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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Responsibilities relating to product certification - Registration of product certification bodies

267A: Registration of product certification body

You could also call this:

“The boss can sign up special companies to check and approve building products if they meet certain rules.”

You can apply to the chief executive to become a registered product certification body. To do this, you need to pay a fee if there is one. The chief executive can register you if you meet certain conditions. You must be an accredited PCB, have enough money to cover any legal problems that might happen when you do your job, and meet any other rules for registration.

When you apply, you need to do it in writing. You might have to follow specific instructions on how to apply and include certain information. These details will be provided to you.

After you submit your application, the chief executive will decide whether to register you or not. They will let you know their decision in writing. If they decide not to register you, they will explain why.

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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities relating to product certification: Registration of product certification bodies

267ARegistration of product certification body

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

  2. are an accredited PCB; and
    1. meet any prescribed requirements to have adequate means to cover any civil liabilities that may arise in the performance of their functions under this Act; and
      1. meet any other prescribed criteria and standards for registration.

        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).

              1. As soon as practicable after receiving the application, the chief executive must—

              2. decide whether to register the applicant; and
                1. notify the applicant in writing of the decision (including the reasons, if the application is declined).

                  Notes
                  • Section 267A: inserted, on , by section 66 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).