Powers and duties of registered code agency 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 6(2) Delegation
- except 6.1(8) Transition, Plumbing
- except 6.1(10) Interpretation
- except 7.1(1) Code of Conduct, etc.
- Construction and Demolition:
- except 8(3) Conditional Permit
- except 8(4) Criteria
- except 8(5) Registration
- except 8(6) Enforcement of Agreement
- except 8(7) Lien
- except 8(8) Deemed Taxes
- except 8(9.1) Same
- Unsafe Buildings, only:
- 15.9(1) Inspection of Unsafe Buildings
- 15.9(2) Interpretation
- 15.9(3) Sewage Systems
- Qualifications:
- except 15.11(1) Qualifications for Various Positions
- except 15.11(2) Same
- except 15.11(3) Qualifications for Inspectors
- except 15.13(2) Exception
- Powers and Duties of Registered Code Agencies
- General Powers of Inspection and Enforcement:
- except 17.1(1) Recovery of Expenditures for Repairs
- Dispute Resolution, Reviews and Appeals:
- except 22(1) Review of Inspector’s Order
- 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 31(1) Immunity from Action
- except 31(2) Liability
- except 31(4) Same
- except 34(2.1) Discretionary Maintenance Inspection Programs
- except 34(2.2) Sewage System Maintenance Inspection Programs
- except 35.1 Status of Conservation Authority Regulations
- except 38(1) Restraining Order
- except 38.1(1) Suspension of Licence
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:
- 2.1.1. 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, as follows:
- Part 1 – General:
- except 1.3.1.6. Information to be given to Tarion Warranty Corporation
- except 1.3.5.4. Construction of Sewage Systems
- 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, 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:
- 3.3.1. Scope
- 3.3.2. Definition
- 3.3.3.1.(1) General
- 3.3.3.1.(3) General
- 3.4. Qualifications for Registered Code Agencies
- 3.5. Classes of Registration and Categories of Qualifications, only:
- 3.5.1.1. Scope
- 3.5.2.2. Registered Code Agencies
- 3.6. Insurance
- 3.7. Registered Code Agencies
- 3.1. Qualifications for Chief Building Officials and Inspectors, only:
Updated: January 21, 2026
Published: January 12, 2026