Complaint C2-01196 - substantive
- Complaint number: C2-01196
- Region: Omitted
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 22 December 2015
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work - not upheld 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent - not upheld
- Summary: 317(1)(b) Negligent or incompetent work - 317(1)(d) Work not compliant with building consent – Respondent relied on information provided to him by a superior - Should the Respondent have made his own independent inquires as to whether a building consent was required? - The Respondent took appropriate steps to stop work once he discovered a building consent was needed – The superior had worked in the building industry a long time – The Board found it was reasonable for the Respondent to rely on his superior in this case - 317(1)(b) not upheld - 317(1)(d) not upheld.