Building Act 2004

A dispute resolution officer may ask a party to a residential building dispute to give the officer, within a stated reasonable time, information about a residential building matter in dispute that the officer reasonably needs to conduct the dispute resolution process.

The administrator may, in writing, direct a technical building assessor to determine 1 or more of the following in relation to the residential building dispute:

if residential building work or a related building activity has been carried out;

if residential building work or a related building activity is defective or incomplete;

if residential building work or a related building activity satisfies the conditions set for payment of an amount under this Act or a residential building work contract;

a matter prescribed by regulation.

A technical building assessor must give a dispute resolution officer a report that details anything determined for subsection (2).