Designer legal/process syllabus
The Building Code Act
The exam covers the following sections of the Building Code Act:
- Interpretation
- Enforcement Authorities:
- except 3(2) Chief Building Official, Inspectors
- except 3(3) Joint Enforcement
- except 3(4) Joint Jurisdiction
- except 3(5) Enforcement by Upper-Tier
- except 3(6) Power of Upper-Tier
- except 3(9) Records
- except 3.1(2) Inspectors
- except 3.1(3) Powers
- except 3.1(4) Jurisdiction
- except 3.1(5) Responsibility
- except 3.1(7) Records
- except 4(2) Agreement
- except 4(3) Idem
- except 4(4) Inspectors
- except 4(5) Chief Building Official
- except 4(6) Certificate
- except 4.1(8) Notice to the Director
- except 5(1) Agreements re Enforcement
- except 6(2) Delegation
- except 6.1(1) Agreement re Plumbing
- except 6.2(1) Agreement re Sewage Systems
- Construction and Demolition:
- except 8(3.1) Delegation re Conditional Permits
- except 14(5) Referral to Chief Building Official
- except 14(6) Same
- except 14(7) Effect of Referral
- Unsafe Buildings, only:
- 15.9(1) Inspection of Unsafe Buildings
- 15.10(10) Lien
- 15.10(11) Deemed Taxes
- Maintenance Inspection Programs
- Qualifications:
- except 15.11(1) Qualifications for Various Positions
- except 15.11(2) Same
- except 15.11(3) Qualifications for Inspectors
- except 15.11(4) Qualifications for Registered Code Agencies
- General Powers of Inspection and Enforcement, only:
- 15.23 Duty to Carry Identification
- 18(1) Powers of Inspectors
- 19(1) Obstruction of Inspector
- 20 Obstruction or Removal of Order
- Dispute Resolution, Reviews and Appeals:
- except 24(8) Restriction
- except 24(9) Idem.
- except 26(2) Minister Represented
- Authorizations and Rulings:
- except 28.1(3) Legislation Act, 2006, Part III all
- except 28.1(4) Delegation
- except 29(2) Delegation
- except 29(3) Status
- except 29(8) Restriction
- General:
- except 34.1 Building Code Conservation Advisory Council
- except 35.(3) Interpretation
- except 35.1 Status of Conservation Authority Regulation
- except 36(9) Proceeds of Fines
- except 36(10) Same, Sewage System Offences
- except 37(1) Proof of Directions, Order
- except 38(1) Restraining Order
The Building Code
The exam covers the following sections of the Building Code.
Division A – Compliance, Objectives and Functional Statements.
- Part 1 – General, only:
- 1.5. Referenced Documents and Organizations
Division B – Acceptable Solutions, as follows:
- Part 2 – Farm Buildings, only:
- 2.1.4. Classification of Farm Buildings by Major Occupancy
- Part 3 – Fire Protection, Occupant Safety and Accessibility, only:
- 3.1.1.5. Radon
- 3.1.1.6. Building in Flood Plains
- Part 5 – Environmental Separation, only:
- 5.9.1. Applicable Standards
- 5.9.2.2. Applicable Standards
- Part 7 – Plumbing, only:
- 7.1.1A.1.(2) Definitions
- Part 8 – Sewage Systems, only:
- 8.1. General, only:
- 8.1.1.2. Definitions
- Part 9 – Housing and Small Buildings, only:
- 9.1. General
- 9.10. Fire Protection, only:
- 9.10.1.1. Sloped Roofs
- 9.10.9.14. Residential Suites in Industrial Buildings
- Part 10 – Change of Use
- Part 11 – Renovation
Division C – Administrative Provisions, as follows:
- Part 1 – General:
- except 1.3.1.6. Information to be given to Tarion Warranty Corporation
- except 1.9. Fees
- except 1.10. Sewage System Maintenance Inspection Programs
- Part 2 – Alternative Solutions, Disputes, Rulings and Interpretations:
- except 2.2.1.1. Divisions
- except 2.2.1.2. Single Member
- except 2.3. Building Materials Evaluation Commission
- Part 3 – Qualifications, only:
- 3.1. Qualifications for Chief Building Officials and Inspectors, only:
- 3.1.1.1. Scope
- 3.2. Qualifications for Designers:
- except 3.2.6.1.(1) Public Register
- 3.3. Qualifications for Persons Engaged in the Business of Constructing On Site, Installing, Repairing, Servicing, Cleaning or Emptying Sewage Systems:
- except 3.3.4.1.(1) Public Register
- 3.4. Qualifications for Registered Code Agencies, only:
- 3.4.4.1.(2) Public Register
- 3.5. Classes of Registration and Categories of Qualifications:
- except 3.5.2.2. Registered Code Agencies
- 3.6. Insurance
- 3.7. Registered Code Agencies, only:
- 3.7.2.1.(4) General
- 3.7.4.4. Issuance of Orders by Registered Code Agencies
- 3.7.4.5.(3) Authorized Persons
- 3.1. Qualifications for Chief Building Officials and Inspectors, only:
Updated: January 21, 2026
Published: January 12, 2026