New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUILDING PROFESSIONALS ACT 2005 - SECT 50

50 Inspections and investigations

A person authorised to enter premises under this Part may:

(a) inspect the premises and any article, matter or thing on the premises, and

(b) for the purpose of an inspection:

(i) open any ground and remove any flooring and take such measures as may be necessary to ascertain the character and condition of the premises and of any pipe, sewer, drain, wire or fitting, and

(ii) require the opening, cutting into or pulling down of any work if the person authorised has reason to believe or suspect that anything on the premises has been done in contravention of this Act or the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 , or the regulations under either of those Acts or an environmental planning instrument, and

(c) take measurements, make surveys and take levels and, for those purposes, dig trenches, break up the soil and set up any posts, stakes or marks, and

(d) require any person at those premises to answer questions or otherwise furnish information in relation to the matter the subject of the inspection or investigation, and

(e) take samples or photographs, and make video and audio recordings, in connection with any inspection, and

(f) seize anything that the person suspects on reasonable grounds is connected with an offence against this Act or the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 , or the regulations under either of those Acts or secure any such thing against interference.