1992 Legislative Session: 1st Session, 35th Parliament
FIRST READING


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MR. FOX

BILL M 202--1992

RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AMENDMENT ACT, 1992

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 The Residential Tenancy Act, R.S.B.C. 1979 is amended by the addition of the following section:

48.1 (1) In this section

"pet" means a domestic animal that is prescribed by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) No person shall

(a) refuse to enter into a tenancy agreement, or

(b) include a term or condition in a tenancy agreement

prohibiting a tenant over the age of 65 from keeping a pet in a residential unit.

2 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.


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