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Suspended sentence and community order for falsely claiming to be Gas Safe registered (24 August 2016)
Date: 24/08/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a 35-year-old self-employed worker from London for falsely claiming to be Gas Safe Registered.
Brian Winters of Hertford Road in Edmonton, north London signed Gas Safe certificates for a number of properties, which was only discovered after a gas leak was reported by National Grid at a rented property.
Winters was found guilty of four charges under Regulation 3(7) of the Gas Safe Installation and Use Regulations 1998.
He was given an 18-month suspended sentence for two years for the offence relating to the property where a gas leak occurred – and 12 months suspended for two years for the three other charges. Winters was also given two community orders.
After the hearing, Health and Safety Executive Inspector Monica Babb said:
“Gas Safe registered engineers are regulated and have to ensure they can prove they are competent.
“This safeguard is removed when people choose not to register, putting people at risk in their homes.
“It is important that anybody who has gas work carried out checks their engineer is carrying a valid gas safe registered identification card – they should also check online or call Gas Safe Register to confirm they are competent to carry out the work.”
Duncan Lewis Criminal Solicitors
Duncan Lewis criminal solicitors can advise at any stage of a charge involving public protection offences, including carrying out gas work while falsely claiming to be Gas Safe registered.
Duncan Lewis can also advise on breaches of food hygiene and health and safety regulations on building sites and in workplaces – as well as advising on charges relating to selling counterfeit goods, selling illegal tobacco and alcohol, selling age-restricted goods, importing or selling unlicensed medicines, selling defective produce or mislabelling offences.
For expert legal advice on public protection offences, call Duncan Lewis criminal solicitors on 0333 772 0409.