connected with or related to the practice of the person investigated and report to the Council: Provided that— (i) an investigator shall not enter any premises without the consent of the owner or occupier unless there are reasonable grounds for believing that the entry is necessary for the prevention, investigation or detection of an offence; (ii) if the person investigated is not a registered valuer, the investigator shall notify the officer commanding the police district in which the premises of such person are situated of his intention to enter the premises, and shall be accompanied by a police officer. (5) If any investigation conducted in terms of this section results in the person investigated being— (a) convicted of an offence in terms of the Act; or (b) disciplined after an inquiry held in terms of Part V; the Council shall be entitled to recover from such person all or any part of the costs of the investigation as it may determine. (6) Any person who hinders, obstructs or makes any false representation to an investigator under subsection (3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 19 Committees of Council (1) For the better exercise of its functions, the Council may establish committees to which it may appoint as members such registered valuers as it may consider expedient. (2) The Council may assign to a committee referred to in subsection (1) such of the Council’s functions under this Act as the Council considers expedient. (3) The Council shall not be treated as having divested itself of any function assigned to a committee referred to in subsection (1) and the Council may vary or revoke any decision of a committee made in the exercise of that function. 20 Recovery by Council of costs and fees The Council may by proceedings in a competent court recover— (a) any expenses, costs or penalties ordered to be paid by any person or registered valuer in terms of subsection (5) of section eighteen or section thirty-one or thirty-two, as the case may be; (b) any fee prescribed in terms of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2) of section fortyfive which is not paid to the Council within the prescribed time. PART III REGISTRAR AND REGISTER OF VALUERS 21 Registrar of Valuers (1) The Minister shall, in consultation with the Council, appoint a person, to be known as the Registrar of Valuers, who shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed on the Registrar by or in terms of this Act. -9-