BILL NO. 121
(as introduced)
1st Session, 65th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
3 Charles III, 2025
Private Member's Public Bill
Building Code Act
(amended)
The Honourable Iain Rankin
Timberlea–Prospect
First Reading: March 26, 2025
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill allows the use of mass timber as a building material for construction of up to 25 storeys in building height.
An Act to Amend Chapter 46
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Building Code Act,
Respecting Mass Timber
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Chapter 46 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Building Code Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 4 the following Section:
- 4A The Building Code is deemed, notwithstanding any provision in the Building Code to the contrary, to approve the use of mass timber as a building material for construction of up to twenty-five storeys in building height.
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