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Volume 59, No. 24

322/2016

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 31, 2016

B.C. Reg. 322/2016 , deposited December 19, 2016, under the BUILDING ACT [sections 15, 42 and 63]. Order in Council 964/2016, approved and ordered December 16, 2016.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective on the later

of February 28, 2017 and the date on which the Minister of Natural Gas Development

and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy Premier enters into an administrative

agreement with the Building Officials’ Association of British Columbia,

(

a) sections 10 to 13, 22 to 30 and 44 of the Building Act , S.B.C. 2015, c. 2, are brought into force, and

(

b) the Building Act Administrative Regulation, B.C. Reg. 133/2016, is amended

as set out in the attached Schedule.

— R. COLEMAN, Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy Premier ; M. POLAK, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Building Act Administrative Regulation, B.C. Reg. 133/2016, is amended by

adding the following Part after

section 1:

Part 1 – Administration Delegation

Delegation to Building Officials’ Association of British Columbia

1.1

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the administration of the following provisions of

the Act are delegated to the Building Officials’ Association of British Columbia:

(

a) Division 1 of

Part 3 [Building Officials] ;

(

b) Part 5 [Administrative Penalties] , except for

section 30.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the following powers of the minister are

delegated to the Building Officials’ Association of British Columbia:

(

a) to hold qualifying exams under

section 11 (3) (

c) of the Act;

(

b) to provide materials or training under

section 11 (3) (

d) of the Act.

(3) The following powers of the minister are not delegated to the Building Officials’

Association of British Columbia:

(

a) to specify qualifying exams for the purposes of

section 11 (1) (a) (

i) of

the Act;

(

b) to specify continuing professional development requirements for the purposes

section 11 (1) (a) (ii) of the Act;

(

c) to designate the registrar under

section 12 (1) of the Act.

2 The following heading is added after

section 1.1:

Part 2 – General .

3 The following

section is added:

Monetary penalties

4 For the purpose of

section 24 (1) and (2) (

a) of the Act, the prescribed amount is

$10 000.

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