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195: Chief executive must decide application for registration
or “The boss must quickly look at your form and tell you if you can help with building stuff or not.”
You could also call this:

“A building consent authority stays registered as long as it keeps following the rules.”

The chief executive must check at least every 3 years if a building consent authority still meets the requirements to be registered. They can also check at any other time. These requirements are listed in section 192.

If a building consent authority still meets these requirements, they can stay registered. However, this is subject to section 203C.

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Next up: 197: Consequences of failure to meet criteria for registration

or “What happens if a building authority doesn't follow the rules anymore”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities of chief executive: Power of chief executive to register persons as building consent authorities for purposes of this Act

196Registration continuous so long as person meets criteria for registration

  1. The chief executive must assess at least once every 3 years, and may assess at any other time, whether a building consent authority whose name is entered in the register of building consent authorities continues to meet the criteria for registration specified in section 192.

  2. A building consent authority that continues to meet those criteria is entitled to the continuation of its registration, subject to section 203C.

Notes
  • Section 196(1): amended, on , by section 16(2)(e) of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).
  • Section 196(2): amended, on , by section 49 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).
  • Section 196(2): amended, on , by section 16(2)(f) of the Building Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 31).