Plumbers NZ is New Zealand's largest online plumbing, gas and drainage resource. Plumbing exam help, plumbing news, directory and free quotes.

« What if this was your plumbing Ute? | HWC blew up :/ »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Are Court fines too low?  (Read 1605 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline wombles

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 203
  • Karma: +13/-0
Are Court fines too low?
« on: October 19, 2014, 08:01:00 AM »
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503378&objectid=11342943

Its no mystery as to why these people operate without a license.  I can't believe they got $2k fines and bugger all else.  Surely the Boards costs should have been reimbursed. Going by fines issued to licensed people, those costs are always around 1/2 of the actual cost so in total they are usually around the $10K  ++  mark  .


Linkback: https://www.plumbers.nz/in-the-media-news/77/are-court-fines-too-low/1773/
Share Post | Report to moderator   Logged

Offline robbo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1259
  • Karma: +83/-7
Re: Are Court fines too low?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2014, 09:34:08 AM »
hi guys, did the Board actually take this guy to court? it is not clear. Also to advertise these services surely is not illegal if the work is carried out by a licenced person. Companies can be owned by anyone who does not have to be the person who does the work. This guy obviously did not challenge the charges and just went along with the boards ruling. Anyway i am not concerned of the amount of fine as long as we do not have to stump up with the cost of prosecution,cheers
Share Post | Report to moderator   Logged

Offline Watchdog

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 214
  • Karma: +27/-1
  • Plumber gasfitter and drainlayer
Re: Are Court fines too low?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2014, 11:03:37 AM »
Yes the fines are too low compaired to what we have to pay as tradespeople. And costs are the same.

As practitioners we will have paid for the investigation and the prosecution. Just because we are Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers we have to pay for any plonker who thinks they want to do their own plumbing gasfitting or drainlaying.

If I was to do an operation on someone would it be the police or the Medical council who prosecute me?  You'll find it is the police.

Double standards in this country.

Share Post | Report to moderator   Logged

Offline Badger

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1989
  • Karma: +222/-151
Re: Are Court fines too low?
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2014, 06:46:41 AM »
More like no standards mate, I have seen some of the Ombudsman's findings on my case....they seem to think all of it is acceptable.
Share Post | Report to moderator   Logged
You can't choose who you are.....but you are the sum of your choices.......
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« What if this was your plumbing Ute? | HWC blew up :/ »

* Share Topic

Share via digg Share via facebook Share via linkedin Share via twitter

Similar Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies / Views Last post
xx
Interesting Read >> Plumbers: get a licence or go to court

Started by Plumber

0 Replies
1055 Views 		Last post October 03, 2013, 06:10:06 PM
by Plumber
xx
Disparity in fines

Started by wombles

3 Replies
1519 Views 		Last post September 13, 2011, 09:39:40 AM
by robbo
 
Share this topic...
In a forum
(BBCode)
In a site/blog
(HTML)