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Prosecutions under the electrical safety law for 2008


Defendant Offence Penalty *Other costs
Shane William Cooper 1. False or misleading statement
2. False or misleading document
3. False or misleading document
$6,000 - one penalty imposed  
Shane William Cooper Office by executive officer of a corporation $2,000  
Service 1st Airconditioning & Electrical Pty Ltd Unlicensed contractor $8,000  
DOK Electrical Pty Ltd Unlicensed contractor $15,000  
B. Shaw Electrical Pty Ltd 1 x obligation breach – installer
1 x unlicensed contractor
$20,000 $2,066.50
Energex Limited Pty Ltd Section 27, Obligation Section 30 – Employe $50 000 $750
Ergon Energy Corporation Limited Obligation breach - electrical entity $20,000 $4,816.50
G.M. Whitton Electrical Pty Ltd Obligation breach – employer $18,750 $4,814.30
Greg Smith Electrical Pty Ltd Regulation Section 67 $1250 $1000
Groves, Wayne Edmund 1 x Unlicensed electrical worker
2 x Misrepresentation about electrical work
$3,000 $1,219.60
Impulse Electrical (Aust) Pty Ltd Section 27 Obligation 30 - Employer $23 000 $3559
Industrial & Marine Electrics Pty Ltd Obligation breach - employer $22,000 $2,166.50
O’Keefe, Damon Nicholas Charge one: Section 194 - Charge two: Section 55 $20 000 $1775
Mills, Peter Edward Charge one: Section 196, Obstruction - Charge two: Section 27, Obligation Section 30 – not conducting a business in an electrically safe way. Charge one: $1200 - Charge two: $2500 $1341
Reid, Brett Anthony Sections 27, 30, 36, 55(1), 56(1) 3 months imprisonment (s27) Obligation - Suspended for period of 3 years. $20,000 (Section 55 and 56 offences) $2592
Rothville, Neil Kenneth Section 27/40 Recognisance (Surety $3500 + 3 year good behaviour) $1407.35
Sandgroper Investment Pty Ltd Section 27 - Obligation Section 36 – Installer $17,500 $750
Santacatterina, Dale 1 x obligation breach
2 x unlicensed electrical contractor
$25,000 $2,008.50
Skinner, Hamish Alexander trading as Zeal Data & Electrical Section 27 Obligation Section 30 $5000 $1000
Vievers, Edward John 3 x Section 27 Offences - Obligation Section 30 $15,000 $1500
W. H. Heck and Sons Pty Ltd Obligation breach - employer $28,000 $2,406.60
*Note: Costs may include investigation, court, professional, legal and other costs.

 

Last updated 2 June 2009