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30C: Applications for national multiple-use approval relating to design work that is restricted building work
or “Rules for special building designs that need expert approval before they can be used in many places”
You could also call this:

“The boss must quickly decide if a request for a national building plan is okay to look at further.”

When you send an application for a national multiple-use approval, the chief executive has to decide quickly whether to accept it for processing. They will let you know their decision in writing. If they decide not to accept your application, they have to tell you why.

The chief executive can ask you for more information about your application if they need it.

There are only a few reasons why the chief executive might not accept your application. They can refuse it if:

  1. Your application doesn’t meet the requirements of this Act.
  2. You’ve included a building product or method that is currently banned under section 26(2).
  3. Your application doesn’t meet the rules for national multiple-use approval.

The chief executive needs to have good reasons if they decide not to accept your application.

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Next up: 30E: Processing application for national multiple-use approval

or “How the boss decides if a building plan can be used lots of times”
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Building code: National multiple-use approvals

30DChief executive must decide whether to accept, for processing, application for national multiple-use approval

  1. The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after receiving an application for a national multiple-use approval,—

  2. decide whether to accept that application for processing; and
    1. give written notice of his or her decision to the applicant; and
      1. if the chief executive decides to refuse to accept the application for processing, state the reasons for the refusal in the notice given under paragraph (b).

        1. The chief executive may require further reasonable information in respect of the application.

        2. The chief executive may refuse to accept for processing an application for a national multiple-use approval only if the chief executive is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the application—

        3. does not meet the requirements of this Act; or
          1. includes a building product or building method in relation to which a ban under section 26(2) is in force; or
            1. does not meet the prescribed eligibility criteria (if any) for a national multiple-use approval.

              Notes
              • Section 30D: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Building Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 25).
              • Section 30D(3)(b): replaced, on , by section 17 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).