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99: Issue of certificate of acceptance
or “A building official gives you a special paper when they check and approve work on your house.”
You could also call this:

“A council can hold back a certificate until you pay a fee for building work”

If you apply for a certificate of acceptance and the territorial authority (like your local council) agrees to give you one, they might hold onto it until you pay a development contribution. If this happens, they must tell you in writing. They will let you know that they’ve approved your application, but they’re keeping the certificate for now. They will also tell you exactly what development contribution you need to pay before they will give you the certificate. This is all based on a rule in section 208 of the Local Government Act 2002.

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Next up: 99A: Refusal of application for certificate of acceptance

or “If the council says no to your building certificate request, they must tell you why in writing.”
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Part 2 Building
Code compliance certificates, certificates of acceptance, and compliance schedules: Certificates of acceptance

99AAWithholding certificate of acceptance

  1. If a territorial authority grants an application for a certificate of acceptance but withholds the certificate under section 208 of the Local Government Act 2002, the territorial authority must give the applicant written notice of—

  2. the grant of the application; and
    1. the withholding of the certificate; and
      1. the development contribution required to be paid or made before the certificate will be issued.

        Notes
        • Section 99AA: inserted, on , by section 78 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).