Section 198 and section 197 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 outline the obligations of the building inspector which include that the building inspector:
- has a duty to act impartially in the course of carrying out the functions of a building inspector,
- will not seek or accept, or offer or agree to accept, any benefit of any kind, whether on their own behalf or on behalf of any other person,
- does not represent the interests of the developer when undertaking their functions as a building inspector,
- must act within their competencies and engage additional specialists required to inspect and report on the areas outside of the building inspector鈥檚 competencies. (Any person engaged by a building inspector must be independent of the stakeholders in the construction of the relevant building work),
- must disclose previous employment by the developer or a contractor of the developer that occurred at any time within the period of 2 years before appointment as a building inspector (See also Regulation 46 of the Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016), and
- must not be or was at any time in the 2 years immediately before the appointment, 鈥connected鈥 with the developer.
Section 197 and section 7 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 and Regulation 62 of the Strata Scheme Management Regulation 2016 define what is meant by 鈥connected鈥.&苍产蝉辫;
Members should familiarise themselves with the definition of 鈥connected鈥.