AHJ 2
AHJ 2 : Authority Having Jurisdiction, means the governmental body responsible for the enforcement of any part of the applicable code or the official or agency designated by that body to exercise such a function. In Canada, where there is a registered or incorporated township, city or municipality, which has adopted the Provincial or Territorial Code (with the exception of The City of Vancouver, which has its own by-law, which differs from the BCBC), each of which are based upon the National Building Code of Canada, the building department is the AHJ over planned and/or new buildings, for which owners must make an application for a building permit. For existing buildings, maintenance of the Provincial, if adopted by the municipality, fire code is enforced by the local fire department, and specifically the fire prevention officers within said fire department. Federal and provincially owned buildings, as well as nuclear power generating stations are exempted from this. They may take out building permits (strictly as a courtesy) for new buildings or changes to existing ones and permit the local AHJ access and listen to what they have to say, but their rulings are not considered binding, as government owned facilities can be considered to be 'self-policing', meaning their level of code compliance has much to do with the operating budget and the facility manager's desire to apply funds to comply, as well as his or her ability to simply ignore the code for short term financial gain, which is not uncommon by any means. For federal buildings, HRSDC Human Resources Development Canada (formerly Labour Canada) appears to have an advisory role with regards to fire prevention. They conduct inspections and the aim appears to be to uphold compliance with the National Building Code of Canada. Nuclear generating stations are policed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (formerly Atomic Energy Control Board). Fire protection requirements are only recently becoming part of the licensing conditions. Certification of installed systems is optional in both American and Canadian nuclear facilities
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