215Agreement with private building surveyor

215 Agreement with private building surveyor S. 215(1) amended by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 8.6). (1) Despite anything to the contrary in the **Local Government Act 2020**, a council may enter into an agreement with a private building surveyor to carry out the functions under this Act and the regulations of the municipal building surveyor of the council. (2) A private building surveyor who enters into an agreement with a council under subsection (1)— S. 215(2)(a) amended by No. 21/2017 s. 99. (a) is taken to be the municipal building surveyor of that council for the purpose of carrying out the functions set out in the agreement; and S. 215(2)(b) amended by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 8.6). (b) despite anything to the contrary in the **Local Government Act 2020**, is not a member of staff of the council.