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30E: Processing application for national multiple-use approval
or “How the boss decides if a building plan can be used lots of times”
You could also call this:

“Rules for when the boss can give permission to use building plans more than once”

The chief executive must give you a national multiple-use approval if they believe you meet certain conditions. These conditions include:

You need to follow the rules in section 30B. You also have to pay any required fees. Your application must meet any special criteria that have been set. You can’t use any building products or methods that are not allowed under section 26(2). Lastly, if someone builds according to your plans, the building must follow the building code.

The chief executive can give you the approval with some changes to the building code. They can also add conditions to the approval. These conditions might say the approval only works in certain areas, climates, or situations. They might also say the approval only applies to certain parts of the building work, or only if the work meets specific requirements.

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Next up: 30G: Refusal to issue national multiple-use approval

or “The government can say no to approving a building plan for many places and must explain why.”
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Building code: National multiple-use approvals

30FIssue of national multiple-use approval

  1. The chief executive must issue a national multiple-use approval if he or she is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that—

  2. the application meets the requirements of section 30B; and
    1. the applicant has paid the prescribed fee (if any); and
      1. the application meets the prescribed eligibility criteria for a national multiple-use approval (if any); and
        1. the application does not involve the use of a building product or building method in relation to which a ban under section 26(2) is in force; and
          1. if building work were properly completed in accordance with the plans and specifications that accompanied the application, that building work would comply with the building code.

            1. A national multiple-use approval may be issued subject to—

            2. a waiver or modification of the building code; and
              1. 1 or more conditions, including, but not limited to, conditions that the approval applies only—
                1. in specified regions; or
                  1. in specified climates or conditions; or
                    1. to specified aspects of the building work; or
                      1. if the building work complies with specified requirements.

                      Notes
                      • Section 30F: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Building Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 25).
                      • Section 30F(1)(d): replaced, on , by section 18 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).