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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

RTA · Consumer Protection Act

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

7.1 Notice

Current to 2026-07-14 · Official PDF

(1) A consumer must give notice within one year of a supplier
having been found to have engaged in an unfair practice related to a
consumer transaction if
(a) the consumer wishes to ca ncel the consumer transaction
under section 7(1) or (2), or
(b) the consumer seeks recovery under section 7(3), if
cancellation is not possible.
(2) A consumer may give notice in any manner as long as the
notice indicates
(a) the consumer's intention
(i) to cancel the consumer transaction, or
(ii) to seek recovery if cancellation is not possible,
a n d
(b) the consumer's reasons for taking the actions set out in
clause (a),
and meets any requirements that may be prescribed.
RSA 2000

(3) Notice may be delivered by any means, but if notice is
delivered other than by personal service it is deemed to have been
given when sent.
(4) The consumer may send or deliver the notice to the supplier
with whom the consumer entered into the consumer transaction at
the address set out in an agreement under the consumer transaction
or, if the consumer did not receive a written copy of the agreement
or if the address of the supplier was not set out in the agreement,
the consumer may send or deliver the notice
(a) to any address of the supplier on record with the
Government of Alberta, or
(b) to an address of the supplier known to the consumer.
(5) If a consumer has delivered notice and has not received a
satisfactory response within the prescribed period, the consumer
may commence an action in the Court of King's Bench.
2005 c9 s6;AR 217/2022