Past complaint decisions
Summaries of past complaint decisions by the Board.
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Mitchell [2022] EWRB CE22563 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22563
- EWRB number: EW130237
- Region: Wellington
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 8 June 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(f) - Fine 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: [1] The Respondent has committed disciplinary offences under sections 143(b)(ii), 143(a)(i) and 143(f) of the Act. He is fined $2,500 and ordered to pay costs of $250. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of 3 years.
Sun [2022] EWRB CE22576 – Not Upheld Decision
- Complaint number: CE22576
- EWRB number: EW145982
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrical Engineer, Electrician (endorsed with mining)
- Decision date: 30 May 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(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.
Gilbert [2022] EWRB CE22554 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22554
- EWRB number: EW116746
- Region: Manawatu-Wanganui
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 29 May 2023
- Penalty: 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return
- Summary: The Respondent has committed a disciplinary offence under section 143(f) of the Act.
Singh [2022] EWRB CE22661 – Final decision
- Complaint number: CE22661
- EWRB number: EW134459
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 16 May 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(c)(i) - Restriction on registration or practising licence or provisional licence (to what the Board specifies) 147M(1)(e) - Complete something in subsection 2 in a certain time period 147N - Cost
- Disciplinary grounds: Section 143(b)(ii) - Serious harm carrying out PEW Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / false return - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent has committed disciplinary offences under sections 143(b)(ii) and 143(f) of the Act. He is ordered to complete training and to pay costs of $250. Until the Respondent completes the training the Respondent’s licence will be restricted. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of 3 years.
Wakefield [2023] EWRB CE22552 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22552
- EWRB number: EW104487
- Region: Canterbury
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 8 May 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 supervised prescribed electrical work in a negligent manner and provided a false Certificate of Compliance. He is fined $500 and ordered to pay costs of $250. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of 3 years.
Ayres [2023] EWRB CE22678 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22678
- EWRB number: EW144806
- Region: Manawatu-Wanganui
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 19 April 2023
- Penalty: 147M(1)(g) - Censure 147N - Cost 147Z - Publication
- 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 and misleading Certificate of Compliance. There were mitigating factors present. On the basis of them, the Board censured the Respondent and ordered that he pay costs of $225. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public register for a period of 3 years.
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.
Laurence Field [2023] CE22677 - Final
- Complaint number: CE22677
- EWRB number: EW122954
- Region: Wellington
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 13 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
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Summary:
The Board found that the Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work (PEW) at [Omitted], on or
about 7 April 2021 to 8 April 2021 in a negligent manner, being an offence under section 143(a)(i) of
the Act. The Respondent further falsely certified the PEW as safe and lawful when there were
elements of the work that were not carried out safely and lawfully, and failed to provide all
information required for both a Certificate of Compliance and an Electrical Safety Certificate. The
Respondent accepted the disciplinary charges and cooperated.
The Board, having made those findings, decided that it would fine the Respondent the sum of $1,000
and order that he pay costs of $225. A record of the offending will be recorded on the public Register
for a period of three years. An article summarising the matter will be published in the Electron, but the
Respondent will not be named
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.