Building Act 1993
63Inspections
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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.