Court Summary - at a glance
Date of offence:
13 June 2014
Plea:
Guilty
Decision:
Convicted
Final decision date:
Fine imposed:
Not applicable.
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:
Larry Stewart Warner (Trading as Crewcut Timaru)
Industry:
Energy
Date of offence:
13 June 2014
Facts in brief:
NB: To be read with Blackham Boote Real Estate Ltd (t/a Harcourts Timaru)
The defendant company carried out gasfitting services without authorisation to do so. In early June 2014, Harcourts Timaru engaged Crew Cut to remove a gas heater from a property they managed. Larry Warner was not authorised to do this work and the gas supply was left uncapped. A new tenant moved into the property and arranged for new gas cylinders to be delivered and connected.
The defendant company carried out gasfitting services without authorisation to do so. In early June 2014, Harcourts Timaru engaged Crew Cut to remove a gas heater from a property they managed. Larry Warner was not authorised to do this work and the gas supply was left uncapped. A new tenant moved into the property and arranged for new gas cylinders to be delivered and connected.
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:
Not applicable.
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:
$2,000
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