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Volume 55, No. 14

202/2012

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 17, 2012

B.C. Reg. 202/2012 , deposited July 10, 2012, pursuant to the SAFETY STANDARDS ACT [section 88]. Ministerial Order M147/2012, dated July 5, 2012.

I, Rich Coleman, Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing, order that, effective October 1, 2012, the Electrical Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2004, is amended as set out in the attached appendix.

— R. COLEMAN, Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing .

Appendix

Section 20 of the Electrical Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 100/2004, is amended

(

a) by striking out " Twenty-first Edition " and substituting " Twenty-second Edition ",

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b) by striking out " C22.1-09 " and substituting " C22.1-12 ", and

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c) by striking out " Regulation 2009 " and substituting " Regulation 2012 ".

2 The

Schedule to the Electrical Safety Regulation is repealed and the following substituted:

Schedule

Deemed Amendments for Purposes of Adopting Canadian Electrical Code

1 For the purposes of

section 20 of this regulation, the Canadian Electrical Code,

Part 1, Twenty-second Edition, Canadian Standards Association Standard C22.1-12, is adopted as if it were amended as follows:

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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" means the British Columbia Building Code and local building bylaws; ,

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b) in

section 4 by amending rule 4-004 (10) by striking out " Subrules 1(

b) and 2(b) " and substituting " Subrules 1(

a) and 2(a) ",

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c) in

section 76 by amending rule 76-016 by adding " except by special permission " after " Class A Type ",

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d) in Table 2

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i) in column 1 by striking out the eighth item, " 2 ", and substituting " 2§§ " and by striking out the eleventh item, " 00 ", and substituting " 00§§ ", and

(ii) in the notes immediately below the table by adding the following:

§§ For 3-wire 120/240 V and 120/208 V service conductors for single dwellings, or for feeder conductors supplying single dwelling units of row housing of apartment and similar buildings, and sized in accordance with Rules 8-200(1), 8-200(2), and 8-202(1), the allowable ampacity for sizes No. 2 AWG and No. 2/0 AWG with 90 ° C insulation terminating on equipment having a maximum conductor termination temperature of 75 ° C shall be 125 A and 200 A, respectively (see Rule 4-006). In this case, the 5% adjustment of Rule 8-106(1) cannot be applied. , and

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e) in Table 4

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i) in column 1 by striking out the fourth item, " 6 ", and substituting " 6‡‡ ", by striking out the seventh item, " 2 ", and substituting " 2‡‡ ", by striking out the ninth item, " 0 ", and substituting " 0‡‡ ", by striking out the tenth item, " 00 ", and substituting " 00‡‡ ", by striking out the twelfth item, " 0000 ", and substituting " 0000‡‡ " and by striking out the nineteenth item, " 700 ", and substituting " 700‡‡ ", and

(ii) in the notes immediately below the table by adding the following:

‡‡ For 3-wire 120/240 V and 120/208 V service conductors for single dwellings, or for feeder conductors supplying single dwelling units of row housing of apartment and similar buildings, and sized in accordance with Rules 8-200(1), 8-200(2), and 8-202(1), the allowable ampacity for sizes No. 6 AWG, No. 2 AWG, No. 1/0 AWG, No. 2/0 AWG, No. 4/0 AWG and No. 700 kcmil with 90 ° C insulation terminating on equipment having a maximum conductor termination temperature of 75 ° C shall be 60 A , 100 A , 125 A , 150 A , 200 A and 400 A , respectively (see Rule 4-006). In this case, the 5% adjustment of Rule 8-106(1) cannot be applied.

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