RTA · Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Regulation
Part 3 — or 4 of the Residential Tenancies Act or Part 3 or 4 of the Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act.
16 Order for compensation
landlord to compensate a tenant, the tenancy dispute officer may
make an order
(a) that the tenant recover the compensation by deducting a
specified sum from the tenant's rent for a specified
number of rent payment periods, or
(b) requiring the landlord to pay the compensation to the
tenant in a lump sum.
(2) Where a tenancy dispute officer makes an order requiring a
tenant to compensate a landlord, the tenancy dispute officer may
make an order
(a) permitting the tenant to pa y the compensation by paying a
specified sum together with the tenant's rent for a
specified number of rent payment periods, or
(b) requiring the tenant to pay the compensation to the
landlord in a lump sum.
(3) A tenancy dispute officer may, on the application of the
landlord or tenant, rescind an order made under subsection (1)(a) or
(2)(a), and may order that any compensation still owing be paid in
a lump sum.