Notes to Table 1.3.1.4.:
3.1.4.2. Registration and Renewal of a Registration (1) Subject to Article 3.1.5.7., the director
may register an applicant, or renew a registration, in each class of registration applied for, if, (a) the applicant or registered person has successfully completed the examination program administered or authorized by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs relating to the person’s knowledge of the Act and this Code in the category of qualification set out in Column 2 of Table 3.5.2.1. that corresponds to each class of registration set out in Column 1 of Table 3.5.2.1. for which application is made, (b) the application is complete, and (c) all fees required under Article 3.1.5.3. are paid. (2) For the purposes of a registration or a renewal of a registration in a class of registration, a person who was qualified on December 31, 2014 under Sentence 3.1.4.1.(1) in a category of qualification set out in Column 2 of Table 3.5.2.1., as they read on that date, is deemed to have the qualifications set out in Clause (1)(a) in that category of qualification. (3) If a person is given notice of a knowledge maintenance examination that relates to the subject matter of an examination program in the category of qualification either after December 31, 2014 under Sentence 3.1.5.6.(1) or, on or before December 31, 2014, under Sentence 3.1.5.1.(2), as it read on that date, and does not successfully complete the knowledge maintenance examination referred to in the notice by the end of the eighteenth month following the month in which the director gives notice of the knowledge maintenance examination to the person, Sentence (2) ceases to apply to the person at the end of that period. 3.1.4.3. Qualifications for Intern Inspectors (1) A person may be appointed or remain appointed under the Act as an intern
inspector whose duties include supervised plans review or inspection under the Act, even if the person does not have the qualification set out in Article 3.1.4.1., if the person is enrolled in an internship program that, (a) is approved by the Minister, or (b) meets the minimum requirements described in Sentence (2). (2) For the purposes of Clause (1)(b), the following are the minimum requirements for an internship program: (a) the internship program in a municipality shall be established and administered by the
chief building official of the municipality, (b) the chief building official shall notify the director
in writing within 30 days of the date an internship program is established, altered or revoked, (c) the chief building official shall establish and maintain a written policy with respect to the, (i) enrolment of persons in the internship program, and (ii) the supervision of an intern inspector by an inspector
or chief building official who is registered in the class of registration in respect of which the intern inspector
will exercise the powers or perform the duties, (d) the chief building official shall ensure that the written policy described in Clause (c) is brought to the attention of the public, (e) every 12 months, the chief building official shall prepare and transmit to the
director a report that contains information about, (i) the number of intern
inspectors that entered or left the internship program in the past 12 months, (ii) the number of intern
inspectors that were enrolled in the internship program that became registered with the director
under Sentence 3.1.4.2.(1) in the past 12 months, (iii) the number of intern
inspectors enrolled in the internship program at any point in the past 12 months who has been trained or practiced as a building official in a country other than Canada, and (iv) the number of persons who were refused enrolment in the program or whose enrolment in the program was terminated, (f) subject to Sentence (3), each intern inspector enrolled in the internship program in respect of a type of building described in Column 3 of Table 3.5.2.1. is not eligible to be enrolled in the program in respect of that type of building for longer than 18 months, and (g) the chief building official shall provide to the director
such information as the director requests. (3) The director may, at the request of a chief building official, authorize an intern inspector to be enrolled in a program for more than 18 months if the director has reasonable grounds to believe there are extenuating circumstances including maternity or parental leave, illness, disability, bereavement or personal hardship. (4) The chief building official shall notify the director of any failure in construction or demolition or in the enforcement of the Act or this Code associated with the internship program or a person enrolled in the program within 10 days of the chief building official becoming aware of the failure. (5) The director may terminate a program described in Clause (1)(b) if the director has reasonable grounds to believe the program has or will result in a failure in construction or demolition or in the enforcement of the Act or this Code associated with the internship program or a person enrolled in the program. (6) An intern inspector who is exempt under Sentence (1) shall be supervised by an inspector or chief building official who is registered in the class of registration in respect of which the intern inspector
will exercise the powers or perform the duties.