SECTION 1.2 COMPLIANCE

Subsection 1.2.1. Compliance with this Code

Owner’s responsibility

1.2.1.1. Unless otherwise specified, the owner is responsible for carrying out the provisions of this Code.

Compliance with Parts 2 and 3

1.2.1.2. Compliance with Parts 2 and 3 is required only as it relates to the use of alternative solutions as set out in

Subsection 1.2.2.

Subsection 1.2.2. Compliance with Division B

1.2.2.1. (1) Compliance with Division B shall be achieved

(a) by complying with the acceptable solutions in Division B, or
(b) by using alternative solutions that

(i) will achieve the level of performance required by the applicable acceptable solutions in respect of the objectives and functional statements attributed to the applicable acceptable solutions in OFMEM Fire Code Supplement FCS-1, “Objectives and Functional Statements Attributed to Acceptable Solutions”,
(ii) do not contravene any other provision in Division B, and
(iii) have been approved and implemented in conformance with Subsection 1.3.2. of Division C.

(2) For the purpose of Clause (1)(b), the level of performance in respect of a functional statement refers to the performance required by the functional statement as it relates to the objective with which it is associated in OFMEM Fire Code Supplement FCS-1, “Objectives and Functional Statements Attributed to Acceptable Solutions”.
(3) The use of alternative solutions as described in Clause (1) (b) is not applicable in respect of any acceptable solutions to which objectives and functional statements have not been attributed in OFMEM Fire Code Supplement FCS-1, “Objectives and Functional Statements Attributed to Acceptable Solutions”.

Subsection 1.2.3. Compliance with Other Applicable Law

Compliance with other applicable law

1.2.3.1. Compliance with this Code does not relieve the owner from compliance with other applicable Acts and regulations, and, where a requirement of an applicable Act or regulation conflicts with a requirement of this Code, the more stringent requirement prevails, unless the more stringent requirement is in this Code and this Code says that the requirement of the other Act or regulation prevails.