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent and incompetent manner and failed to provide an electrical safety certificate and certificate of compliance. The failings were serious. The Respondent has previously offended. His licence and registration are cancelled for a period of five years. He is ordered to pay costs of $1,125. The Board will publish its decision and will record the disciplinary outcome on the Public Register for a period of three years.
O'Leary [2022] EWRB CE22497 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22497
- EWRB number: EW028957
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Electrical Inspector
- Decision date: 21 April 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a manner that was contrary to the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 and to AS/NZS 3000:2007. He is censured and ordered to pay costs of $250. The disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Register of electrical workers for a period of three years.
O'Leary [2022] EWRB CE22399 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22399
- EWRB number: EW028957
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Electrical Inspector
- Decision date: 21 April 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner and provided a false or misleading return. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $250. The disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Register of electrical workers for a period of three years.
Hill [2022] EWRB CE22303 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22303
- EWRB number: EW053483
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 21 April 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent has carried out prescribed electrical work in a manner that was contrary to an enactment and in a negligent manner. The Respondent provided a false or misleading return. He is fined $1,000 and is ordered to pay costs of $500. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public register for a period of three years.
Wang [2022] EWRB CE22386 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22386
- EWRB number: EW117279
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 15 February 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(b)(ii) - Serious harm carrying out PEW Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent negligently created a risk of serious harm to any person, or a risk of significant property damage, carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner, and provided a false or misleading Certificate of Compliance. The Respondent’s licence was suspended for a period of nine months prior to the hearing on the basis of section 147I of the Act, and he undertook training and an assessment of his competence. Given those factors, the Respondent was censured. He was ordered to pay costs of $500. The Board has ordered that the matter be published in the Electron and in the Register for a period of three years.
Mendonca [2021] EWRB CE22408 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22408
- EWRB number: EW116259
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 19 November 2021
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(c) - Failed to comply with registration or licence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent, whose practising licence had not been renewed, carried out prescribed electrical work when not authorised to do so and provided a false or misleading return. He has committed disciplinary offences under sections 143(c) and 143(f) of the Act. The Respondent is censured and ordered to pay costs of $250.
McIlwraith [2021] EWRB CE22272 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22272
- EWRB number: EW025804
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Electrical Inspector
- Decision date: 19 November 2021
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner and provided a false or misleading warrant of electrical fitness. He is fined $500 and ordered to pay costs of $250.
Johnston [2021] EWRB CE22279 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22279
- EWRB number: EW024951
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 19 November 2021
- Penalty: 147M(1)(h) - No action under this subsection 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent provided a false or misleading return contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. The Board decided to take no disciplinary action. The Respondent is to pay costs of $250.
Parker [2021] EWRB CE22389 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22389
- EWRB number: EW017469
- Region: Manawatu-Wanganui
- Registration class: Electrical Inspector
- Decision date: 16 November 2021
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(c) - Failed to comply with registration or licence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent has committed a disciplinary offence under section 143(c) and 143(f) of the Act. Pursuant to section 147M(1)(d) of the Electricity Act 1992, the Respondent is censured.
Lemkus [2021] EWRB CE22377 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22377
- EWRB number: EW129118
- Region: Taranaki
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 21 October 2021
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent committed a disciplinary offence under section 143(a)(ii) of the Act when he carried out prescribed electrical work in a manner that was contrary to the Safety Regulations and to AS/NZS 3000:2007. The Respondent also provided a false or misleading return contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. He is fined $250 and ordered to pay costs of $250.
Hoult [2021] EWRB CE22378 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22378
- EWRB number: EW124802
- Region: Wellington
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 21 October 2021
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a Certificate of Compliance within 20 working days as required by the Electricity Safety Regulations contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. He is fined $250 and ordered to pay costs of $250.
Harding [2021] EWRB CE22357 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22357
- EWRB number: EW126878
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Distribution Line Mechanic
- Decision date: 16 September 2021
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(b)(ii) - Serious harm carrying out PEW Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner which created a risk of serious harm, and carried out prescribed electrical work that he was not authorised to carry out. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $250.