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Review and Update of Canada's Code Development System
Joint CCBFC/PTCBS Task Group on the Code Development and Review Process
Joint CCBFC/PTCBS Task Group on Implementation of a New Code Development System
Joint CCBFC/PTCBS Task Group on Implementation of a New Code Development System
Terms of Reference Members Meetings
Terms of Reference
Background
In a report issued in November 1998, a Joint Task Group of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) and the Provincial/Territorial Committee on Building Standards (PTCBS) proposed a new and improved single, coordinated building, fire and plumbing code review and development system intended to meet the needs of the provinces and territories, and at the same time, retain the best features of the present systems.
Its report contained 18 recommendations to improve the present system including:
- greater participation of provinces and territories throughout the process
- better stakeholder consultation
- adoption of the concept of "core codes"
- creation of a single coordinated public review of proposed changes
- resolution of the present technical differences among the national codes and provincial/territorial codes
- multiple points of entry (local and national) for proponents of change
- creation of provincial/territorial advisory committees (one for each of the building, fire and plumbing codes), to provide policy advice on scope, format, process and content issues
- retention of the CCBFC as the "decision-making body"
- negotiations towards equitable sharing among NRC and the provinces and territories of the cost of maintaining the system.
The report was accepted by the CCBFC and the PTCBS.
At a meeting on November 18, 1998, Provincial and Territorial Deputy Ministers responsible for building standards agreed in principle to move ahead, in the case of the building codes, on the implementation of six key recommendations, and to further consider the remainder. The six are:
- concept of "core codes"
- one co-ordinated public review
- P/T participation at all stages
- P/T Advisory Committees
- resolution of technical differences
- principle of cost sharing
A new joint task group will oversee the further refinement and implementation of all the recommendations. Since it is desirable to use the new system for processing of changes for the next editions of the codes and the development of objective-based codes, time will be of the essence.
Tasks
The Task-Group will:
- recommend to the CCBFC and PTCBS, and other appropriate bodies and agencies, policies, procedures and/or actions intended to implement the recommendations of the Joint PTCBS/CCBFC Task Group on Code Review and Development including, in the case of the building codes, the six key areas agreed upon in principle by the P/T deputies
- draft a new version of the "CCBFC Policies and Procedures"
- where the Task Group is not the appropriate body to develop such policies, procedures and/or actions, recommend an alternative approach
- recommend measures aimed at ensuring, to the greatest extent possible, separation of policy and technical issues
- devise strategies designed to gain formal acceptance of the recommendations from appropriate provincial/territorial officials responsible for fire and plumbing codes
- prepare a schedule, with milestones, for the transition plan. It will be critical to coordinate the schedule with the objective-based codes timeline
- recommend appropriate communication strategies
Timetable and Method of Operation
- It is expected that approximately 6-7 meetings will be necessary.
- The Task Group will target to complete its work by April 1, 2000.
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