New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFIERS ACT 2018 - SECT 42

42 Improper influence with respect to carrying out certification work

(1) A registered certifier must not, on an understanding that the registered certifier will act otherwise than impartially in the carrying out of any certification work, seek or accept, or offer or agree to accept, any benefit of any kind, whether on the registered certifier's own behalf or on behalf of any other person.

(2) A person must not, on an understanding that a registered certifier will act otherwise than impartially in the carrying out of any certification work, give, or offer or agree to give, any benefit of any kind, whether to the registered certifier or to any other person.

: Maximum penalty--10,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.