92Complaints, investigations and audits of practitioners

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—

(a) a registered practitioner or former registered practitioner, or

(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

(c) other matters that may constitute a breach of this Act or the regulations.

(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.

(3) However, the Secretary is not required to investigate a matter even if a complaint is made in the approved form.

(4) The Secretary may conduct an audit of a registered practitioner at any time.

(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.