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272X: Notification to chief executive by registered MCMCB
or “A company that checks builders of prefab houses must tell the government when they approve, stop, or cancel a builder's permission to work.”
You could also call this:

“The boss can sign up people who make building parts if they follow the rules and pay”

If you want to be registered as a modular component manufacturer (MCM), you need to apply to the chief executive. You’ll have to pay a fee if there is one. The chief executive can register you if you meet these conditions:

You are a certified MCM.

You can cover any legal issues that might come up because of the parts you make and design (if you do design them).

You follow any other rules for registration.

If you get registered, you can only make and design (if allowed) the specific kinds of parts that you’re certified for. This is explained in section 272U.

When you apply, you need to:

Write your application.

Follow any special ways of applying that have been set.

Include any information that’s required.

After you apply, the chief executive will decide if you can be registered. They will tell you their decision in writing. If they say no, they’ll explain why.

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Next up: 272Z: Audit of registered MCM

or “Regular checks to make sure registered modular component makers are still following the rules”
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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Responsibilities relating to modular component manufacturers: Registration of modular component manufacturers

272YRegistration of modular component manufacturer

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

  2. are a certified MCM; and
    1. meet any prescribed requirements to have adequate means to cover any civil liabilities that may arise in relation to their manufacture and design (if applicable) of modular components; and
      1. comply with any other prescribed criteria and standards for registration.

        1. A person who is registered under subsection (1) is a registered MCM only in respect of—

        2. the manufacture of modular components of the kind they are certified to manufacture under section 272U; and
          1. the design of modular components of the kind (if any) they are certified to design under section 272U.

            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 272Y: inserted, on , by section 68 of the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 21).