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) - Carried out PEW in negligent/incompetent manner Section 143(b)(ii) - Intentionally/negligently creating a risk of serious harm in carrying out PEW Section 143(f) - Failed to provide / provided false or misleading 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.