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Registered code agencies (a director, officer, partner or employee must pass it under Division C 3.4.3.2), and BCIN designers, who may use it as their legal exam.
Passing Powers and Duties of Registered Code Agencies also covers: Designer Legal/Process.
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One chapter per section of the exam, following the Ministry's study guide for the Powers and Duties of Registered Code Agencies 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 of the parties.6 min read
- 2Enforcement authoritiesEnforcement by municipalities, boards of health and the Province, RCA appointments by a principal authority or an applicant.6 min read
- 3Permits, construction and demolitionPermits (without the conditional permit agreement details), change of use, notices, occupancy, inspections.6 min read
- 4Unsafe buildings and qualificationsOnly 15.9(1) to (3) on unsafe buildings, plus qualifications for RCAs and designers and the duty to have insurance.5 min read
- 5Powers and duties of registered code agencies (Act)All of 15.14 to 15.22: notice to the CBO, functions, scope of powers, persons acting for an agency, certificates and orders.6 min read
- 6Inspection and enforcement powersIdentification, entry, inspectors' powers, obstruction and warrants (except recovery of expenditures).5 min read
- 7Disputes, appeals, authorizations and rulingsDisputes, the Building Code Commission, appeals, service, BMEC, binding interpretations and Minister's rulings, and Division C Part 2.6 min read
- 8General provisionsLiability, regulations, by-laws, offences and proof of orders, 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 scope and definition items.4 min read
- 10Division C Part 1 administrationDivision C Part 1 except Tarion information, construction of sewage systems notices, fees and sewage maintenance inspection programs.6 min read
- 11RCA qualifications, classes of registration and insuranceAll of Division C 3.4 (RCA scope, definition, registration, public register, classes), the RCA class table 3.5.2.2, insurance (3.6).6 min read
- 12Registered code agency appointments and functions (Division C 3.7)When an RCA may not be appointed or continue, additional functions, how functions are performed.7 min read
- 13Change of use and renovation (Parts 10 and 11)Change of use and the Part 11 renovation framework: classification of existing buildings, proposed construction.5 min read
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