Building practitioners and others must cooperate during investigation
33 Building practitioners and others must cooperate during investigation
If, in the course of the investigation, a building practitioner:
(a) refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any reasonable request from the Director to answer a question, provide information or produce a document; or
(b) in purported response to a request from the Director, gives an answer, provides information or produces a document that is false or misleading,
the Director may refer the matter to the Practitioners Board for inquiry.
A person must not, without reasonable excuse:
(a) refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of the Director under section 32(1); or
(b) obstruct or hinder the Director in the exercise of a power under section 32.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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