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Professional Engineers Act 2002
sec.35KPower to require production of documents
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### sec.35K Power to require production of documents
The board may, by notice given to an audited engineer, require the audited engineer to give the board a copy of, or access to, a document about a stated matter in the audited engineer’s possession or control.
The notice must require the copy of, or access to, the document to be given within a stated reasonable period and in a stated reasonable way.
The audited engineer must comply with the requirement, unless the audited engineer has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
For subsection (3) , it is a reasonable excuse for the audited engineer not to comply with the requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the audited engineer or expose the audited engineer to a penalty.
s 35K ins 2020 No. 24 s 94
(sec.35K-ssec.1) The board may, by notice given to an audited engineer, require the audited engineer to give the board a copy of, or access to, a document about a stated matter in the audited engineer’s possession or control.
(sec.35K-ssec.2) The notice must require the copy of, or access to, the document to be given within a stated reasonable period and in a stated reasonable way.
(sec.35K-ssec.3) The audited engineer must comply with the requirement, unless the audited engineer has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.35K-ssec.4) For subsection (3) , it is a reasonable excuse for the audited engineer not to comply with the requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the audited engineer or expose the audited engineer to a penalty.