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45 Records of tests
(1) A building licensee in charge of building work must keep records
of—
(a) any test borings, test loadings or other investigations made to
work out the permissible loadings on piles used in the building
work, pile-driving operations, calculations of allowable
loadings and details of the location of the piles; and
(b) any test loadings and excavations made to work out the bearing
capacity of the foundation for the building or proposed building,
or building as proposed to be altered; and
(c) tests under section 44 (6).
(2) A record under subsection (1)—
(a) must be kept until a certificate of occupancy for the building
work is issued; and
(b) must be given to the certifier when the certificate of occupancy
is issued.