5.9 Deadlines And Exemptions For Strata Corporations With Phased Strata Plan

• 5.9 (1) This section does not apply to a strata corporation unless the strata plan is a phased strata plan.
• (2) For the purposes of section 94.1(2) of the Act, an existing strata corporation must obtain an electrical planning report on or before each of the following dates:

• (a) if the phases of the phased strata plan that are deposited as of December 31, 2023 include at least one phase with 5 or more strata lots, the following dates:
  • (i) if the land in the deposited phases is located wholly or partly in a specified area, December 31, 2026;
  • (ii) if the land in the deposited phases is located wholly outside of a specified area, December 31, 2028;
• (b) each time a phase of the phased strata plan is deposited after December 31, 2023 and the number of strata lots in the phase is 5 or more, the date that is 5 years after the date of deposit of the phase.

• (3) For the purposes of section 94.1(2) of the Act, a new strata corporation must, each time a phase of the phased strata plan is deposited and the number of strata lots in the phase is 5 or more, obtain an electrical planning report on or before the date that is 5 years after the date of deposit of the phase.
• (4) If the number of strata lots in each phase of the phased strata plan is fewer than 5, a strata corporation may defer obtaining an electrical planning report until the date that is 5 years after the date of deposit of the final phase.

[en. B.C. Reg. 261/2023, App., s. 2.]