34 Ministerial regulations
(a) respecting the type and amounts of financial assistance th at
may be provided under section 4(1), the purposes for which
the financial assistance may be provided, the persons or
classes of persons who are eligible for the financial
assistance and the eligibility requirements of persons for the
financial assistance;
(b) respecting the manner or me thod of appointing or electing
the members of a board of a management body, including
the knowledge, skills, experience, expertise and
qualifications required for the members of a board of a
management body;
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(c) respecting the management and operation of management
bodies and the manner in which they are to exercise their
powers and carry out their functions and duties including,
without limitation, regulations
(i) requiring management bodie s to prepare and submit to
the Minister business plans and budget documents and
respecting the form and content of those business plans
and budget documents,
(ii) imposing terms and conditions on the exercise by
management bodies of their powers or the carrying out
of their functions and duties,
(iii) respecting the manner in which a management body's
surplus of revenues over expenditures in a fiscal year is
to be treated,
(iii.1) respecting reserve funds for management bodies that
provide lodge accommodation;
(iv) requiring management bodies to keep records and
respecting the form and manner in which records must
be kept and what they must contain, and
(v) requiring a management body to carry insurance, and
respecting the nature and amount of insurance that it
must carry;
(d) governing the disqualification of persons as members of th e
board of a management body and the conduct of members of
a board generally;
(e) subject to section 5(4), prescribing or providing for the
manner of prescribing the fiscal year of management bodies;
(f) governing the settling of disputes between a management
body and a municipality or between 2 management bodies
with respect to matters arising under this Act;
(g) prescribing supplementary standards or principles and
modifications to generally accepted accounting principles
for the purposes of section 15;
(h) repealed 2021 c23 s10;
(i) notwithstanding the Residential Tenancies Act, governing
the provision of housing accommodation by management
bodies including, without limitation, regulations
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(i) respecting eligibility requirements of tenants in housing
accommodation,
(ii) prescribing the rent and other charges or the manner of
determining the rent or other charges that may be
charged in respect of a tenancy in housing
accommodation,
(iii) governing the termination of tenancies in housing
accommodation,
(iv) governing other terms and conditions that apply to
tenancy in housing accommodation,
(v) governing the inspection, maintenance and repair of
property used in the provision of housing
accommodation, and
(vi) respecting standards that must be met in the provision of
housing accommodation;
(i.1) respecting increases to the minimum monthly disposable
income amount, including regulations
(i) respecting the amounts of increases or the manner in
which the amounts of increases are to be determined,
and
(ii) respecting the timing of increases;
(i.2), (i.3) repealed 2024 c15 s1;
(j) governing reports, returns and other documents referred to
in section 14;
(k) providing that a member of a board of a management body
who authorizes an expenditure on behalf of the board that is
contrary to the regulations is personally liable to the
management body, and governing the nature and extent of
the liability;
(l) defining terms for the purposes of this Act and the
regulations.
(2) A regulation for the purpose of subsection (1) may adopt with
necessary modifications provisions of the Municipal Government
Act and the Residential Tenancies Act and regulations under those
Acts.
RSA 2000 cA-25 s34;2018 c17 s1;2019 c18 s2
2021 c23 s10;2024 c15 s1
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