Bill 143 explained in plain English
Ontario Forestry Industry Revitalization Act (Height of Wood Frame Buildings), 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 143 amends the Building Code Act, 1992, to ensure that buildings 12 storeys or less are not prohibited from using wood frame construction.
This bill amends the Building Code Act, 1992. It adds a new section that states the building code cannot prohibit buildings that are 12 storeys or less in height from being built using wood frame construction. However, the building code can still set requirements for wood frame buildings or prohibit certain types of wood frame buildings.
- Amends the Building Code Act, 1992.
- Adds a new section to the Building Code Act, 1992 that restricts the building code from prohibiting wood frame construction for buildings up to 12 storeys in height.
- Clarifies that the building code can still impose requirements on wood frame buildings or prohibit specific classes of wood frame buildings.
- Establishes that the Act comes into force four months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Builders
- Architects
- Building code regulators
- The construction industry
- The forestry industry
- The building code shall not prohibit wood frame construction for buildings 12 storeys or less in height.
- The building code may still impose requirements on wood frame construction.
- The building code may still prohibit specified classes of buildings from being of wood frame construction.
- This Act comes into force four months after the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the exact requirements that the building code may impose on wood frame construction.
- The bill does not specify which classes of buildings may be prohibited from wood frame construction.
This Act is amended to add a new section that prevents the building code from prohibiting wood frame construction for buildings 12 storeys or less in height. The building code may still impose requirements or prohibit specific classes of wood frame buildings.
Source: Section 1
The building code will not be permitted to prohibit buildings that are 12 storeys or less from using wood frame construction. It may still impose requirements on wood frame buildings or prohibit specific classes of them.
Source: Section 1, which adds section 34.0.1 to the Building Code Act, 1992
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