Division C, Section 2.2 — Building Code Commission

(1) The Building Code Commission may sit in two or more divisions simultaneously so long as a quorum of each division is present.

(1) One member of the Building Code Commission may, with the approval of the chair or vice-chair, hear and determine any dispute set out in Sentence (2) and, for that purpose, the member has all the jurisdiction and powers of the Commission. (2) The results of tests or evaluations based on test standards, other than as described in this Code, may be used for the purposes of Sentence (1), if the alternate test standards provide comparable results. (a) any dispute described in clause 24(1)(a) of the Act respecting the sufficiency of compliance with technical requirements of this Code related to sewage systems, and (b) any dispute described in clause 24(1)(b) or (c) of the Act.

(1) A hearing to decide a dispute described in Clause 2.2.1.2.(2)(b) shall be held not more than five days after the Commission receives an application for a hearing in a form approved by the Commission. (2) The time period described in Sentence (1) commences on the day after the Commission receives the application and excludes Saturdays, holidays and all other days when the offices of the Government of Ontario are not open for the transaction of business with the public.

(1) The following relationships to a registered code agency are prescribed for the purposes of clause 23(3)(d) of the Act as relationships to a registered code agency that make a person ineligible to be a member of the Commission: (a) the person is registered under Article 3.4.3.2. as a registered code agency, (b) the person is an officer, director, partner or employee of a registered code agency, or (c) the person is engaged by a registered code agency to perform functions under the Act on behalf of the registered code agency.

(1) The fee on an application to the Building Code Commission under subsection 24(1.1) of the Act is $212, for 2025 and subsequent calendar years.