Checklists for BCA accreditation regulatory guidance
Last updated: 17 June 2024
MBIE’s regulatory guidance includes checklists for organisations or individuals that want to become an accredited organisation or building consent authority (BCA).
These organisations or individuals should undertake a self-assessment of their policies, procedures and systems. This self-assessment should be made against the accreditation requirements set out in the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006 (the Regulations) and in MBIE’s regulatory guidance.
Undertaking a thorough self-assessment should support an applicant or current BCA to be prepared for the next steps in the accreditation process and assist in making an application for accreditation.
The self-assessment checklists can be used as a 'prompting' tool for checking the various components, but require users to read the full description in the guidance tool for clarification.
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- Regulation 6 – Decisions under policies, procedures and systems [Word doc]
- Regulation 6A – Notification Requirements [Word doc]
- Regulation 7(2)(a) – Consumer information [Word doc]
- Regulations 7(2)(b), (c) and (d)(i) – Receiving applications for building consents [Word doc]
- Regulations 7(2)(d)(ii) and (iii) – Assessing applications and allocating them for processing [Word doc]
- Regulation 7(2)(d)(iv) – Processing applications [Word doc]
- Regulation 7(2)(d)(v) – Granting, refusing to grant, and issuing building consent [Word doc]
- Regulation 7(2)(e) – Planning, performing, and managing inspections [Word doc]
- Regulation 7(2)(f) – Code compliance certificates, compliance schedules, and notices to fix[Word doc]
- Regulation 7(2)(g) – Receiving and managing inquiries about building control functions [Word doc]
- Regulation 7(2)(h) – Receiving and managing complaints about building control functions[Word doc]
- Regulation 8 – Ensuring enough employees and contractors [Word doc]
- Regulation 9 – Allocating work to competent employees or contractors [Word doc]
- Regulation 10 – Establishing and assessing competence of employees[Word doc]
- Regulation 11 – Training employees [Word doc]
- Regulation 12 – Choosing and using contractors [Word doc]
- Regulation 13 – Ensuring technical leadership [Word doc]
- Regulation 14 – Ensuring necessary technical resources [Word doc]
- Regulation 15 – Keeping organisational records [Word doc]
- Regulation 16 – Filing applications for building consents [Word doc]
- Regulation 17 – Assuring quality [Word doc]
- Regulation 18 – Requiring technical qualifications [Word doc]
- All checklists in a single document [PDF 708KB]