DIVISION C · PART 1 — GENERALUpdated for the 2024 Ontario Building Code
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1.10.2.4.Time Periods for Maintenance Inspections
(1) An inspection required under Sentence 1.10.2.3.(1) shall be conducted in respect of a sewage system in an area
described in Clause 1.10.2.3.(2)(a),
(a) initially, no later than five years after the construction of the sewage system, and
(b) thereafter, every five years after the most recent inspection of the sewage system has been conducted.
(2) An inspection required under Sentence 1.10.2.3.(1) shall be conducted in respect of a sewage system in an area
described in Clause 1.10.2.3.(2)(b) or (c),
(a) initially, no later than five years after the construction of the sewage system, and
(b) thereafter, every five years after the most recent inspection of the sewage system has been conducted.
(3) An inspection required under Sentence 1.10.2.3.(1) shall be conducted in respect of a sewage system in an area
affected by a significant drinking water threat,
(a) initially, no later than,
(i) five years after the date on which notice of the approval of one of the following documents is published on the
environmental registry under the Clean Water Act, 2006, in the case of a sewage system constructed before the
date of publication,
(A) the assessment report for the source protection area, if the source protection plan is one prepared under
section 22 of the Clean Water Act, 2006, or
(B) the source protection plan for the source protection area, if the source protection plan is one prepared
under section 26 or 33 of the Clean Water Act, 2006, or
(ii) five years after the construction of the sewage system, in the case of a sewage system constructed on or after
the date of publication, and
(b) thereafter, every five years after the most recent inspection of the sewage system has been conducted.
(4) If additional areas affected by a significant drinking water threat are identified for a source protection area after the
date of publication referred to in Clause (3)(a), an inspection required under Sentence 1.10.2.3.(1) shall be conducted in
respect of a sewage system in those additional areas,
(a) initially, no later than,
(i) five years after the following date of approval or publication, as applicable, in the case of a sewage system
constructed before that date,
(A) the date of approval under section 19 of the Clean Water Act, 2006 of the updated assessment report in
which the additional areas are identified, or
(B) the date of publication on the environmental registry under the Clean Water Act, 2006 of notice of the
approval of the amended or updated source protection plan in which the additional areas are identified,
or
(ii) five years after the construction of the sewage system, in the case of a sewage system constructed on or after
the date of approval or publication, as applicable, and
(b) thereafter, every five years after the most recent inspection of the sewage system has been conducted.
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