Assessment process
Once the Department has received your application, we will check it to make sure that it is eligible for assessment, that it includes all the required information, and that your application pre-payment has been received.
If your application is accepted, we will advise you that your application has been accepted for assessment and begin the formal assessment process of checking your design for Code compliance.
The Department has 40 working days, from the date of formal acceptance, to either approve or decline your application.
During the assessment process, we may need to contact you for further information or clarification on particular aspects of your application. At this time, we will ‘stop the clock’, and not proceed further with your application until the additional information has been received. Once we have received the information, we will ‘restart the clock’ and continue assessing your application.
When your application has been assessed, you will be advised in writing of the Department’s decision. At the same time we will include an invoice for any outstanding amount for processing your application. This will need to be paid before your MultiProof certificate is issued.
If your application is ‘approved’ for a National Multiple-Use Approval
If your application is assessed as complying with the Building Code and when you have made full payment of all outstanding fees, we will issue you with a MultiProof certificate that will cover the designs and any customisations included in your application. The certificate will list any specific conditions that will apply to your MultiProof.
Role of the Building Consent Authority
When the design has been approved and the MultiProof certificate has been issued, you will need to apply to the local Building Consent Authority (BCA) for a building consent each time you wish to reproduce the building. The BCA will have 10 working days to check the site specific design (eg site conditions, foundations, utilities), confirm that the proposed design meets the conditions of your MultiProof and issue the building consent.
Declined applications
We may decline your application for the following reasons:
- your design is assessed as being non-compliant with the Building Code
- the design includes a banned method or products
- the application fee has not been paid
- you have not supplied the required information following a reasonable period after being requested to supply such information
Declined applications will still attract a fee, based on the Department’s processing costs.
If the Department decides to decline your application for a MultiProof and you disagree with this outcome, you will be able to appeal to the District Court.