Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2013 Fedeli, Victor — Bill 13 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 13, 40-2

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Bill 13, Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2013

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Bill 13 2013

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

frame buildings

Note:

This Act amends the Building Code Act, 1992 .

For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public

Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The

Building Code Act, 1992 is amended by adding the

following section:

Wood Frame Buildings

Building

code restriction, wood frame buildings

30.1

(1) The

building code shall not prohibit a building that is six 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

2. This

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

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame

Buildings), 2013 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Building Code Act, 1992 to provide

that the building code shall not prohibit a building that is six 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.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

November 7, 2013

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

November 7, 2013

Second Reading

Carried

November 7, 2013

Second Reading

Debate

February 27, 2013

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

February 27, 2013

Committee

Second Reading

November 7, 2013

Mr. Victor Fedeli, Ms. Sarah Campbell, Hon. Linda Jeffrey, Mr. Jim McDonell, Mr. John Vanthof, Mr. Phil McNeely, Mr. Norm Miller, Mr. Michael Mantha, Mr. John Fraser, Mr. Rod Jackson

November 7, 2013

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Finance Economic Affairs.

Committee

Standing Committee on Finance Economic Affairs

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 13

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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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 13, 40-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s2 bill 13 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	5bb1eb5d039f921a8f1fa4792089bd01a9aeb779

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