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Qualified designers and independent designers registering under Division C 3.2 (for example house designers working under a BCIN). Designers may instead use General Legal/Process, Powers and Duties of CBO or Powers and Duties of RCA as their legal exam.
Covered by: General Legal/Process, Powers and Duties of Chief Building Officials and Powers and Duties of Registered Code Agencies. Passing one of those also qualifies you for Designer Legal/Process.
Free Designer Legal/Process study guide
One chapter per section of the exam, following the Ministry's study guide for the Designer Legal/Process exam, in plain language, with every rule linked to the 2024 OBC article it comes from.
- 1Interpretation and rolesDefinitions in the Act and the roles and responsibilities of owners, designers, builders and officials.5 min read
- 2Enforcement authorities (designer view)The parts of the enforcement scheme a designer deals with: who the principal authority is, registered code agencies, by-laws.6 min read
- 3Permits, construction and demolitionBuilding permits, conditional permits, change of use, readiness for inspection, occupancy, inspections.7 min read
- 4Unsafe buildings and maintenance inspection programsOnly 15.9(1) (inspection of unsafe buildings), 15.10(10) and (11) (lien and deemed taxes) and maintenance inspection programs.5 min read
- 5Qualifications and insurance under the ActDesigner and sewage system qualifications under the Act, insurance.5 min read
- 6Inspection and enforcement powersOnly 15.23, 18(1), 19(1) and 20. Entry to dwellings, recovery of expenditures and warrants are not listed.4 min read
- 7Disputes, appeals, authorizations and rulingsReview of orders, the Building Code Commission, appeals, service, BMEC, binding interpretations and Minister's rulings.6 min read
- 8General provisions: immunity, regulations, by-laws and offencesImmunity, regulations, by-laws, offences and licence suspension, with the guide's listed exclusions.5 min read
- 9Code structure and scope items from Divisions A and BReferenced documents and the listed Division B items: farm building classification, radon, flood plains, window standards.5 min read
- 10Design, general review, permits and inspections (Division C Part 1)Who must design what (Division C 1.2.1), general review, permit applications and plans, site documents, occupancy, notices and inspections.7 min read
- 11Designer qualifications, registration and insurance (Division C Part 3)Designer scope, other designers, qualifications, registration, public register, classes of registration and categories, insurance.6 min read
- 12Change of use and renovation (Parts 10 and 11)Change of use and the Part 11 renovation framework.5 min read
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