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Building Act 1993
33Building practitioners and others must cooperate during
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33 Building practitioners and others must cooperate during
investigation
(1) 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
(2) 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.