14Accreditation of building products

14 Accreditation of building products S. 14(1) amended by No. 40/2021 s. 47(1). (1) A building product, construction method, design, component or system connected with building work (a ***building product***) and accredited by the Building Regulations Advisory Committee or any other person or body prescribed for the purposes of this section (a ***prescribed person or body***) is accredited for the purposes of this Act and the building regulations. S. 14(1A) inserted by No. 40/2021 s. 47(2). (1A) A person may apply, in accordance with the regulations, to the Building Regulations Advisory Committee or a prescribed person or body to have a building product accredited. S. 14(1B) inserted by No. 40/2021 s. 47(2). (1B) The Building Regulations Advisory Committee or the prescribed person or body (as the case requires) may accredit the building product in accordance with the regulations and, on accrediting the building product, must issue a certificate of accreditation in the prescribed form to the holder of the accreditation. S. 14(2) substituted by No. 3/2020 s. 20. (2) The accreditation remains in force for the period of up to 3 years that is specified by the Building Regulations Advisory Committee or the prescribed person or body in the certificate of accreditation unless the accreditation is sooner revoked by the Committee or person or body in accordance with the regulations. S .14(3) inserted by No. 3/2020 s. 20, amended by No. 40/2021 s. 47(3). (3) The accreditation, if still in force, may be renewed by the Building Regulations Advisory Committee or the prescribed person or body (as the case requires) in accordance with the regulations on receiving an application for a renewal of the accreditation by the holder of the accreditation that is in accordance with the regulations. S .14(4) inserted by No. 3/2020 s. 20. (4) An accreditation is subject to any conditions or variations imposed by the Building Regulations Advisory Committee or the prescribed person or body from time to time. S. 14(5) inserted by No. 40/2021 s. 47(4). (5) The Building Regulations Advisory Committee or the prescribed person or body may, in accordance with the regulations, vary the accreditation in respect of any one or more of the prescribed matters, on receiving an application to vary the accreditation from the holder of the accreditation, which is in accordance with the regulations. S. 14A inserted by No. 3/2020 s. 21, repealed by No. 40/2021 s. 48. S. 14B inserted by No. 3/2020 s. 21.