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Volume 68, No. 21

224/2025

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 16, 2025

B.C. Reg. 224/2025 , deposited December 4, 2025, under the SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS ACT [section 38]. Order in Council 552/2025, approved and ordered December 4, 2025.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Regulation, B.C. Reg. 268/2023, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— C. BOYLE, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs ; J. WHITESIDE, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 4 of the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Regulation, B.C. Reg. 268/2023, is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding the following paragraph:

(

f) accommodation that is seasonal and that is not equipped or suitable as a residence year‑round. , and

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out " or " at the end of paragraph (c), by adding " , or " at the end of paragraph (

d) and by adding the following paragraph:

(

e) accommodation that is seasonal and that is not equipped or suitable as a residence year‑round.

2 The following

section is added to Division 2 of

Part 1.1:

Requirements respecting registration – short-term rental offers

4.41

(1) This

section applies for the purposes of

section 6 (1) [short-term rental offers must be registered] of the Act.

(2) Registration of a short‑term rental offer is required for each accessory dwelling unit and secondary suite whether or not a short‑term rental offer is registered for the primary dwelling unit.

(3) Only one registration of a short‑term rental offer is required for a self‑contained residential accommodation unit even if there is more than one platform offer in respect of that unit.

(4) If a short-term rental offer for a self‑contained residential accommodation unit is registered and a new platform offer is made in respect of that unit, a new registration is not required for the short‑term rental offer.

(5) If a short-term rental offer for a self‑contained residential accommodation unit is registered and there is a change in the space or rooms that are included in the platform offer in respect of that unit, a new registration is not required for the short-term rental offer.

(6) A short-term rental offer for a property that is not a residence must be registered if the property is not within a dwelling unit for which a short-term rental offer is registered.

Section 4.5 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) a new registration is required if the short-term rental offer has a new property host. , and

(

b) by repealing subsection (2).

Section 4.6 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) (

a) and (

b) and substituting the following:

(a) $100, if a short-term rental offer is for accommodation services that are provided in the principal residence of the property host;

(b) $450, if a short-term rental offer is for accommodation services that are not provided in the principal residence of the property host, including accommodation services that are provided in a secondary suite or other accessory dwelling unit. , and

(

b) by repealing subsection (2).

Section 5.1 (2) (

b) is amended

(

a) by adding the following subparagraph:

(i.1) an assessment roll report issued by the British Columbia Assessment Authority; ,

(

b) by repealing subparagraph (v),

(

c) in subparagraph (vi) by striking out " an email that confirms the filing of a declaration " and substituting " a declaration ",

(

d) by repealing subparagraph (vii) and substituting the following:

(vii) an email that confirms the filing of an application under Division 1 [Grant Applications, Adjustments and Cancellations] of

Part 3 [Administration] of the Home Owner Grant Act or an approval of a grant under that Act; , and

(

e) by adding the following subparagraphs:

(ix) a return filed under the Property Transfer Tax Act ;

(

x) a mortgage statement or other document issued by a savings institution;

(xi) a notarized document such as a notarized mortgage agreement or a notarized agreement for the acquisition or disposition of real estate;

(xii) a state of title certificate or a search of title under the Land Title Act ;

(xiii) an affidavit that states the legal name of an individual and the principal residence of the individual.

Section 14 (1) (

c) is amended

(

a) in subparagraph (

i) by striking out " the entire dwelling unit or a bedroom within the dwelling unit " and substituting " the entire self‑contained residential accommodation unit or a bedroom within that unit ", and

(

b) in subparagraph (ii) by striking out " dwelling unit " and substituting " self‑contained residential accommodation unit ".

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