Strata Property Regulation Updates Qualified Persons

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Strata corporations in BC must obtain depreciation reports and electrical planning reports from qualified professionals. The qualifications are set out in the Strata Property Regulation.

On October 27, 2025, the Lieutenant Governor issued Order in Council OIC 497-2025 making changes to the Strata Property Regulation to clarify who can write these reports.

Depreciation reports

Under Regulation 6.2 (0.1) “qualified person” means a person who has the knowledge and expertise to understand the individual components, scope and complexity of the strata corporation’s common property, common assets and those parts of a strata lot or limited common property, or both, that the strata corporation is responsible to maintain or repair, and is one of the following:

(i) the person is registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia as a professional engineer or professional licensee engineering;

(ii) the person is registered with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia as an architect or architectural technologist;

(iii) the person is registered with the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia as an applied science technologist or certified technician;

(iv) a person designated Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute by the Appraisal Institute of Canada;

(v) a certified reserve planner accredited by the Real Estate Institute of Canada;

(vi) a person designated Professional Quantity Surveyor by the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.

See About depreciation reports to learn more.

Electrical Planning Reports

Under Regulation 5.10 (2) “qualified person” means

(a) in the case of a strata corporation established by a strata plan in which each building is a Part 9 building, a person who meets at least one of the following requirements:

(i) the person is registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia as a professional engineer or professional licensee engineering;

(ii) the person is registered with the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia as an applied science technologist or certified technician;

(iii) the person is a journeyperson, as that term is defined in the Skilled Trades BC Act, in the construction electrician or industrial electrician trade, or

(b) in the case of any other strata corporation, a person who meets at least one of the  requirements referred to in paragraph (a) (i) and (ii).

See About electrical planning reports to learn more.