CPA · Residential Tenancies Act
Part 4 — .1
47.4 Application for a certificate
victim of domestic violence, the tenant or person on behalf of the
tenant and with the tenant's consent may apply to the designated
authority, in the form and manner and including the information
required by the designated authority, for a certificate confirming
that one of the grounds to issue a certificate under subsection (2)
has been established.
(2) The designated authority may issue a certificate to a tenant for
the purposes of section 47.3 if
(a) the designated authority has received from the tenant
(i) a copy of an emergency protection order or King's
Bench protection order granted under the Protection
Against Family Violence Act, a restraining order, a peace
bond or other court order that is in place to prevent a
person described in section 47.2(1) from contacting or
communicating with that tenant, or
(ii) a statement from a person described in subsection (4)
acting in his or her professional capacity indicating that
person's opinion that the tenant has been the subject of
domestic violence,
and
(b) after having completed an assessment, the designated
authority is satisfied that there is a risk to the safety of the
tenant, the tenant's dependent child or a protected adult who
lives with the tenant if the tenancy continues.
(3) The designated authority shall, within 7 days of receiving an
application under subsection (1), either issue a certificate under
subsection (2) or advise the tenant or the person who applied on
behalf of the tenant that the certificate will not be issued.
(4) The following persons may provide a statement in accordance
with subsection 2(a)(ii):
(a) a regulated member of the
(i) College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta,
(ii) College of Registered Nurses of Alberta,
(iii) Alberta College of Social Workers,
(iv) College of Alberta Psychologists, or
(v) College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta;
(b) a police officer or a me mber of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police;
(c) an individual employed
(i) by an agency or organization to assist individuals for
whom the agency or organization provides
accommodation in an emergency or transitional shelter
because of homelessness or abuse, or
(ii) to provide support in itiatives for victims of crime
if that individual is authorized by his or her employer to
provide statements under this section;
(d) any other person or member of a class of persons prescribed
by the regulations.
(5) No action or proceeding may be brought against a person in
respect of a statement made under subsection (2)(a)(ii) if that
statement was made in good faith.
2015 c20 s4;AR 217/2022;2025 c10 s54