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Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020
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#### 92 Complaints, investigations and audits of practitioners
92 Complaints, investigations and audits of practitioners
> > (1) The Secretary may, whether or not the Secretary has received a complaint, investigate—
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> > > (a) a registered practitioner or former registered practitioner, or
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> > > (b) the preparation of regulated designs or the carrying out of building work, professional engineering work or specialist work or the provision of compliance declarations, or
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> > > (c) other matters that may constitute a breach of this Act or the regulations.
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> > (2) The Secretary may require that a complaint made to the Secretary about a matter referred to in subsection (1)(a)–(c) be in a form approved by the Secretary.
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> > (3) However, the Secretary is not required to investigate a matter even if a complaint is made in the approved form.
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> > (4) The Secretary may conduct an audit of a registered practitioner at any time.
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> > (5) This section does not limit other powers that the Secretary may have under this Act or another Act or law to receive a complaint, investigate a matter or conduct an audit.