242BRefusal to accredit, renew or vary an accreditation

242B Refusal to accredit, renew or vary an accreditation (1) The Committee may refuse to accredit a building product or renew an accreditation if— (a) the application fails to include any information or document referred to in regulation 242(3)(b) within 3 months of a request for that information or document by the Committee; or (b) the building product is not suitable to be accredited by the Committee or, in the case of an application for renewal of an accreditation, the building product is no longer suitable to be accredited; or (c) in the case of an application for renewal of an accreditation, the applicant has failed to apply for the renewal within the application period specified in regulation 242A(3); or (d) the applicant has been convicted or found guilty without conviction of an offence against regulation 250 in the 10-year period preceding the date of the application. Reg. 242B(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 61/2022 reg. 10(2). (1A) The Committee may refuse to vary an accreditation of a building product if— (a) the application is to vary the accreditation in respect of a matter that is not a matter specified in regulation 242AB; or (b) the variation of the accreditation sought will result in a significant departure from the performance of the building product or the purposes for which the building product was originally accredited; or (c) the application for variation is made in respect of the matter specified in regulation 242AB(a), and the person to whom the accreditation is to be transferred has been convicted or found guilty without conviction of an offence against regulation 250 within the 10‑year period preceding the date of the application. Reg. 242B(2) amended by S.R. No. 61/2022 reg. 10(3). (2) If the Committee refuses to accredit a building product or renew or vary an accreditation, the Committee must give the applicant written notice of its decision.