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267C: Suspension of registration of PCB
or “Rules for stopping someone from being allowed to check if building products are safe”
You could also call this:

“How a company can get back to work after being told to stop certifying building products”

If your registration as a product certification body (PCB) is suspended, there are ways it can be lifted. If your registration was suspended because your accreditation was suspended, your registration will automatically be restored when your accreditation is restored.

If your registration was suspended for other reasons, you can ask the chief executive to lift the suspension. You might need to pay a fee. The chief executive can lift the suspension if you meet the criteria in section 267A again or if you’ve fixed the problem that caused the suspension.

To ask for your suspension to be lifted, you need to write an application. You might need to follow specific rules about how to write it and what information to include.

After the chief executive gets your application, they will decide whether to lift the suspension. They will tell you their decision in writing. If they don’t lift the suspension, they will explain why. If they do lift the suspension, they will update the register to show that you’re registered again.

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Next up: 267E: Revocation of registration of PCB

or “When a company can no longer check if building products are safe”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities relating to product certification: Registration of product certification bodies

267DLifting of suspension of registration of PCB

  1. If a person’s registration is suspended under section 272C(1), that suspension is automatically lifted if the suspension of their accreditation is lifted.

  2. If a person’s registration is suspended under section 267C(2), the chief executive may, on application, and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), lift the suspension if satisfied that they—

  3. again meet the criteria in section 267A; or
    1. have otherwise rectified the failure that led to the suspension.

      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 lift the suspension; and
              1. notify the applicant in writing of the decision (including the reasons, if the suspension is not lifted); and
                1. if the suspension is lifted, update the register accordingly.

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