Acts and Regulations

2020, c.8 - Building Code Administration Act

Section 22
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Regulations
22(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) adopting by reference the Code;
(b) adopting by reference the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings;
(c) adopting by reference a building code, supplementary to the Code for the purpose of making public buildings accessible to and usable by physically disabled persons or prescribing reasonable standards and designate classes of buildings to which the standards apply;
(d) prescribing one or more provisions of this Act to which the Crown is not bound;
(e) exempting any building or class of building from the application of this Act or the regulations or from the application of any provision of this Act or the regulations;
(f) prescribing the qualifications of building inspectors and the different qualifications necessary to inspect different classes of buildings;
(g) prescribing additional duties and powers of building inspectors;
(h) prescribing the minimum number of inspections that are required to be made by an inspector per construction or demolition work;
(i) prescribing the responsibilities and obligations of local governments and regional service commissions with respect to construction or demolition work;
(j) fixing the time and manner in which information shall be provided for the purposes of section 8;
(k) respecting the notification required under section 10, the content of the notice, the form and manner in which the notice shall be given and the period within which the inspection shall be carried out after receipt of the notice;
(l) prescribing the stages of construction for which an inspection is required under section 10, including the different stages of inspections for different classes of buildings;
(m) prescribing the responsibilities and obligations of owners, contractors, subcontractors and professionals with respect to construction or demolition work;
(n) prescribing, in relation to offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(o) prescribing the powers and duties of the Building Code Administrator;
(p) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations or both; and
(q) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary for the administration of this Act.
22(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations with respect to construction and demolition work in local governments that have not made a building by-law and in rural districts
(a) prescribing a system of permits for
(i) construction work, and
(ii) demolition work,
(b) prescribing the terms and conditions for the issuance of those permits,
(c) prescribing the terms and conditions of those permits,
(d) prescribing the grounds on which the issuance of those permits may be refused,
(e) prescribing the grounds on which those permits may be suspended, revoked or reinstated,
(f) providing for the form and manner in which applications for the issuance of those permits may be made and the content of the applications,
(g) prescribing the fees for the issuance of those permits, and
(h) providing for the circumstances in which the fees paid for those permits may be refunded.
22(3)Despite the Financial Administration Act, a fee prescribed under paragraph (2)(g) shall be paid to the appropriate regional service commission and shall be credited to the cost of the delivery of the land use planning service under subsection 161(4) of the Local Governance Act.
2021, c.44, s.31
Regulations
22(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) adopting by reference the Code;
(b) adopting by reference the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings;
(c) adopting by reference a building code, supplementary to the Code for the purpose of making public buildings accessible to and usable by physically disabled persons or prescribing reasonable standards and designate classes of buildings to which the standards apply;
(d) prescribing one or more provisions of this Act to which the Crown is not bound;
(e) exempting any building or class of building from the application of this Act or the regulations or from the application of any provision of this Act or the regulations;
(f) prescribing the qualifications of building inspectors and the different qualifications necessary to inspect different classes of buildings;
(g) prescribing additional duties and powers of building inspectors;
(h) prescribing the minimum number of inspections that are required to be made by an inspector per construction or demolition work;
(i) prescribing the responsibilities and obligations of local governments and regional service commissions with respect to construction or demolition work;
(j) fixing the time and manner in which information shall be provided for the purposes of section 8;
(k) respecting the notification required under section 10, the content of the notice, the form and manner in which the notice shall be given and the period within which the inspection shall be carried out after receipt of the notice;
(l) prescribing the stages of construction for which an inspection is required under section 10, including the different stages of inspections for different classes of buildings;
(m) prescribing the responsibilities and obligations of owners, contractors, subcontractors and professionals with respect to construction or demolition work;
(n) prescribing, in relation to offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(o) prescribing the powers and duties of the Building Code Administrator;
(p) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations or both; and
(q) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary for the administration of this Act.
22(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations with respect to construction and demolition work in local governments that have not made a building by-law and in local service districts
(a) prescribing a system of permits for
(i) construction work, and
(ii) demolition work,
(b) prescribing the terms and conditions for the issuance of those permits,
(c) prescribing the terms and conditions of those permits,
(d) prescribing the grounds on which the issuance of those permits may be refused,
(e) prescribing the grounds on which those permits may be suspended, revoked or reinstated,
(f) providing for the form and manner in which applications for the issuance of those permits may be made and the content of the applications,
(g) prescribing the fees for the issuance of those permits, and
(h) providing for the circumstances in which the fees paid for those permits may be refunded.
22(3)Despite the Financial Administration Act, a fee prescribed under paragraph (2)(g) shall be paid to the appropriate regional service commission and shall be credited to the cost of the delivery of the land use planning service under subsection 161(4) of the Local Governance Act.
Regulations
22(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) adopting by reference the Code;
(b) adopting by reference the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings;
(c) adopting by reference a building code, supplementary to the Code for the purpose of making public buildings accessible to and usable by physically disabled persons or prescribing reasonable standards and designate classes of buildings to which the standards apply;
(d) prescribing one or more provisions of this Act to which the Crown is not bound;
(e) exempting any building or class of building from the application of this Act or the regulations or from the application of any provision of this Act or the regulations;
(f) prescribing the qualifications of building inspectors and the different qualifications necessary to inspect different classes of buildings;
(g) prescribing additional duties and powers of building inspectors;
(h) prescribing the minimum number of inspections that are required to be made by an inspector per construction or demolition work;
(i) prescribing the responsibilities and obligations of local governments and regional service commissions with respect to construction or demolition work;
(j) fixing the time and manner in which information shall be provided for the purposes of section 8;
(k) respecting the notification required under section 10, the content of the notice, the form and manner in which the notice shall be given and the period within which the inspection shall be carried out after receipt of the notice;
(l) prescribing the stages of construction for which an inspection is required under section 10, including the different stages of inspections for different classes of buildings;
(m) prescribing the responsibilities and obligations of owners, contractors, subcontractors and professionals with respect to construction or demolition work;
(n) prescribing, in relation to offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(o) prescribing the powers and duties of the Building Code Administrator;
(p) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations or both; and
(q) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary for the administration of this Act.
22(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations with respect to construction and demolition work in local governments that have not made a building by-law and in local service districts
(a) prescribing a system of permits for
(i) construction work, and
(ii) demolition work,
(b) prescribing the terms and conditions for the issuance of those permits,
(c) prescribing the terms and conditions of those permits,
(d) prescribing the grounds on which the issuance of those permits may be refused,
(e) prescribing the grounds on which those permits may be suspended, revoked or reinstated,
(f) providing for the form and manner in which applications for the issuance of those permits may be made and the content of the applications,
(g) prescribing the fees for the issuance of those permits, and
(h) providing for the circumstances in which the fees paid for those permits may be refunded.
22(3)Despite the Financial Administration Act, a fee prescribed under paragraph (2)(g) shall be paid to the appropriate regional service commission and shall be credited to the cost of the delivery of the land use planning service under subsection 161(4) of the Local Governance Act.