General legal/process syllabus
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.
- 3.1. Qualifications for Chief Building Officials and Inspectors:
Updated: January 21, 2026
Published: January 12, 2026