SS · Residential Tenancies Act
Part 6 — General
70 Ministerial regulations
(a) establishing forms that may be used by landlords and
tenants for leases, inspection reports, notices of default and
other documents under this Act;
(a.1) prescribing the maximum period of time after a default
within which a landlord may serve a tenant with a notice of
default and the minimum period of notice that must be
provided in the notice of default within which the tenant
must vacate the residential premises;
(b) prescribing the reasons for which a landlord may terminate a
periodic tenancy under Part 1;
(c) prescribing the minimum am ount of time between increases
in rent for periodic tenancies and for fixed term tenancies;
(c.01) prescribing an alternative emergency end date for the
purposes of section 14.1;
(c.1) modifying any period of notice required by section 7, 8, 9,
11, 12 or 14;
(d) prescribing or providing for the manner of determining
periods of notice for the purposes of section 11(b);
(e) prescribing the statements to be contained in inspection
reports and governing the signing of inspection reports for
the purposes of section 19;
(f) prescribing an amount for the purposes of section 31(2) and
(3);
(g) prescribing a period for the purposes of section 31(4);
(h) respecting the means of establishing the liabilities of a
tenant for the purposes of section 31(9);
(i) respecting trust accounts for security deposits;
(i.1) establishing the form of certificate for the purposes of
section 47.3(2)(b);
(j) respecting the circumstances under which landlords may
charge a fee or penalty for late payments of rent by tenants,
and prescribing the maximum amounts of such fees or
penalties or the manner in which they are calculated;
(j.1) respecting prohibitions against charging fees or penalties for
late payments of rent or non-payment of rent;
(j.2) respecting the voiding of provisions in residential tenancy
agreements in respect of the imposition or charging of late
fees or penalties or the enforcement or collection of late fees
or penalties;
(k) repealed 2005 c46 s4;
(l) prescribing, with respect to any provision of the regulations
under this section, that contravention of the provision
constitutes an offence;
(m) providing with respect to any provision of this Act, other
than a provision referred to in section 60(1)(a) or (1.1), that
its contravention constitutes an offence and prescribing
penalties in respect of those offences;
(n) respecting any other matter considered necessary to carry
out the intent of this Act.
(2) A regulation made under this section may be made effective
with reference to a date before it is made.
(3) Notwithstanding section 3(5) of the Regulations Act, a person
is deemed to have notice of a regulation made under this section
when the regulation is filed with the registrar under the Regulations
Act.
2004 cR-17.1 s70;2005 c46 s4;2007 c11 s1;2011 c14 s25;
2015 c20 s9;2020 c6 s3