12/02/2010 - Unregistered gas engineer fined
A gas engineer has been fined £3,500 for carrying out work while unregistered.
Ian Duncan Robinson, of Grosvenor Road, Caversham, admitted four health and safety offences at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court.
The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted Robinson for failing to ensure gas fitting work was conducted by a registered installer.
He was removed from the official gas register on April 18, 2007, but continued to operate by claiming that he was sub-contracting to registered installers.
Robinson was responsible for the installation of a gas boiler as part of a larger building project at a property on Silverthorne Drive in Caversham between July 2007 and August 2007. However, the gas boiler was left in an unsafe condition, putting the residents of the property at serious risk.
He was fined £3,500 by magistrates and ordered to pay costs of £1,500 and a victim surcharge of £15.
HSE inspector Dozie Azubike, said: "Gas fitters must be members of the Gas Safe Register and have the correct qualifications for the type of work they are doing."We will prosecute where work is carried out by anyone who falsely claims to be a registered gas engineer."
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