Past complaint decisions
Summaries of past complaint decisions by the Board.
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Kaye [2020] BPB CB25419 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25419
- LBP number: BP106058
- Region: Taranaki
- Licence class: Roofing
- Decision date: 8 December 2020
- 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 has been negligent and has failed to build in accordance with a building consent. He has also failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $3,500 and ordered to pay costs of $2,000. The fine has been reduced on the basis that roofing and cladding materials have been replaced.
Lim [2020] BPB CB25552 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25552
- LBP number: BP127698
- Region: Canterbury
- Licence class: Design 1
- Decision date: 8 December 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)d Censure 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs 318(5) Public notification of the Board's action
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) h Misrepresented or worked outside competence
- Summary: The Respondent has been negligent and has breached section 314B(b) of the Act by working outside of his competence. He is censured, fined $3,500, and ordered to pay costs of $3,500.
Stokes [2020] BPB CB25494 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25494
- LBP number: BP114335
- Region: Wellington
- Licence class: Carpentry, Site 1
- Decision date: 8 December 2020
- 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
- Summary: The Respondent has been negligent and has carried out building work contrary to a building consent. He is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,750.
McArthur [2020] BPB CB25304 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25304
- LBP number: BP129234
- Region: Wellington
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 8 December 2020
- 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
- Summary: The respondent has been negligent and has carried out building work contrary to a building consent. He is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,750.
Clune [2020] BPB CB25582 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25582
- LBP number: BP132915
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 7 December 2020
- 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 provided a record of work on completion of restricted building work to the owner but not to the Territorial Authority. He is fined $500 and ordered to pay costs of $500. The fine has been reduced on the basis that the record of work was provided soon after completion to the owner.
Lan [2020] BPB CB25573 – Not Upheld Decision
- Complaint number: CB25573
- LBP number: BP114484
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Design 2, Site 2
- Decision date: 7 December 2020
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work - not upheld 317(1) h Misrepresented or worked outside competence - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent’s conduct did not reach the required threshold for the Board to make a disciplinary finding. Accordingly, the Board has decided that the Respondent has not committed a disciplinary offence.
Sefo [2020] BPB CB25520 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25520
- LBP number: BP126691
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 24 November 2020
- 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:
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.
Naidu [2020] BPB CB25361 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25361
- LBP number: BP127686
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Design 2
- Decision date: 24 November 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: The Respondent has been negligent in his supervision of a non-licensed person and in relying on the building consent authority to carry out the quality assurance checks required of a licensed designer prior to filing a building consent application. The Respondent is fined $2,500 and ordered to pay costs of $1,000.
Holwerda [2020] BPB CB25432 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25432
- LBP number: BP127800
- Region: Bay of Plenty
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 20 November 2020
- 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 has failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $1,000 and ordered to pay costs of $500.
Parsons [2020] BPB CB25455 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25455
- LBP number: BP123086
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 20 November 2020
- 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.
Bell [2020] BPB CB25578 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25578
- LBP number: BP112216
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Design 2
- Decision date: 19 November 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: The Respondent has been negligent in his supervision of design work by failing to take into account the impact of resource consent issues in the development of a design and its submission for a building consent. The Respondent is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,000.
Xu [2020] BPB CB25425 – Penalty Decision
- Complaint number: CB25425
- LBP number: BP128282
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Roofing
- Decision date: 19 November 2020
- 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.
Hammington [2020] BPB CB25448 – Penalty Decision
- Complaint number: CB25448
- LBP number: BP127928
- Region: Wellington
- Licence class: Design 2
- Decision date: 16 November 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: The Respondent has carried out design work in a negligent manner. He is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,000. Both the fine and the costs have been reduced on the basis of the Respondent’s acceptance of responsibility and the simplified manner in which the hearing was conducted.
Pryce [2020] BPB CB25169 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25169
- LBP number: BP109432
- Region: Taranaki
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 11 November 2020
- 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 has carried out and supervised building work in a negligent manner, has carried out and supervised building work that was not in accordance with the building consent and has failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $5,000 and ordered to pay costs of $2,000.
Maharaj [2020] BPB CB25471 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25471
- LBP number: BP122781
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry, Site 1
- Decision date: 6 November 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)a Cancel licence 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) i Conduct likely to bring the regime into disrepute 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent has brought the regime into disrepute by obtaining an unethical financial gain. His licence is cancelled for a period of six months. He is ordered to pay costs of $3,500. The Board has also decided that the Respondent did not carry out any restricted building work and that a record of work did not have to be provided.
Dinan [2020] BPB CB25396 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25396
- LBP number: BP118154
- Region: Waikato
- Licence class: Carpentry, Site 2
- Decision date: 6 November 2020
- 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 been negligent and has failed to comply with a building consent in supervising excavations and the construction of a retaining wall which were not in accordance with the building consent documentation issued. He is fined the sum of $4,500 and ordered to pay costs of $1,000.
Blair [2020] BPB CB25356 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25356
- LBP number: BP118007
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry
- Decision date: 2 November 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: The Respondent has been negligent in the manner in which he both carried out and supervised building work. He has also failed to provide a record of work on completion of restricted building work. He is fined $3,500 and ordered to pay costs of $3,500.
Songhurst [2020] BPB CB25483 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25483
- LBP number: BP129264
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry, Site 1
- Decision date: 2 November 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work
- Summary: The Respondent has supervised building work in a negligent manner and has been negligent in respect of health and safety matters. He is fined the sum of $3,500 and ordered to pay costs of $3,500.
Songhurst [2020] BPB CB25355 – Not Upheld Decision
- Complaint number: CB25355
- LBP number: BP129264
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Carpentry, Site 1
- Decision date: 2 November 2020
- Penalty: No action taken
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work - not upheld 317(1) da Failed to supply certificate / record of work - not upheld
- Summary: The Respondent did not carry out or supervise the building work complained about and has not, therefore, committed a disciplinary offence.
Naidu [2020] BPB CB25360 – Final Decision
- Complaint number: CB25360
- LBP number: BP127686
- Region: Auckland
- Licence class: Design 2
- Decision date: 30 October 2020
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
- Summary: The Respondent has been negligent in his supervision of a non-licensed person and in relying on the building consent authority to carry out the quality assurance checks required of a licensed designer prior to filing a building consent application. The Respondent is fined $2,000 and ordered to pay costs of $1,000.