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2020, c.8 - Building Code Administration Act

Section 5
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Building by-law
5(1)Subject to this section, a council of a local government may make a building by-law to prescribe standards for the building, locating or relocating, demolishing, altering, structurally altering, repairing or replacing, or any combination of the work, of a building.
5(2)In relation to work referred to in subsection (1), a building by-law may prohibit the undertaking or continuing of any work in violation of standards prescribed by the bylaw.
5(3)A council of a local government may, by building by-law,
(a) prescribe a system of permits for
(i) construction work, and
(ii) demolition work,
(b) prescribe the terms and conditions for the issuance of those permits,
(c) prescribe the terms and conditions of those permits,
(d) prescribe the grounds on which the issuance of those permits may be refused,
(e) prescribe the grounds on which those permits may be suspended, revoked or reinstated,
(f) provide for the form and manner in which applications for the issuance of those permits may be made and the content of the applications,
(g) prescribe the fees for the issuance of those permits, and
(h) provide for the circumstances in which the fees paid for those permits may be refunded.
5(4)No building by-law is valid unless the requirement of paragraph 112(1)(b) of the Community Planning Act is complied with and the building by-law comes into force when filed in the land registration office in accordance with that paragraph or on a date after the filing as the by-law provides.
5(5)Section 15 of the Local Governance Act applies to the making of a building by-law.
Building by-law
5(1)Subject to this section, a council of a local government may make a building by-law to prescribe standards for the building, locating or relocating, demolishing, altering, structurally altering, repairing or replacing, or any combination of the work, of a building.
5(2)In relation to work referred to in subsection (1), a building by-law may prohibit the undertaking or continuing of any work in violation of standards prescribed by the bylaw.
5(3)A council of a local government may, by building by-law,
(a) prescribe a system of permits for
(i) construction work, and
(ii) demolition work,
(b) prescribe the terms and conditions for the issuance of those permits,
(c) prescribe the terms and conditions of those permits,
(d) prescribe the grounds on which the issuance of those permits may be refused,
(e) prescribe the grounds on which those permits may be suspended, revoked or reinstated,
(f) provide for the form and manner in which applications for the issuance of those permits may be made and the content of the applications,
(g) prescribe the fees for the issuance of those permits, and
(h) provide for the circumstances in which the fees paid for those permits may be refunded.
5(4)No building by-law is valid unless the requirement of paragraph 112(1)(b) of the Community Planning Act is complied with and the building by-law comes into force when filed in the land registration office in accordance with that paragraph or on a date after the filing as the by-law provides.
5(5)Section 15 of the Local Governance Act applies to the making of a building by-law.