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Building Act 1993
34FAction on completion of audit
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34F Action on completion of audit
(1) On completion of the audit, the Director must decide:
(a) whether or not there is evidence that a building practitioner the
subject of the audit has committed an offence against this Act
or the Regulations; and
(b) whether or not there is evidence that a building practitioner the
subject of the audit is guilty of professional misconduct.
(2) On making a decision under subsection (1), the Director may
decide to take one or more of the following actions in relation to the
building practitioner:
(a) if there is the evidence referred to in subsection (1)(a) –
prosecute the building practitioner for the alleged offence;
(b) if there is the evidence referred to in subsection (1)(b) – refer
the matter to the Practitioners Board for inquiry;
(c) develop with the building practitioner a remedial program for
the building practitioner.
(3) If, on completion of an audit of a building practitioner:
(a) the Director makes the decision referred to in
subsection (2)(c); and
(b) the building practitioner does not participate in the
development or implementation of the remedial program to the
Director's reasonable satisfaction,
the Director may reconsider a decision made on completion of the
audit not to prosecute the practitioner for an alleged offence or not
to refer a matter relating to the practitioner for inquiry or both and
may decide to prosecute or to refer the matter or both.
(4) The Director must, as soon as practicable after making a decision
under this section, give the building practitioner written notice of the
decision.
(5) The notice must set out the reasons for the decision.
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