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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities relating to product certification - Recognition of standards issued by overseas standards organisations, and standards certification schemes

272HC: Public notification and availability

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"Telling the public about important notices and making them available online"

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When a notice is made under section 272HB(1) or (4), the chief executive must tell the public about it in the Gazette. You can find the Gazette online or in some libraries. The notice must include some important information, such as what the notice is about, when it was made, and where you can find it on the Ministry's website.

The chief executive must also make sure that notices of recognition are available on the Ministry's website. This means that when a new notice is made, you can find it on the website right away. Even if a notice is changed or cancelled, you can still find the original version on the website. If a notice is amended, the Ministry must make the updated version available on their website, along with the changes that were made.

You can find all the notices and amendments on the Ministry's Internet site, which is like a big online library where you can access important documents. The Ministry's website will have a digital copy of each notice, and any changes that are made to it, so you can always find the most up-to-date information.

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Part 3Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities relating to product certification: Recognition of standards issued by overseas standards organisations, and standards certification schemes

272HCPublic notification and availability

  1. The chief executive must ensure that, promptly after a notice is made under section 272HB(1) or (4), notice of its making is published in the Gazette.

  2. The notice must include the following information:

  3. a statement that a notice was made under section 272HB(1) or (4) (as applicable) by the Minister:
    1. the title of the notice made under section 272HB(1) or (4):
      1. the date on which the notice under section 272HB(1) or (4) was made:
        1. the Ministry’s Internet site where the notice made under section 272HB(1) or (4), and the related notice of recognition, are published.

          1. The chief executive must also ensure that,—

          2. promptly after a notice of recognition is made under section 272HB(1), that notice is made publicly available on the Ministry’s Internet site; and
            1. even after a notice of recognition is amended or revoked, a digital copy of it in its original form continues to be publicly available on the Ministry’s Internet site; and
              1. promptly after a notice of recognition is amended, each of the following is publicly available on the Ministry’s Internet site:
                1. a digital copy of the amendment:
                  1. a digital copy of the notice of recognition in its up-to-date form.

                  Notes
                  • Section 272HC: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 19).