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Volume 66, No. 3

31/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

February 14, 2023

B.C. Reg. 31/2023 , deposited February 10, 2023, under the BUILDING ACT [section 41]. Ministerial Order M40/2023, dated February 8, 2023.

I, Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing, order that, effective May 1, 2023, 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

Section 2.2 of the Building Act General Regulation, B.C. Reg. 131/2016, is repealed and the following substituted:

Energy conservation and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

2.2

(1) The following matters are prescribed as unrestricted matters for the purposes of

section 5 (4) [restrictions on local authority jurisdiction] of the Act, subject to the conditions set out in subsection (2) or (3), as applicable:

(

a) the conservation of energy;

(

b) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

(2) A local building requirement related to the conservation of energy may not do any of the following:

(

a) require buildings within the jurisdiction of the local authority to be constructed except in conformance with a step described in

Article 9.36.6.3. or 10.2.3.3. of Division B of the building code;

(

b) modify a requirement of, or impose requirements in addition to those set out in, Subsection 9.36.6. or 10.2.3. of Division B of the building code;

(

c) subject to subsection (4), require buildings within the jurisdiction of the local authority to be constructed except in conformance with a step described in Subsection 9.36.6. of Division B of the building code.

(3) A local building requirement related to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions may not do either of the following:

(

a) require buildings within the jurisdiction of the local authority to be constructed except in conformance with a level described in

Article 9.37.1.3. or 10.3.1.3. of Division B of the building code;

(

b) modify a requirement of, or impose requirements in addition to those set out in,

Article 9.37.1.3. or 10.3.1.3. of Division B of the building code.

(4) Subsection (2) (

c) does not operate to prohibit a local building requirement that

(

a) has been enacted by a local authority in relation to the conservation of energy, and

(

b) permits buildings to be constructed in conformance with Subsections 9.36.2. to 9.36.4. of Division B of the building code.

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