BILL 15

An Act to Amend An Act Respecting Building Officials and the New Brunswick Building Officials Association

WHEREAS the New Brunswick Building Officials Association prays that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth;

THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1Subsection 2(1) of An Act Respecting Building Officials and the New Brunswick Building Officials Association, chapter 56 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 2002, is amended

(a)by repealing the definition “CBCO”;

(b)by adding the following definition in alphabetical order:

“NBCBO” means New Brunswick Certified Building Official, as identified in the bylaws of the New Brunswick Building Officials Association;

2Subsection 2(2) of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

2(2)The words “Building Official”, “New Brunswick Certified Building Official”, “Building Code Qualified Official” and the initials “NBCBO” or “BCQO” used alone or in any other combination with other words or expressions when used in any provision of an Act of the Legislature or any regulation, rule, order or bylaws made under an Act of the Legislature enacted or made before, at or after the commencement of the Act or when used in any public document, shall be read as including a person whose name is entered in the register.

3Section 11 of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

11Any person whose name is entered in the register, subject to any conditions, limitations or restrictions set out in the bylaws shall be entitled to engage in the occupation of building inspection in the province, to hold themselves out as a Building Official registered under this Act and to use the designations “NBCBO” or “BCQO” indicating that the person is a Member entered on the register of the Association.

4Section 18 of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

18Except as provided in the Act or the bylaws, no person other than a person whose name is entered in the register shall

(a)publicly or privately, whether or not for hire, gain or hope of reward, hold himself or herself out in any way as being a Building Official, or

(b)assume or use any title, name, designation, initials or description, including “Building Official”, “New Brunswick Certified Building Official”, “Building Code Qualified Official”, “NBCBO” or “BCQO”, and those referred to in this Act, that does or could lead the public to believe that person is a Building Official.