The Registrar of the Electrical Workers Registration Board (“Board”), having been directed by the Board in accordance with section 147Z(2) of the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”), gives notice that Thayalan Nalaraja (EAS 117625) has been disciplined by the Board under Part 11 of the Act.

Thayalan Nalaraja, in relation to work carried out at a property in Auckland during May 2015 was found guilty of committing the following disciplinary offences:

Section 143(b)(ii) of the Act, in that he installed a light switch with electrical supply from two different distribution boards; and

section 143(c) of the Act, in that he failed to have complied with a term or condition of his registration or licence, in that he:

• installed lighting and power point circuits;
• installed sub-boards; and
• installed circuits into the MEN system.

As a result of the above Thayalan Nalaraja:

• has had his registration cancelled (section 147(M)(1)(a)(i) of the Act) and he may not reapply for a period of three years (section 147(M)(1)(a)(ii));
• was ordered to pay the Board $750.00, a sum the Board considers just and reasonable towards the costs and expenses of and incidental to the hearing of the complaint by the Board (section 147N of the Act); and
• will have his disciplinary actions taken under section 147M of the Act noted on the Register of Electrical Workers for a period of three years.

RICHARD STUBBINGS, Registrar.