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Gavin John Hyde

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A mate in Canada sent this to me...

A guy did the Canadian equivalent of notifiable work without the required permits/licensed membership and got a few days jail time and a whopping great $50,000 fine! All for installing lights without the relevant paperwork or qualifications in place.

If only the British authorities clamped down in this way.. would send a strong message out and deter cowboys and fly by night fake electricians

Man deserved to be jailed, fined for illegal electrical work in Milton, regulator says - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jail-time-for-unlicensed-electrical-work-1.4225168
 
Risteard quoted something similar last week about Southern Ireland and I would be in thorough support of a similar regime here in the UK.
 
Canada has the strongest Electrical Unions in the world. Couple of our blokes are having trouble converting to the Red seal. Even though our company is Canadian
 
thought they clubbed seals in Canada.
 
If only the British authorities clamped down in this way.. would send a strong message out and deter cowboys and fly by night fake electricians

I fully agree and sincerely hope that SELECT's campaign to persuade the Scottish Government to officially recognise electricians as professional people and to create a new criminal offence of working while unqualified to do so will be successful. Fingers crossed.

https://www.select.org.uk/select-takes-strong-message-regulation-scottish-government-minister/
 

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