(1)  A building surveyor is to refuse an application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work) if the permit building work specified in the application is not likely to comply with this Act.

(2)  If a building surveyor refuses an application under this Subdivision, the building surveyor is to notify the applicant and the relevant permit authority, in writing, of –

(a) the refusal to grant the application for a certificate of likely compliance (permit building work); and

(b) the reasons for the refusal; and

(c) the right of appeal under this Act in respect of the refusal.