Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2017 Fedeli, Victor — Bill 143 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 143, 41-2

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Bill 143, Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2017

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Building Code Act, 1992 to provide

that the building code shall not prohibit a building that is 12 storeys or less

in building height from being of wood frame construction. This does not prevent

the code from imposing requirements on or prohibiting specified classes of wood

frame buildings.

Bill 143 2017

Act to amend the Building Code Act, 1992 with respect to the height of wood

frame buildings

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Building Code Act, 1992 is amended by adding

the following section:

Building

code restriction, wood frame buildings

34.0.1

(1) The

building code shall not prohibit a building that is 12 storeys or less in

building height from being of wood frame construction.

Same

(2) For

greater certainty, subsection (1) does not prevent the building code from,

(

a) imposing

requirements on buildings of wood frame construction; and

(

b) prohibiting

specified classes of buildings from being of wood frame construction.

Commencement

This Act comes into force four months after the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Ontario Forestry

Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2017 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 31, 2017

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 31, 2017

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 143

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Building Code Act, 1992

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 143, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 143 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	287d4de7b8c881aa2eafb011eba337272c32debc

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