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O.C. 953-2000, Div. I; O.C. 293-2008, s. 1; O.C. 347-2015, s. 1.

In this Chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, “Code” means the “National Building Code of Canada 2010” (NRCC 53301) and the “Code national du bâtiment – Canada 2010” (CNRC 53301F), first printing, published on 29 November 2010 by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, National Research Council of Canada, excluding any later amendments, except errata, that may be published by that organization.

The Code is incorporated into this Chapter by reference, subject to the amendments specified in section 1.09.

O.C. 953-2000, s. 1; O.C. 961-2002, s. 1; O.C. 120-2006, s. 9; O.C. 293-2008, s. 1; O.C. 939-2009, s. 1; O.C. 347-2015, s. 1.
Subject to the exemptions in section 1.04, this Chapter applies to all construction work that is performed on a building to which the Building Act (chapter B-1.1) applies and to any facility intended for use by the public designated in section 1.03 and to the vicinity of that building or facility.

For the purposes of this Division, the definitions set out in the Code apply, unless otherwise provided.

O.C. 953-2000, s. 2; O.C. 961-2002, s. 1; O.C. 293-2008, s. 1; O.C. 858-2012, s. 1; O.C. 347-2015, s. 1.

(Replaced).

O.C. 858-2012, s. 1; O.C. 347-2015, s. 1.
(Replaced).

O.C. 858-2012, s. 1; O.C. 347-2015, s. 1.

The following facilities are intended for use by the public for the purposes of section 10 of the Act:
1. stands, grandstands or exterior terraces whose highest point, above the ground, is more than 1.2 m and whose load capacity is more than 60 persons,
2. tents or air-supported structures used
  1. as dwellings or care, treatment or detention occupancies whose floor area is 100 m2 or more, or
  2. as assembly occupancies or mercantile occupancies whose floor area is more than 150 m2 or whose load capacity is more than 60 persons, and
3. belvederes built with materials other than backfill and constituted of horizontal platforms linked by their construction elements whose total area is more than 100 m2 or whose load capacity is more than 60 persons including access facilities.
  
  O.C. 953-2000, s. 3; O.C. 961-2002, s. 1; O.C. 293-2008, s. 1; O.C. 1263-2012, s. 2; O.C. 347-2015, s. 1.
The following buildings, other than private seniors’ residences, are exempted from the application of this Chapter if used solely for one of the major occupancies provided for in the Code:
1. an assembly occupancy not covered by paragraph 6 that accommodates not more than 9 persons,
2. a care or detention occupancy that constitutes
  1. a prison,
  2. a supervised education centre with or without detention facilities used to shelter or accommodate not more than 9 persons, or
  3. a convalescent home, a care occupancy or assistance occupancy or a rehabilitation centre used to shelter or accommodate not more than 9 persons;
3. a residential occupancy that constitutes
  1. a rooming house or an outfitter offering no lodgings that has not more than 9 rooms,
  2. a single-family dwelling in which a bed and breakfast is operated by a natural person, which is also used as the person’s residence, having not more than 5 bedrooms offered for rent,
  3. a single-family dwelling in which a school that accommodates less than 15 students at a time is operated by a natural person, which is also used as the person’s residence,
  4. a monastery, a convent or a novitiate whose owner is a religious corporation incorporated under a special Act of Québec or the Religious Corporations Act (chapter C-71), where that building or part of the building divided by a firewall is occupied by not more than 30 persons and has not more than 3 storeys in building height,
  5. a shelter used to shelter or accommodate not more than 9 persons, or
  6. a building used as a dwelling unit having
    1. not more than 2 storeys in building height, or
    2. not more than 8 dwelling units;
4. a business and personal services occupancy having not more than 2 storeys in building height,
5. a mercantile occupancy having a total floor area of not more than 300 m2,
6. a day care centre used to shelter or accommodate not more than 9 persons,
7. a subway station,
8. an agricultural facility, and
9. an industrial occupancy.
  
  Despite the exemption provided for in the first paragraph, the energy efficiency requirements contained in Part 11 of the Code apply to the construction work performed on every building
  1. having a building area of not more than 600 m2,
  2. having a building height of not more than 3 storeys, and
  3. of Group C major occupancy and housing only dwelling units.
  O.C. 953-2000, s. 4; O.C. 961-2002, s. 2; O.C. 872-2005, s. 1; O.C. 293-2008, s. 1; O.C. 858-2012, s. 2; O.C. 347-2015, s. 1.

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