SS · Residential Tenancies Act
Part 1 — Periodic Tenancies
14.1 Prohibition on rent increases in emergency
the lapse or termination of the state of public health emergency
declared under Order in Council 80/2020 or such alternative date as
may be prescribed.
(2) If a tenancy expires or is terminated on or after March 27,
2020, and the landlord and tenant enter into a new residential
tenancy agreement in respect of the same residential premises that
was the subject of the expired or terminated residential tenancy
agreement during the period beginning on March 27, 2020 and
ending on the emergency end date, the rent payable under the new
residential tenancy agreement from the date the agreement was
entered into until the emergency end date is deemed to be the
amount of rent payable under the residential tenancy agreement
that was in force immediately prior to the date on which the
landlord and tenant entered into the new residential tenancy
agreement.
(3) Despite section 14, a landlord shall not increase the rent
payable under an existing residential tenancy agreement until after
the emergency end date where
(a) a landlord has given a tenant a written notice of an increase
in the rent in accordance with section 14, and
(b) the notice period required under section 14(1) is to elapse
during the period beginning on March 27, 2020 and ending
on the emergency end date.
2020 c6 s3;2020 cC-19.5 s12