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80A Designated building surveyors
(1) This section applies if a registered body corporate accepts an appointment as a private building surveyor under this Part.
(2) The registered body corporate must ensure that the work as building surveyor is carried out by a director or employee of the body corporate (the ***designated building surveyor***)—
(a) who is registered under Part 11 as a building surveyor as the case requires; and
(b) whose registration authorises the director or employee to carry out that work.
(3) The registered body corporate must within 7 days after accepting the appointment—
(a) notify the relevant council in writing of the designated building surveyor referred to in subsection (2); and
(b) give a copy of that notice to the person who appointed the registered body corporate under this Part.
(4) If the designated building surveyor notified to the relevant council is replaced by another director or employee of the body corporate for any period, the registered body corporate must within 7 days after the replacement is made—
(a) notify the relevant council in writing of the new designated building surveyor; and
(b) give a copy of that notice to the person who appointed the registered body corporate under this Part.
S. 80B inserted by No. 21/2017 s. 6 (as amended by No. 47/2017 s. 14).