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CONVEYANCERS ACT 2006 - SECT 156

Specified public bodies to produce information

    (1)     For the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations, an inspector may request that, within a time specified by the inspector, a specified public body do either or both of the following—

        (a)     answer, orally or in writing, any questions put by the inspector relating to a licensee's conveyancing business;

        (b)     supply, orally or in writing, information required by the inspector relating to the business.

    (2)     An inspector may only make a request under subsection (1) with the written consent of the Director.

    (3)     A specified public body other than the Chief Commissioner must comply with a request under subsection (1).

    (4)     The Chief Commissioner must respond to a request under subsection (1) and may, but is not obliged to, comply with it.

    (5)     In this section—

"public statutory authority" means a body established by or under an Act for a public purpose;

"specified public body" means—

        (a)     a Department Head within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (b)     a public statutory authority;

        (c)     a municipal council;

        (d)     the Chief Commissioner.



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