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==Guideline codes==
Some [[nation]]al and regional governments may issue model codes, such as a [[model building code]]. Examples include the [[National Building Code of Canada]], the [http://www.nationalcodes.ca/nfc/index_e.shtml National Fire Code of Canada] and [[Germany]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20071015214433/http://www.bauordnungen.de/html/musterbauordnung.html MBO - ''Musterbauordnung'']. All three aforementioned examples are issued as guideline documents, which are then used by their [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Provinces]] and [[States of Germany|''Bundesländer'']], respectively, as a baseline to author their own building codes, such as the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024130715/http://www.obc.mah.gov.on.ca/site4.aspx Ontario Building Code (OBC)] and fire codes, such as the [http://www.ptmaa.ab.ca/Compliance/AFC.htm Alberta Fire Code (AFC)], respectively, which must then, in turn, also be adopted by the municipalities, before they become local law, which is then locally enforced by the municipalities. Usually, the municipality passes a by-law to adopt the code, so the same book applies across that whole territory or Province, etc.. Alternatively, a municipality may elect to issue its own version, such as [[Vancouver|The City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada]], which typically makes its own changes to the [http://www.housing.gov.bc.ca/building/ British Columbia Building Code (BCBC)], and then issues its own [https://web.archive.org/web/20080627121335/http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/commsvcs/CBOFFICIAL/vbbl/index.htm Vancouver Building By-law], rather than to simply adopt the BCBC, as all other municipalities in [[British Columbia]] do.