Regulations
19. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations that are considered advisable or necessary for the purpose of establishing a fire code for Ontario governing fire safety standards for buildings, other structures and premises including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, regulations, (a) prescribing any method, matter or thing relating to fire prevention and fire protection; (b) requiring and regulating fire prevention and fire protection equipment and systems; (c) requiring and regulating means of egress, fire separations, finish materials, furnishings and decorations, standards of housekeeping and heating, ventilation, air conditioning and incinerating equipment and systems; (d) controlling or prohibiting any material, substance, equipment or system affecting fire safety; (e) requiring and regulating procedures respecting fire safety and the keeping and furnishing of records and reports; (f) requiring the approval of the Fire Marshal in respect of any method, matter or thing; (g) requiring notice to be given to the Fire Marshal respecting any change in use or occupancy; (h) prescribing conditions for use, occupation or demolition; (i) exempting any class of building, other structure or premises from compliance with the regulations or any provision thereof, and attaching terms and conditions to such exemptions; (j) adopting by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary, any code or standard and requiring compliance with any code or standard that is so adopted; (k) prescribing forms and providing for their use. Limitation of application (2) Any regulation made under this section may be limited in its application territorially or to any class of building, other structure or premises or to any building, other structure or premises used for any specified purpose. R.S.O. 1990, c. F.17, s. 19(1,2). Buildings under construction (3) The fire code does not apply to the unoccupied parts of a building that is under construction within the meaning of the Building Code Act. 1991, c. 45, s. 4. Municipal by-laws superseded (4) The fire code supersedes all municipal by-laws respecting fire safety standards for buildings and other structures and premises. Offence (5) Every person who contravenes any provision of the fire code and every director or officer of a corporation who knowingly concurs in such contravention is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both. Idem (6) Where a corporation is convicted of an offence under subsection (5), the maximum penalty that may be imposed upon the corporation is $50,000 and not as provided in subsection (5). Application of certain subsections of s.18 (7) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (5) of this section, subsections 18(19), (20), (21), (22) and (26) apply with necessary modifications as if the conviction were made under subsection (18) of that section. Idem (8) Where a person is contravening any provision of the fire code, subsections 18(24) and (25) apply with necessary modifications as if the person were not complying with an order made by an officer. R.S.O. 1990, c. F.17, s. 19 (4-8).