208KBuilding Monitor may request information or data from certain persons or bodies

208K Building Monitor may request information or data from certain persons or bodies (1) If the Building Monitor believes on reasonable grounds that a person or body specified in subsection (3) has information (including personal information) or data that is relevant to the performance of the functions of the Building Monitor under this Division, the Building Monitor may, after consulting with the person or body, give a written notice to the person or body requiring the person or body to provide the information or data specified in the notice to the Building Monitor. (2) A person or body referred to in subsection (3) that receives a notice to provide information or data under subsection (1)— (a) is authorised to provide the information or data to the Building Monitor; and (b) must provide the information or data to the Building Monitor— (i) within any time agreed with the Building Monitor; and (ii) in the format specified in the notice or as agreed with the Building Monitor; and (c) must ensure that the information or data provided is comprehensive and relevant to the Building Monitor's request. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the persons or bodies are the following— (b) the Architects Registration Board of Victoria; (c) Cladding Safety Victoria; (d) the chief dispute resolution officer; (e) the Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria; (f) a council; (g) the Secretary to the Department; (h) the Secretary to the Department of Government Services; (i) VCAT; (j) any other prescribed person or body. (4) In this section, information or data that VCAT may be requested to provide to the Building Monitor under subsection (1) is limited to information or data of a class of information or data that is prescribed for the purposes of section 38AA of the **Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998**. S. 208L inserted by No. 11/2023 s. 25.