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2. A home inspector must prepare a home condition report on the following terms without exclusion or limitation—
(a)that the report will be prepared with reasonable care and skill;
(b)that the home inspector will provide in the report an objective opinion about the condition of the property;
(c)that such an opinion will be based on his inspection;
(d)that the home inspector will identify in the report such conditions within the property as appear to—
(i)be defects that are serious or require urgent attention, or both;
(ii)give rise to a need for repair or replacement; or
(iii)give rise to further investigation;
(e)that a responsible person may copy or issue a copy of the report for the purposes of—
(i)regulations 5, 6, 9(a) and 24; and
(ii)section 156(1), (2) and (11) of the 2004 Act; and
(f)that any person may do one or more of the following for the purposes of a disclosure or other act authorised by Part 9—
(i)copy a report;
(ii)issue a copy of a report;
(iii)rent or lend a report;
(iv)communicate a report; or
(v)make an adaptation of a report or do any of the above in relation to an adaptation.
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