(1) An assessor who enters a building site under section 48D may, to the extent that it is reasonably necessary to determine whether domestic building work is defective or incomplete, require a person at the building site— (a) to give information to the assessor, orally or in writing; and (b) to produce documents to the assessor; and (c) to give reasonable assistance to the assessor. (2) If a person produces a document to an assessor in accordance with a requirement under this section, the assessor may make copies of, or take extracts from, the document. 48G Refusal or failure to comply with requirement A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of an assessor under this Division. Penalty: 60 penalty units. 48H Protection against self-incrimination (1) It is a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Division, if the giving of the information or the doing of that other thing would tend to incriminate the person. (2) Despite subsection (1), it is not a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to produce a document that the person is required to produce by or under this
(1) An assessor who enters a building site under section 48D may, to the extent that it is reasonably necessary to determine whether domestic building work is defective or incomplete, require a person at the building site— (a) to give information to the assessor, orally or in writing; and (b) to produce documents to the assessor; and (c) to give reasonable assistance to the assessor. (2) If a person produces a document to an assessor in accordance with a requirement under this section, the assessor may make copies of, or take extracts from, the document. 48G Refusal or failure to comply with requirement A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of an assessor under this Division. Penalty: 60 penalty units. 48H Protection against self-incrimination (1) It is a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to give information or do any other thing that the person is required to do by or under this Division, if the giving of the information or the doing of that other thing would tend to incriminate the person. (2) Despite subsection (1), it is not a reasonable excuse for a natural person to refuse or fail to produce a document that the person is required to produce by or under this
581047bi1.docx