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Building Act 1993
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63 Inspections
(1) A building certifier or the Director may, at any reasonable time, on
being notified under section 62 that an inspection stage has been
completed, inspect the building work concerned.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the building certifier or the Director may
inspect building work at any time, whether or not an inspection
stage under section 62 has been completed.
(3) A building certifier or the Director may inspect building work only
with the owner's consent or if otherwise permitted to do so by or
(4) A building certifier or the Director may do anything that is
reasonably necessary to be done to inspect building work under
this section, including demolishing, opening, cutting into and testing
the building work.
(5) A building certifier or the Director must, after inspecting building
work under this section and on being satisfied that the building work
has, in all material respects, been carried out in accordance with
the Regulations, issue an inspection certificate to the person who
carried out the building work or who is in charge of carrying out the
(6) A building certifier or the Director must not issue an inspection
certificate after the final inspection stage of the building work unless
he or she is satisfied that:
(a) the building work is completed; and
(b) directions (if any) given under this Act have been complied
with; and
(c) the building work complies in all material respects with the
(7) An inspection certificate must be in the approved form.