227EPowers of inspection of chief officer and municipal building surveyor

227E Powers of inspection of chief officer and municipal building surveyor (1) The chief officer and the municipal building surveyor may either jointly or separately inspect— (a) any safety or emergency installations, equipment or services in a building or place of public entertainment to determine whether they are performing and being maintained in accordance with the building regulations or any relevant occupancy permit; or (b) any records or reports relating to the operation and maintenance of any safety or emergency installations, equipment or services in a building or place of public entertainment to determine whether they are being kept or displayed in accordance with the building regulations or any relevant occupancy permit. (2) The chief officer must provide the municipal building surveyor with a report of an inspection by the chief officer under subsection (1) within 5 business days of that inspection. (3) The municipal building surveyor must ensure that the owner of a building or place of public entertainment that has been inspected in accordance with subsection (1) is provided, within10 business days of that inspection, with an inspection report signed by the municipal building surveyor. Pt 13 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 228–234) amended by Nos 39/1996 s. 8(1)(2), 34/1997 ss 24–27, 18/1998 s. 9, 75/1998 s. 5(f), 66/2004 ss 17, 18, 31/2007 ss 19, 20, 34/2013 s. 31, 15/2016 s. 18(11), substituted as Pt 13 Div. 2 (Headings and ss 227EA–234A) by No. 21/2017 s. 46. Division 2—Information gathering and entry powers Subdivision 1—General S. 227EA inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 46. 227EA Definition of *municipal building surveyor* for the purposes of this Division ***municipal building surveyor*** means a municipal building surveyor of a council when performing functions that relate to the administration and enforcement by that council of Parts 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 and the building regulations in the council's municipal district. S. 227EB inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 46. 227EB Warning about giving information that may incriminate a person If an authorised person requires a natural person to give any information under this Division, the authorised person must inform the person, before or at the time at which the person gives that information*,* that the person may refuse or fail to give that information if the giving of the information would tend to incriminate the person. Subdivision 2—Powers to require production of information or documents S. 227F inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 46.