Vol. 67, No. 10 – B.C. Reg. 119/2024

Volume 67, No. 10
119/2024

The British Columbia Gazette, Part II
June 4, 2024

B.C. Reg. 119/2024, deposited May 28, 2024, under the BUILDING ACT [section 41 (2)]. Ministerial Order M133/2024, dated May 24, 2024.

I, Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing, order that the Building Act General Regulation, B.C. Reg. 131/2016, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix.

— R. KAHLON, Minister of Housing.

Appendix

1 Section 1 (1) of the Building Act General Regulation, B.C. Reg. 131/2016, is amended

(a) by adding the following definition:

"2024 code" means the British Columbia Building Code established by the order of the Minister of Housing numbered BA 2023 10 and dated November 24, 2023; ,

(b) in the definition of "building code" by adding the following paragraph:

2 Section 2.5 (2) is amended by striking out "terms in italics" and substituting "terms in italics, other than Act titles or italicized text in square brackets as described in section 11 (2) of the Interpretation Act,".

3 Section 8 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "section 1 (1) of the Engineers and Geoscientists Act" and substituting "section 5 of Schedule 1 of the Professional Governance Act", and

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "holders of limited licences under the Engineers and Geoscientists Act" and substituting "holders of professional licensee engineering licences under the Professional Governance Act".

4 Section 9 (2) is amended

(a) in paragraph (b) (ii) by striking out "set out in Table 2" and substituting "set out in Tables 1.1 and 2",

(b) in paragraph (b) by adding the following subparagraph:

(iii) the provisions of Division B of Book I (General) of the 2024 code that are set out in Tables 1.2 and 2 in Schedule 2; , and

5 Section 1 (2) of Schedule 1 is amended by striking out "terms in italics" and substituting "terms in italics, other than Act titles or italicized text in square brackets as described in section 11 (2) of the Interpretation Act,".

6 Table 1 of Schedule 1 is amended in Column 2 opposite "Building Level 1" in Column 1

(a) by repealing paragraph (a), and

(b) in paragraph (c) (i) by striking out "paragraph (a) or (b)" and substituting "paragraph (b)".

7 Schedule 2 is amended

(a) by adding the following tables:

Table 1.1

2018 Code

Article 3.4.6.19. [floor numbering]

Clauses 6.2.1.5.(1)(b) and (c) [installation standards]

Article 6.3.1.7. [commercial cooking equipment]

Table 1.2

2024 Code

Article 3.4.6.19. [floor numbering and identification of stair shafts]

Clauses 6.2.1.5.(1)(c) and (e) [installation standards]

Article 6.3.1.6. [commercial cooking equipment]

Clause 9.33.5.2.(1)(c) [installation standards]

(b) in the heading to Table 2 by striking out "2018 Code" and substituting "2018 Code and 2024 Code",

(c) in Table 2 in Sentence 3.2.3.1.(8) by striking out "[limiting distance]" and substituting "[limiting distance and area of unprotected openings]",

(d) in Table 2 by striking out the following:

Article 3.4.6.19. [floor numbering]

Article 6.2.1.5.(1)(b) and (c) [installation standards]

Article 6.3.1.7. [commercial cooking equipment]

Clause 9.33.5.2.(1)(b) [installation standards]

and

(e) in the heading to Table 3 by striking out "2012 Code and 2018 Code" and substituting "2012 Code, 2018 Code and 2024 Code".

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