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QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION ACT 1991 - SECT 106O

Power to have building products or samples examined

106O Power to have building products or samples examined

(1) This section applies if an investigator takes for examination a building product, or a sample of or from a building product, under section 105L (1) (b) .
(2) The commission may have the building product or sample examined.
(3) A person must not, with intent to adversely affect the examination of a building product or a sample of or from a building product—
(a) tamper with a building product before an investigator takes it, or a sample of or from it, for examination; or
(b) tamper with a building product or a sample of or from a building product after it is taken by an investigator for examination.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(4) An examination under this section must be conducted by a person of a class, and in the way, prescribed by regulation.
(5) The commission must obtain a certificate or report stating the outcome of an examination under this section from the person conducting the examination.
(6) The commission may recover, as a debt, the reasonable costs of conducting an examination of a building product, or a sample of or from a building product, under this section from a person in the chain of responsibility for the product who has failed to comply with a duty under part 6AA , division 2 in relation to the product.



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