repealing mandatory reviews of energy and water conservation standards in the Building Code (Subsections 34(6) and 34(7)).adding email as an additional way for building officials to serve notices and orders required under the Building Code Act and setting out when a notice or order served by email will be deemed to have been served (Subsection 27(1)).It included the following Building Code amendments: December 10, 2019īill 132, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2019, received Royal Assent on December 10, 2019. These changes ensure Ontario can adopt the requirements of future editions of the National Construction Codes in a timely and efficient manner to help harmonize construction codes across Canada. allow the minister to make regulations that require certain structural aspects of building construction be designed by professional engineers and architects to align with the National Construction Codes (Article 34(1.1)(2)).clarify the importance of incorporating standards or codes, such as the National Construction Codes into Ontario’s Building Code (Subsection 34(1.1)).allow the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to make most regulations under the Act, instead of the Lieutenant Governor in Council (Subsection 7(1), Subsections 34(0.1), (1), (1.1), (2), (2.1), (2.2) and (2.3)).
Legislative changes were made to the Building Code Act as part of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020.
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