(1)  The Director of Building Control may arrange for an audit to be carried out in respect of the work of any person or body specified in section 16(g) .

(2)  As part of an audit under this section, the Director of Building Control may require, by written notice, a person to provide a record or document, or to make a written statement that is to be produced, at a time and place specified in the notice.

(3)  A person must comply with a written notice given to them under subsection (2) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(4)  If requested to do so by the Director of Building Control, a person must assist in, or cooperate with, an audit under this section as requested.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; or

(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.

(5)  If a record, document or written statement is provided as part of an audit under this section, the Director of Building Control –

(a) may make copies of the record, document or statement; and

(b) must return the record, document or statement as soon as practicable after the Director has finished with the record, document or statement.

(6)  If, after conducting an audit, the Director of Building Control is satisfied that a person or body whose work is the subject of the audit may be guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct, or professional misconduct, the Director may refer the matter to the Administrator appointed under the Occupational Licensing Act 2005 as evidence that the person or body is not a fit and proper person for the purposes of that Act.