Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
13 June 2014
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
$55,000
Safety lessons learned:
Always use an appropriately qualified person to do gas and electrical work on any property. All landlords, including property managers, have a duty to ensure the safety of gas and electrical installations, appliances and fittings in properties they lease.
Defendant name:
Blackham Boote Real Estate Ltd (Trading as Harcourts Timaru)
Industry:
Rental, hiring and real estate
Date of offence:
13 June 2014
Facts in brief:
Negligently permitted gasfitting to be done where the gasfitting was done in a manner that is dangerous to life. The person employed to carry out the gasfitting was not authorised to do so under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlyers Act.
Related prosecutions:
Offence section:
Ss 9(1) and 125(2)(a) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006.
Regulation 53 (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010 and
s56B(2) Gas Act 1992
Regulation 53 (Safety and Measurement) Regulations 2010 and
s56B(2) Gas Act 1992
Date(s) charged:
Court:
Timaru - District Court
Plea:
Guilty
Final decision date:
Decision:
Convicted
Fine imposed:
$55,000
Maximum fine available:
$25,000 for S9(1) Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers charge and $250,000 for S125(2)(a) charge. Two years imprisonment and/or a fine up to $500,000 for Gas Act charge
Reparation:
$12,500
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