Building practitioners must cooperate with auditor
34E Building practitioners must cooperate with auditor
If, in the course of the audit, a building practitioner:
(a) refuses or fails to comply with any reasonable request from the auditor to answer a question, provide information or produce a document; or
(b) in purported response to a request from the auditor, 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 building practitioner must not, without reasonable excuse:
(a) refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of an auditor under section 34D(1); or
(b) obstruct or hinder an auditor in the exercise of a power under section 34D.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
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