BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 9
Secretary may obtain information from third parties
BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 9
Secretary may obtain information from third parties
9 Secretary may obtain information from third parties
(1) The Secretary may, by written notice, require an applicant or a
close associate of the applicant--
(a) to authorise a person described in the
notice--
(i) to provide information specified in the notice that is relevant
to the investigation of the application, or
(ii) to produce, in accordance
with directions in the notice, the records relevant to the investigation of
the application that are specified in the notice and to permit examination of
the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of
them, or
(b) to furnish to the Secretary the authorities and consents that
the Secretary directs for the purpose of enabling the Secretary to obtain
information (including financial and other confidential information) from
other persons concerning the applicant or close associate.
(2) If a
requirement made under this section is not complied with, the Secretary may
refuse to consider the application concerned while the non-compliance
continues.
(3) A person who complies with a requirement of a notice under
this section does not on that account incur a liability to another person.
