48Offences involving statutory site audits

48 Offences involving statutory site audits

48 Offences involving statutory site audits

(1) An individual must not—

(a) carry out a statutory site audit, or

(b) make any representation, or cause or allow any representation to be made, to the effect that he or she is prepared to carry out a statutory site audit,

if the individual is not accredited under this Part or while his or her accreditation is under suspension.

Maximum penalty—$250,000 and, for a continuing offence, a further penalty of $60,000 for each day the offence continues.

(2) A body corporate must not—

(a) purport to carry out a statutory site audit, or

(b) make any representation, or cause or allow any representation to be made, to the effect that it is capable of doing so.

Maximum penalty—$1,000,000 and, for a continuing offence, a further penalty of $120,000 for each day the offence continues.

s 48: Am 2003 No 91, Sch 1 [9]; 2014 No 65, Sch 1.1 [5] [6]; 2022 No 3, Sch 1[18] [19]; 2025 No 58, Sch 2[9].