2002 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 37th Parliament
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No. 120
OF THE
Monday, November 25, 2002
2 p.m.
ROUTINE BUSINESS
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
1 Ms. Kwan to introduce a bill intituled Tuition Fee Freeze Act.
2 Ms. MacPhail to introduce a bill intituled Securities Act Amendment Act.
STATEMENTS (STANDING ORDER 25B)
(Afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)
ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
(15 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
PRESENTING PETITIONS
READING AND RECEIVING PETITIONS
PRESENTING REPORTS
MOTIONS ON NOTICE
(See Schedule A -- Government Motions)
(See Schedule D -- Private Members' Motions)
WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
PUBLIC WRITTEN QUESTIONS
(See Schedule C)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON NOTICE
70 Hon. R. Coleman to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 70) intituled Residential Tenancy Act to amend as follows:
SECTION 49 (1), by adding the following definitions to the proposed section 49 (1):
"landlord" means
(a) for the purposes of subsection (3), an individual who
(i) at the time of giving the notice, has a reversionary interest in the rental unit exceeding 3 years, and
(ii) holds not less than 1/2 of the full reversionary interest, and
(b) for the purposes of subsection (4), a family corporation that
(i) at the time of giving the notice, has a reversionary interest in the rental unit exceeding 3 years, and
(ii) holds not less than 1/2 of the full reversionary interest;
"purchaser", for the purposes of subsection (5), means a purchaser that has agreed to purchase at least 1/2 of the full reversionary interest in the rental unit.
70 Ms. Kwan to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 70) intituled Residential Tenancy Act to amend as follows:
SECTION 46 is amended by deleting the text highlighted by strikethrough:
Landlord's notice: non-payment of rent
46 (6) If
(a) a tenancy agreement requires the tenant to pay utility charges to
the landlord but does not specify when those charges are to be paid, and
(b) the utility charges are unpaid more than 30 days after the tenant
is given a written demand for payment of them,
the landlord may treat the unpaid utility charges as unpaid rent and may
give notice under this section.
SECTION 47 is amended by deleting the text highlighted by strikethrough:
Landlord's notice: cause
47 (1) A landlord may end a tenancy by giving notice to end the tenancy if one or more of the following applies:
(a) the tenant does not pay the security deposit or pet damage deposit within 30 days of the date it is required to be paid under the tenancy agreement;
(b) the tenant is repeatedly late paying rent;
(c) there are an unreasonable number of occupants in a rental unit;
SECTION 47 (1) (e) is amended by deleting the text highlighted by strikethrough:
Landlord's notice: cause
47 (1)
(e) the tenant or a person permitted on the residential property
by the tenant has engaged in illegal activity that
(i) has caused or is likely to cause damage to the landlord's
property,
(ii) has adversely affected or is likely to adversely
affect the quiet enjoyment, security, safety or physical well-being
of another occupant of the residential property, or
(iii) has jeopardized or is likely to jeopardize a lawful
right or interest of another occupant or the landlord;
SECTION 47 (1) (g) is amended by adding the text highlighted by underline:
Landlord's notice: cause
47 (1)
(g) after receiving written warning to do so, the tenant does not repair significant damage to the rental unit or other residential property, as required under section 32 (3), within a reasonable time;
SECTION 49 (6) (b) is amended by adding the text highlighted by underline and deleting the text highlighted by strikethrough:
Landlord's notice: landlord's use of property
49 (6) A landlord may end a tenancy in respect of a rental unit if the landlord has all the necessary permits and approvals required by law, and intends in good faith, to do any of the following:
(a) demolish the rental unit;
(b) renovate or repair the rental unit in a manner that requires
to the extent that permits are required and the rental
unit needs to be vacant in order to conduct the renovation
or repair;
SECTION 51 is amended by adding the text highlighted by underline:
Tenant's compensation: section 49 notice
51 (3) Compensation shall be extended to situations where the tenant is being evicted due to a municipal or health authority order to shut down unit or building.
SECTION 55 is amended by adding the text highlighted by underline:
Order of possession for the landlord
55 (1) If
(a) a tenant applies for arbitration to dispute a landlord's notice to end a tenancy, and
(b) on hearing the application, the arbitrator upholds the landlord's notice,
on the oral request written request in the prescribed
form of the landlord made at the hearing, the arbitrator must
grant the landlord an order of possession of the rental unit.
ORDERS OF THE DAY
PRIVATE MEMBERS' TIME
(Monday morning only)
(See Schedule D)
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY
PUBLIC BILLS AND ORDERS AND GOVERNMENT MOTIONS ON NOTICE
COMMITTEE
SECOND READING
PRIVATE BILLS
PUBLIC BILLS IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE MEMBERS
(See Schedule D)
ADJOURNED DEBATE ON OTHER MOTIONS
E. GEORGE MacMINN, Q.C.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
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