(1) The commissioner may engage—
(a) an approved auditor to assist the commissioner in ensuring a licensee's compliance with this Act; and
(b) any other consultant or contractor that may be necessary or convenient to exercise the commissioner's functions.
(2) The conditions of a consultant's or contractor's engagement are the conditions agreed between the commissioner and the consultant or contractor.
(3) However, this section does not give the commissioner the power to enter into a contract of employment with a consultant or contractor.
(4) In this section:
"approved auditor" means an auditor approved under the Government Procurement Act 2001
, section 22O.