Law [2023] EWRB CE22636 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CE22636
- EWRB number: EW030609
- Region: Auckland
- Registration class: Electrician
- Decision date: 3 November 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
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Summary:
The Respondent carried out prescribed electrical work (PEW) in a negligent manner when issued a Warrant of Electrical Fitness (WoEF) for a connectable installation (a caravan) that was not compliant in that it had an incorrect type of residual current device. Because the caravan was not compliant, his WoEF was false or misleading. The Respondent also carried out PEW in a manner that was contrary to an enactment when he failed to affix a WoEF sticker to the caravan.
The Board fined the Respondent $500 and ordered that he pay costs of $225. The fine and costs were reduced on the basis that the Respondent accepted his wrongdoing, and the matter was dealt with on the basis of an agreed statement of facts. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the public Register for a period of 3 years.