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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities relating to product certification - Certification of building products and building methods

269: Product certificates

You could also call this:

"A certificate to show a building product meets New Zealand's rules and standards"

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You can get a product certificate for a building product or method if it meets certain criteria. You must apply to a registered Product Certification Body (PCB) for this certificate. The PCB will issue the certificate if the product or method complies with the rules and standards set by the government, which can be found in regulations made under section 402(1)(u)(i), and any product certification scheme rules made under section 272E(3). You might need a single certificate for a product and method that are used together. The certificate will tell you if there are any special things to consider when using the product or method. It will also tell you what those things are. To get a certificate, you must apply if you own the product or method. Your application must include any information that the registered PCB asks for.

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Part 3Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities relating to product certification: Certification of building products and building methods

269Product certificates

  1. A registered PCB must, on application, issue a product certificate for a building product or building method if satisfied that it complies with—

  2. the criteria and standards for certification prescribed by regulations made under section 402(1)(u)(i); and
    1. any product certification scheme rules made under section 272E(3) to supplement those regulations.

      1. If a building product and a building method are to be used together, a single product certificate may be issued in respect of both together.

      2. The product certificate must state whether there are any matters that should be taken into account in the use or application of the building product or building method and, if so, what those matters are.

      3. The application must—

      4. be made by the proprietor of the building product or building method; and
        1. include the information specified by the registered PCB (if any).

          Notes
          • Section 269: replaced, on , by section 67 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).