British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Residential Tenancy Regulation (O.C. 271/2020)

O.C. 271/2020

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Residential Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 477/2003, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Residential Tenancy Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 78, s. 97 Other: OIC 1239/2003 R10418217 May 29, 2020

SCHEDULE The Residential Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 477/2003, is amended by adding the following section: Emergency shelter in relation to COVID-19 emergency 1.1

(1) In this section, “COVID-19 emergency” means the emergency that is the subject of (

a) the notice provided on March 17, 2020 by the provincial health officer under section 52 (2) of the Public Health Act, and (

b) the declaration of a state of em ergency made on March 18, 2020, and any extension of that declaratio n, under

section of the Emergency Program Act.

(2) For the purposes of

section 4 (f) [what this Act does not apply to] of the Act, “emergency shelter” includes living accommodation that is provided in relation to the COVID-19 emergency (

a) on a temporary basis, (

b) free of charge to the occupant, and (

c) by a person or organization that rece ives funding from the government for the purpose of providing that accommodation.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 271/2020
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0271 2020
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	3aeb5a16d50f393d830ae4d3cfdeee382d74c096

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