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262A: Fees for audits
or “A special group can ask for money when they check if another group is doing a good job with building products.”
You could also call this:

“A group checks if people can give out certificates for building products properly”

You can ask the product certification accreditation body to make you a product certification body. To do this, you need to apply and maybe pay a fee. The accreditation body will say yes if they think you can do the job well.

To get accredited, you need to show that you can do the work properly, fairly, and consistently. You also need to be open about how you work and take responsibility for what you do. You must have ways of working that help you do all of this.

Your ways of working need to follow the rules set out in the law. There are special rules called “product certification scheme rules” that you also need to follow.

When you apply, you need to write down your application. You might need to do this in a certain way and include specific information if the rules say so.

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Next up: 264: Suspension or revocation of accreditation

or “The rules for taking away or pausing a company's permission to check if products are safe”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities relating to product certification: Accreditation of product certification bodies

263Accreditation of product certification body

  1. The product certification accreditation body may, on application, and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), accredit a person as a product certification body if satisfied that they—

  2. have the ability to perform the functions of a registered PCB competently, impartially, consistently, transparently, and accountably; and
    1. have policies, procedures, and systems in place that—
      1. will result in them performing their functions as required by paragraph (a); and
        1. comply with any requirements prescribed by regulations made under section 402(1)(tb)(ii)(A); and
        2. comply with any other criteria and standards prescribed by regulations made under section 402(1)(tb)(ii)(B); and
          1. comply with any product certification scheme rules made under section 272E(3) that supplement the regulations referred to in paragraphs (b)(ii) and (c).

            1. The application must—

            2. be made in writing; and
              1. be made in the prescribed manner (if any); and
                1. include the prescribed information (if any).

                  Notes
                  • Section 263: replaced, on , by section 64 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).