You will need this if you want your building product to be recognised as complying with the performance requirements of the Building Code of Australia (BCA) or the Victorian Building Regulations. It is designed to support innovative solutions that are difficult to assess by individual building surveyors. A building product includes construction methods, design components or systems connected with building work.
Accreditation is not required if the building product is certified under the national CodeMark Certification Scheme. It is also not required for building products that comply with the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the BCA.