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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

RTA · Alberta Housing Act

32 Miscellaneous Protection from liability

Current to 2025-01-01 · Official PDF

(1) No action for damages may be commenced against
(a) repealed 2005 c28 s1,
(b) an employee within the meaning of the Public Service Act
who is under the administration of the Minister,
(c) a member of the board of the Corporation or an officer or
agent of the Corporation, or
(d) a member of a management body or an officer, employee or
volunteer worker of a management body
for anything done or not done by that person in the performance or
intended performance of functions or duties or the exercise of
powers under this Act or the Alberta Mortgage and Housing
Corporation Act, SA 1984 cA-32.5.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the carrying
out of duties and the provision of services, as authorized by the
board of the management body, by a person referred to in
subsection (1)(d) in connection with the provision of housing
accommodation under this Act are considered to be the
performance of a function or duty or the exercise of a power for the
purposes of subsection (1).
(3) Subsection (1) is not a defence if
(a) the cause of action is defamation, or
(b) the person was dishonest, grossly negligent or guilty of
wilful misconduct.
RSA 2000 cA-25 s32;2005 c28 s1
RSA 2000