Past complaint decisions

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Li [2022] BPB CB25947 – Penalty/Final Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25947
  • LBP number: BP110200
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Roofing
  • Decision date: 27 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,250 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The disciplinary finding will be recorded on the public Register for a period of three years.
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Hu [2022] BPB CB25948 – Penalty/Final Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25948
  • LBP number: BP128018
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 27 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,250 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The disciplinary finding will be recorded on the public Register for a period of three years.
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Ji [2022] BPB CB25946 – Penalty/Final Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25946
  • LBP number: BP119389
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Foundations
  • Decision date: 27 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The disciplinary finding will be recorded on the public Register for a period of three years.
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Collins [2022] BPB CB25905 – Finalised Draft Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25905
  • LBP number: BP132948
  • Region: Wellington
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 20 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The disciplinary finding will be recorded on the public Register for a period of three years.
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Newman [2022] BPB CB25848 – Penalty/Final Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25848
  • LBP number: BP101290
  • Region: Hawke's Bay
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 18 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) i Conduct likely to bring the regime into disrepute
  • Summary: The Respondent conducted himself in a negligent manner when he carried out building work without first ensuring that a building consent was issued for building work that required a building consent and in respect of cabinetry work carried out. The Respondent also brought the licensing regime into disrepute in respect of charging for services that were not delivered and for misrepresenting his competence and the building work that he was able to carry out, including that he could carry out building work that required a building consent without one on the basis that he was a Licensed Building Practitioner. The Respondent is censured and fined the sum of $3,500. He is ordered to pay costs of $3,500. A record of the disciplinary offending will be on the Public Register for a period of three years.
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Russell [2022] BPB CB25393 – Penalty/Final Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25393
  • LBP number: BP134866
  • Region: Wellington
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 16 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) f Failed to supply certificate / record of work to owner
  • Summary: The Respondent carried out building work in a negligent manner, in a manner that was contrary to a building consent and failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,500. A record of the disciplinary offences will be on the Public Register for a period of three years.
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Hamilton [2022] BPB CB25803 – Penalty/Final Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25803
  • LBP number: BP132569
  • Region: Otago
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 15 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent
  • Summary: The Respondent supervised building work in a negligent manner and in a manner that was contrary to a building consent. He is fined $2,500 and ordered to pay costs of $2,000. The decision will be recorded in the Register of Licensed Building Practitioners for a period of three years.
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Matthews [2022] BPB CB25904 – Finalised Draft Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25904
  • LBP number: BP134975
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 11 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The disciplinary finding will be recorded on the public Register for a period of three years.
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Naidu [2022] BPB CB25873 – Finalised Draft Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25873
  • LBP number: BP130861
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 6 July 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The disciplinary finding will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years.
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[Omitted] [2022] BPB CB25660 – Not Upheld Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25660
  • LBP number: Omitted
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Roofing
  • Decision date: 29 June 2022
  • Penalty: No action taken
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) c Not licensed for class of work - not upheld 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work - not upheld 317(1) h Misrepresented or worked outside competence - not upheld
  • Summary: The Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence. The Board decided that tanking was restricted building work but that the Respondent relied on the prevailing industry position at the time that it was not restricted building work and that the reliance was, in the circumstances, reasonable.
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Liu [2021] BPB CB25762 – Penalty Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25762
  • LBP number: BP122767
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 29 June 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work - not upheld 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent - not upheld
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $500 and ordered to pay costs of $1,000.

    The Board decided that the respondent had not carried out or supervised building work in a negligent or incompetent manner or in a manner that was contrary to abuilding consent on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to establish that the Respondent had, on the balance of probabilities, committed the disciplinary offences.
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Rogers [2022] BPB CB25785 – Finalised Draft Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25785
  • LBP number: BP130998
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Brick and Blocklaying
  • Decision date: 29 June 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,500 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The decision will be recorded in the Register of Licensed Building Practitioners for a period of three years.
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Wells [2022] BPB CB25870 – Finalised Draft Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25870
  • LBP number: BP126267
  • Region: Taranaki
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 28 June 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent supervised building work in a manner that was contrary to a building consent and failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $3,000 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The decision will be recorded in the Register of Licensed Building Practitioners for a period of three years.
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Rawiri [2022] BPB CB25881 – Penalty/Final Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25881
  • LBP number: BP137030
  • Region: Canterbury
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 28 June 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
  • Summary: The Respondent carried out building work in a negligent manner and in a manner that was contrary to the building consent issued. He also failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $2,500 and ordered to pay costs of $2,500. A record of the disciplinary offences will be maintained on the Public Register for a period of three years.
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Liddle [2022] BPB CB25794 – Substantive Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25794
  • LBP number: BP110396
  • Region: Hawke's Bay
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 28 June 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work - not upheld 317(1) i Conduct likely to bring the regime into disrepute - not upheld
  • Summary: [1] The Respondent has carried out or supervised building work in a negligent manner and in a manner that was contrary to a building consent. He is fined $4,000 and ordered to pay costs of $5,000. The decision will be recorded in the Register of Licensed Building Practitioners for a period of three years.
    [2] The Respondent has not failed to provide a record of work or conducted himself in a manner that brings, or is likely to bring, the regime under this Act for licensed building practitioners into disrepute.
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Newman [2022] BPB CB25848 – Substantive Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25848
  • LBP number: BP101290
  • Region: Hawke's Bay
  • Licence class: Carpentry
  • Decision date: 21 June 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)d Censure 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent 317(1) i Conduct likely to bring the regime into disrepute
  • Summary: The Respondent conducted himself in a negligent manner when he carried out building work without first ensuring that a building consent was issued for building work that required a building consent and in respect of cabinetry work carried out. The Respondent also brought the licensing regime into disrepute in respect of charging for services that were not delivered and for misrepresenting his competence and the building work that he was able to carry out, including that he could carry out building work that required a building consent without one on the basis that he was a Licensed Building Practitioner. The Respondent is censured and fined the sum of $3,500. He is ordered to pay costs of $3,500. A record of the disciplinary offending will be on the Public Register for a period of three years.
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Ali [2022] BPB CB25610 – Substantive Decision

  • Complaint number: CB25610
  • LBP number: BP100469
  • Region: Auckland
  • Licence class: Carpentry, Site 1
  • Decision date: 15 June 2022
  • Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
  • Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) d Work not compliant with building consent
  • Summary: The Respondent has carried out or supervised building work in a negligent manner and in a manner that was contrary to a building consent. He is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $3,500. The decision will be recorded in the Register of Licensed Building Practitioners for a period of three years.
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