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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners - Searches of register

307: Search purposes

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“You can only look up information in the register for special reasons that the law allows.”

You can only search the register for the reasons mentioned in section 299. This means you can’t look things up in the register just because you want to. You need to have a proper reason that matches what the law says is okay.

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“Rules say you can only look up information in the register using specific ways that are written in the regulations.”

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“Searching someone's personal information without permission can be against the law and invade their privacy.”

Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Searches of register

307Search purposes

  1. A search of the register may be carried out only for a purpose referred to in section 299.