45National Regulator may conduct audits

45 National Regulator may conduct audits

(1) The National Regulator may, at any time: (a) conduct an audit; or (b) request another person, in writing, to conduct an audit; of a matter mentioned in subsection (2) in relation to a survey of a domestic commercial vessel by an accredited marine surveyor. (2) The matters that may be audited are the following: (a) recommendations made by the surveyor in relation to an application by a person for the issue of a certificate of survey for a domestic commercial vessel, or in relation to a periodic survey of a domestic commercial vessel, and the documents accompanying the recommendation; (b) the processes followed by the surveyor to conduct a marine survey; (c) the conduct of the surveyor’s surveying under a Quality Management System of ISO 9001: 2008 or an equivalent management system, or in accordance with processes approved by the National Regulator; (d) the records kept by the surveyor in accordance with section 40.