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Building Act 1975
sec.195QBCC may require documents to be produced
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### sec.195 QBCC may require documents to be produced
For investigating a complaint or conducting an audit, QBCC may, by notice given to a building certifier, require the building certifier to produce a document to QBCC, or a person authorised by QBCC (an auditor ).
The notice may also state—
a time and place by which the document must be produced; or
that the document must be verified by statutory declaration.
The time for compliance stated in the notice must be a reasonable time.
The building certifier must comply with the notice, unless the building certifier has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —50 penalty units.
s 195 ins 1998 No. 13 s 19
amd 2002 No. 77 s 182 ; 2006 No. 36 s 43 ; 2013 No. 38 s 14 sch 1
(sec.195-ssec.1) For investigating a complaint or conducting an audit, QBCC may, by notice given to a building certifier, require the building certifier to produce a document to QBCC, or a person authorised by QBCC (an auditor ).
(sec.195-ssec.2) The notice may also state— a time and place by which the document must be produced; or that the document must be verified by statutory declaration.
(sec.195-ssec.3) The time for compliance stated in the notice must be a reasonable time.
(sec.195-ssec.4) The building certifier must comply with the notice, unless the building certifier has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —50 penalty units.
- (a) a time and place by which the document must be produced; or
- (b) that the document must be verified by statutory declaration.