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177: Application for determination
or “How to ask the person in charge to decide if something follows the rules or if someone used their power correctly”
You could also call this:

“Rules for asking the big boss to make a decision about something important”

If you want to apply for a determination, you need to follow some rules. You have to write your application and give it to the chief executive. You must use the correct form and follow the right steps if there are any. You also need to include any information that’s required. If there’s a fee, you have to pay it with your application.

After you’ve given your application to the chief executive, you need to give a copy to everyone else who is named in it or affected by it. You can do this before or right after you give it to the chief executive.

Remember, a determination is when the chief executive makes an official decision about something related to building. It’s important to follow these rules so your application can be considered properly.

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Next up: 179: Chief executive may refuse application for determination

or “The boss can say no to someone asking for a decision if they think the person is not being serious or is not allowed to ask.”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of chief executive: Power of chief executive to make determinations

178Requirements for application for determination

  1. An application for a determination must—

  2. be made in writing; and
    1. be given, in the prescribed form and manner (if any), to the chief executive; and
      1. contain the prescribed information (if any); and
        1. be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any).

          1. The applicant must give a copy of the application for a determination to every other party named in, or affected by, the application, either before or immediately after the application is given to the chief executive.