British Columbia Gazette Part II — B.C. Reg. 222/2015

B.C. Reg. 222/2015

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Volume 58, No. 23

222/2015

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 15, 2015

B.C. Reg. 222/2015 , deposited December 2, 2015, under the SAFETY STANDARDS ACT [section 88 (2) (s)]. Ministerial Order M392/2015, dated December 1, 2015.

I, Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy Premier, order that, effective February 29, 2016, the Electrical Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2004, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix.

— R. COLEMAN, Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing and Deputy Premier .

Appendix

Section 20 of the Electrical Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2004, is repealed and the following substituted:

Canadian Electrical Code adopted as B.C. Electrical Code

20 The Canadian Electrical Code,

Part I, Twenty-third Edition, Safety Standard for Electrical Installations, Canadian Standards Association Standard C22.1-15, amended as set out in the

Schedule to this regulation and including any errata, is adopted as the B.C. Electrical Code 2015.

2 The

Schedule is repealed and the following substituted:

Schedule

Amendments for Purposes of Adopting Canadian Electrical Code as B.C. Electrical Code 2015

1 For the purposes of

section 20 of this regulation, the Canadian Electrical Code,

Part I, Twenty-third Edition, Canadian Standards Association Standard C22.1-15, is adopted as if it were amended as follows:

(

a) in

section 0 by deleting the definition of “Electrical contractor” and substituting the following:

“Electrical contractor” means a licensed electrical contractor, as defined in the Electrical Safety Regulation;

“National Building Code of Canada” , “National Building Code of Canada or local building legislation” or words of similar effect, except in Appendix C, mean the British Columbia Building Code and local building bylaws;

“National Fire Code of Canada” means the British Columbia Fire Code; ;

(

b) in

section 2 by repealing rule 2-104 (1);

(

c) in

section 10 by repealing rule 10-802 (1) and substituting the following:

(1) The grounding conductor may be insulated or bare.

(1.1) Subject to sub-rules (1.2) and (1.3), the grounding conductor must be made of copper.

(1.2) The grounding conductor may be made of aluminum if installed in a dry location.

(1.3) The grounding conductor may be made of a material other than copper or aluminum if special permission is obtained under rule 2-030. ;

(

d) in

section 18 by amending rule 18-002 by adding the following to the definition of “Explosive dust atmosphere” :

For certainty, dust, fibres, or flyings arising from the processing or handling of wood, when mixed with air under atmospheric conditions, are conclusively deemed to be flammable substances that, after ignition, permit self-sustaining propagation for the purposes of this definition. ;

(

e) in Appendix B

(

i) by adding the following note to rule 10-002 (1):

Rule 10-002(1)

The object of bonding is to have an impedance sufficiently low in order to

(

a) facilitate the operation of the overcurrent devices in the circuit on the occurrence of a fault of negligible impedance from an energized or phase conductor to exposed metal, and

(

b) limit the duration of the voltage above ground on this exposed metal. This object is accomplished by means of completing the fault path of the bonding arrangement of the consumer’s installation which would normally have to be such that a current of not less than 5 times the rating of the overcurrent device protecting the circuit will flow on the occurrence of a fault of negligible impedance via a bonding conductor back to the solidly ground source. ,

(ii) by amending the note to rule 12-1204 by striking out “ 3.1.5.15, 3.15.17, ” and substituting “ 3.1.5.16, ”,

(iii) by amending the note to rule 12-3000 by striking out “ Subsections 9.25.3 and 9.25.4 ” and substituting “ Subsections 9.25.3 and 9.25.4 and

Article 9.36.2.9. ”,

(iv) by adding the following to the note to rule 32-110:

Article 2.1.3.3 of the British Columbia Fire Code permits battery-powered fire alarms in some circumstances. , and

(

v) by amending the note to rule 46-108 by striking out “

Section 3.2.6 ” and substituting “ Sections 3.2.6 and 3.2.7 ”;

(

f) in Part G3. of Appendix G

(

i) by repealing the following reference:

Rule 2-122 3.8.1.5., Mounting height of electrical controls in barrier-free areas