The Building Code Act

The exam covers the following sections of the Building Code Act:

  • Interpretation
  • Enforcement Authorities:
    • except 3(9) Records
    • except 3.1(7) Records
    • except 4.1(8) Notice to the Director
    • except 6(2) Delegation
    • except 6.1(8) Transition, Plumbing
    • except 6.1(10) Interpretation
  • Construction and Demolition:
    • except 14(5) Referral to Chief Building Official
    • except 14(6) Same
    • except 14(7) Effect of Referral
  • Unsafe Buildings
  • Maintenance Inspection Programs
  • Qualifications:
    • except 15.11(4) Qualifications for Registered Code Agencies
    • except 15.13(3) Prohibition
    • except 15.13(4) Qualification or Requirement
  • Powers and Duties of Registered Code Agencies, only
    • 15.15 Functions of Registered Code Agencies,
    • 15.17(1) Persons Acting on Behalf of an Agency,
  • General Powers of Inspection and Enforcement:
    • except 17.1(1) Recovery of Expenditures for Repairs, etc.
  • 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
    • except 28.1(4) Delegation
    • except 29(2) Delegation
    • except 29(3) Status
    • except 29(8) Restriction
  • General:
    • except 34(2) Standards for Existing Buildings
    • except 34(3) Application
    • except 34(4) Limited Application
    • except 35(3) Interpretation
    • except 35.1 Status of Conservation Authority Regulations

The Building Code

The exam covers the following parts of the Building Code.

Division A – Compliance, Objectives and Functional Statements.

  • Part 1 – Compliance, only:
    • 1.5. Referenced Documents and Organizations

Division B – Acceptable Solutions:

  • Part 2 – Farm Buildings, only:
    • 2.1.1. Scope
    • 2.1.2. Application
    • 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. Definitions
  • Part 8 – Sewage Systems, 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:

  • Part 1 – General:
    • except 1.2.1. Design
    • except 1.5. Designated Persons and Powers
    • except 1.6. Prescribed Person
    • except 1.9. Fees
  • 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:
      • except 3.1.2. Chief Building Official
    • 3.2. Qualifications for Designers, only:
      • 3.2.1. Scope
      • 3.2.2. Other Designers
      • 3.2.3. Definition
      • 3.2.4.1. General
      • 3.2.5.1. General
      • 3.2.6.1.(2) Public Register
      • 3.2.6.1.(3) Public Register
      • 3.2.7. Classes of Registration and Categories of Qualifications
    • 3.3. Qualifications for Persons Engaged in the Business of Constructing On Site, Installing, Repairing, Servicing, Cleaning or Emptying Sewage Systems, only subsections:
      • 3.3.1.1. Scope
      • 3.3.2.1. Definition
      • 3.3.3.1.(1) General
      • 3.3.3.1.(3) General
      • 3.3.4. Public Register
    • 3.4. Qualifications for Registered Code Agencies, only:
      • 3.4.4. Public Register
    • 3.5. Classes of Registration and Categories of Qualifications:
      • except 3.5.2.2. Registered Code Agencies
    • 3.7. Registered Code Agencies, only:
      • 3.7.3. Additional Functions that Registered Code Agencies may be Appointed to Perform
      • 3.7.4.4. Issuance of Orders by Registered Code Agencies
      • 3.7.4.5. Authorized Persons
      • 3.7.4.6. Prohibition
      • 3.7.4.7. Information and Records.