WA paving company fined over deception

A Perth paving company and its director have been fined a total of $20,000 for falsely advertising a business as a member of the Master Builders Association (MBA).

Realgold Corporation, trading as Repave Spray-On Paving, and its director Peter Vukmirovic were each ordered to pay $10,000 in the Perth District Court last week.

They were convicted of making false and misleading representations by placing an MBA logo on more than 500 newspaper advertisements when their membership was not current.

The business had been a member of the MBA since February 2006 but its membership lapsed in October 2010 when the company failed to renew it.

The advertisements featuring an MBA logo were published in a metropolitan and several suburban newspapers in Perth from April 2011 to February 2012.

Commissioner for Consumer Protection Anne Driscoll said the use of the MBA logo was deceptive.