A MAN has been fined after admitting he fitted a gas boiler while not being Corgi-registered.
William John Wood, from Pine Ridge, Sedgefield, appeared before Bishop Auckland Magistrates' Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to the charge brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The court heard how the HSE was called in by Transco after a minor gas leak at a house in Sedgefield.
Michael Bone, for the HSE, said: "The work was traced to Mr Wood and he is not Corgi-registered. I have to say that the leak was only small and nobody was in any danger, but the fact remains he was not Corgi-registered."
Mr Wood is now taking a course which will lead to Corgi registration, but he was told by magistrates that he must not fit gas appliances until he has registered. He was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £457 costs.
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