sec.44Board may authorise investigation

sec.44 Board may authorise investigation

The board may— on a complaint made under section 43 or of its own initiative, authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation of conduct of a registered valuer on behalf of the board; or if it suspects on reasonable grounds that a registered valuer has contravened a prescribed code of professional conduct—authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation in relation to the suspected contravention on behalf of the board; or if it suspects on reasonable grounds that a person who is not a registered valuer has contravened section 63 —authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation in relation to the suspected contravention on behalf of the board. The investigator must give the board a written report on the investigation. The board must not authorise the investigation of a complaint that in its opinion is frivolous or vexatious. The board may authorise an investigator to continue to carry out an investigation of the conduct of a registered valuer even if the complaint, on which the investigation was authorised, is withdrawn. s 44 amd 2005 No. 68 s 140 (sec.44-ssec.1) The board may— on a complaint made under section 43 or of its own initiative, authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation of conduct of a registered valuer on behalf of the board; or if it suspects on reasonable grounds that a registered valuer has contravened a prescribed code of professional conduct—authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation in relation to the suspected contravention on behalf of the board; or if it suspects on reasonable grounds that a person who is not a registered valuer has contravened section 63 —authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation in relation to the suspected contravention on behalf of the board. (sec.44-ssec.2) The investigator must give the board a written report on the investigation. (sec.44-ssec.3) The board must not authorise the investigation of a complaint that in its opinion is frivolous or vexatious. (sec.44-ssec.4) The board may authorise an investigator to continue to carry out an investigation of the conduct of a registered valuer even if the complaint, on which the investigation was authorised, is withdrawn.

• (a) on a complaint made under section 43 or of its own initiative, authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation of conduct of a registered valuer on behalf of the board; or
• (b) if it suspects on reasonable grounds that a registered valuer has contravened a prescribed code of professional conduct—authorise a person who is not a member or an assistant member to carry out an investigation in relation to the suspected contravention on behalf of the board; or