Senior [2022] BPB CB25901 – Substantive Decision
- Complaint number: CB25901
- LBP number: BP112492
- Region: Manawatu-Wanganui
- Licence class: Design 2, Site 2
- Decision date: 28 September 2022
- Penalty: 318(1)f Pay fine 318(4) Pay costs
- Disciplinary grounds: 317(1) b Negligent or incompetent work
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Summary:
The Respondent conducted himself in a negligent manner when he failed to advise that a building consent was required for the construction of a residential dwelling that he designed and which his business constructed. He is fined $5,000 and ordered to pay costs of $3,500. A record of the disciplinary offending will be recorded on the Public Register for a period of three years.
The Respondent did not bring the regime into disrepute. The Respondent’s conduct was questionable, but it did not reach the threshold for a disciplinary finding.