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320: Payment and application of charges, fines, and other money
or “This part explains how the money you owe for building work is collected and paid back.”

You could also call this:

“The group making decisions must work on its own without outside help or influence.”

When the Board is doing its job under this part of the law, it must work on its own without outside influence. This means the Board makes decisions by itself.

The Registrar has to make sure that any staff helping the Board haven’t been involved in the Registrar’s own work under this part of the law. This keeps the Board’s work separate from the Registrar’s work.

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Next up: 322: Board may hear evidence for disciplinary matters

or “The Board can listen to and look at different kinds of information to help them make decisions about someone's behaviour.”

Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Powers and procedure of Board on disciplinary matters

321Board must act independently

  1. The Board must act independently in performing its functions under this subpart.

  2. The Registrar must ensure that any staff that the Registrar provides by way of administrative support for the Board have not been involved in assisting the Registrar to perform the functions of the Registrar under this subpart.