Paul Smith [2024] BPB CB26520 – Penalty/Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB26520
- LBP number: BP127107
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 7 August 2025
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
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Summary:
Disciplinary Finding (Majority Decision):
The Respondent has committed a disciplinary offence under section 317(1)(da)(ii) of the Act.
The Respondent is fined $500 and ordered to pay costs of $700. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of 3 years.
Dissenting (Minority) Decision:
Mrs F Pearson-Green and Mr C Lang dissent from the majority’s finding and would have found that the building work did not constitute restricted building work, and therefore no disciplinary offence had been committed.