Past complaint decisions
Summaries of past complaint decisions by the Board.
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McNabb [2022] EWRB CE22565 Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22565
- EWRB number: EW129204
- Region: Manawatu-Wanganui
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 17 April 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner and in a manner that was contrary to an enactment. He is fined $750 and ordered to pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public Register for a period of three years.
Kumaran [2022] EWRB CE22581 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22581
- EWRB number: EW116242
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 14 April 2023
- Penalty: No action taken
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent has committed four separate offences under section 143(f) of the Act. There were extenuating circumstances, and the Board decided that, as a result, it would not take any disciplinary action or make an order for costs.
Chand [2023] CE22588 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22588
- EWRB number: EW137805
- Region: Wellington
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 13 April 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a Certificate of Compliance. He is censured and ordered to pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years.
James [2022] EWRB CE22469 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22469
- EWRB number: EW114086
- Region: Northland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 28 March 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent failed to provide returns for prescribed electrical work within prescribed time frames. He is censured and 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.
Sunisuraj Mahabir [2022] EWRB CE22578 – Not Upheld Decision
- Complaint number: CE22578
- EWRB number: EW102466
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 28 March 2023
- Penalty: No action taken
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence - not upheld Section 143(b)(ii) - Serious harm carrying out PEW - not upheld Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence.
Sunisuraj Mahabir [2022] EWRB CE22602 – Not Upheld Decision
- Complaint number: CE22602
- EWRB number: EW102466
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 28 March 2023
- Penalty: No action taken
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence - not upheld Section 143(b)(ii) - Serious harm carrying out PEW - not upheld Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence.
Hooton [2022] EWRB CE22436 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22436
- EWRB number: EW137703
- Region: Waikato
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 21 March 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a manner that was contrary to an enactment, and she provided a false or misleading return. She is censured and ordered to pay costs of $300. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years.
Bush [2023] EWRB CE22596 – Board Decision
- Complaint number: CE22596
- EWRB number: EW117386
- Region: Wellington
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 13 March 2023
- 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(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 or significant property damage, carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner, and failed to provide certification for the prescribed electrical work on completion. The Respondent is ordered to undertake a course of training and is ordered to pay costs of $250. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years.
Dean [2022] EWRB CE22514 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22514
- EWRB number: EW106263
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 7 March 2023
- Penalty: 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a return within 20 working days of completion, contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. The Board decided, in the particular circumstances of the matter, that it would not take any disciplinary action. The Board ordered that the Respondent pay costs of $225.
Wood [2022] EWRB CE22531 – Not Upheld Decision
- Complaint number: CE22531
- EWRB number: EW108750
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 7 March 2023
- Penalty: No action taken
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence - not upheld Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment - not upheld Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Board has decided that the Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence.
Coleman [2022] EWRB CE22426 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22426
- EWRB number: EW116580
- Region: Otago
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 22 February 2023
- 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 $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $2,800. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years.
Katavich [2022] EWRB CE22425 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22425
- EWRB number: EW140960
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 13 January 2023
- 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 carried out prescribed electrical work in a manner that was contrary to an enactment, and he provided false and misleading returns. He is fined $350 and ordered to pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public register for a period of 3 years.
West [2022] EWRB CE22487, CE22488 & CE22513 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22487, CE22488 & CE22513
- EWRB number: EW033106
- Region: Taranaki
- Registration class: Electrical Inspector
- Decision date: 12 January 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return Section 143(a)(i) - Negligence / Incompetence - not upheld Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
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Summary:
The Board’s findings were:
CE22487: The Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence
CE22488: The Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence
CE22513: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner, and he provided a false or misleading return. He is censured 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. There will not be any further publication of the matter.
Bennett [2022] EWRB CE22520 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22520
- EWRB number: EW043007
- Region: Waikato
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 5 January 2023
- 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 carried out prescribed electrical work in a manner contrary to an enactment and in a negligent manner. Further, he provided a false or misleading return. The matter was dealt with on the basis of an Agreed Statement of Facts. He is fined $1,000 and ordered to pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public register for a period of three years.
Van Der Merwe [2022] EWRB CE22490 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22490
- EWRB number: EW145768
- Region: Waikato
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 5 January 2023
- 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 he provided a false or misleading return. The matter was dealt with on the basis of an Agreed Statement of Facts. He is fined $1,000 and ordered to pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public register for a period of 3 years.
Brown [2022] EWRB CE22466 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22466
- EWRB number: EW023894
- Region: Omitted
- Registration class: Electrical Inspector
- Decision date: 17 December 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(d)(ii) - Disqualified from doing PEW (until something in subsection 2 is complete) 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work in a manner that was contrary to an enactment, and he provided certification that was false or misleading. The Respondent is disqualified from doing Warrants of Electrical Fitness until such time as he completes a course of instruction. The Respondent is ordered to pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public register for a period of three years.
Cloake [2022] EWRB CE22274 - Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22274
- EWRB number: EW128743
- Region: Otago
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 16 December 2022
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(b)(i) - Serious harm using faulty or improper fittings 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 $3,000 and ordered to pay costs of $2,250. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public register for a period of three years.
Sherborne [2022] EWRB CE22496 – Final
- Complaint number: CE22496
- EWRB number: EW065822
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 15 December 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 and provided a false or misleading return. He is fined $750 and ordered to pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of 3 years.
Boyce [2022] EWRB CE22536 – Final
- Complaint number: CE22536
- EWRB number: EW118137
- Region: West Coast
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 15 December 2022
- Penalty: 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent, failed to provide a return and, on a separate occasion, provided false or misleading return. Both matters were contrary to section 143(f) of the Act. In the circumstances, the Board decided that it would not take any disciplinary action. Costs of $225 were ordered. There will be no publication of the matter.
Gellert [2022] EWRB CE22540 - Not Upheld Decision
- Complaint number: CE22540
- EWRB number: EW056001
- Region: Waikato
- Registration class: Electrical Inspector
- Decision date: 5 December 2022
- Penalty: No action taken
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(a)(ii) - Contrary to enactment - not upheld Section 143(b)(i) - Serious harm using faulty or improper fittings - not upheld Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence.