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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

RTA · Consumer Protection Act

Part 2 — Unfair and Negative Option Practices Division 1 Unfair Practices

20 Division 3 Negative Option Practices Definition

Current to 2026-07-14 · Official PDF

In this Division, "negative option practice" means a consumer
transaction in which a supplier
(a) provides goods or services to a consumer, including the
enhancement of a service that a consumer is already
receiving, that the consumer did not request, and
(b) requires the consumer to pay for the goods or services
unless the consumer informs the supplier that the consumer
does not want the goods or services.
1998 cF-1.05 s20