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Volume 61, No. 20

184/2018

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

October 9, 2018

B.C. Reg. 184/2018 , deposited September 26, 2018, under the MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TENANCY ACT [section 89 (2)] and the RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT [section 97 (2) (n)]. Order in Council 483/2018, approved and ordered September 26, 2018.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 481/2003, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 1, and

(

b) the Residential Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 477/2003, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2.

— S. ROBINSON, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing ; C. TREVENA, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

Section 32 of the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 481/2003, is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following:

(2) For the purposes of

section 36 (1) (

a) of the Act, in relation to a rent increase with an effective date on or before December 31, 2018, a landlord may impose a rent increase that is no greater than the amount calculated as follows:

inflation rate + 2% + proportional amount.

(3) For the purposes of

section 36 (1) (

a) of the Act, in relation to a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2019, a landlord may impose a rent increase that is no greater than the amount calculated as follows:

inflation rate + proportional amount.

(4) If a landlord has

(

a) given notice under

section 35 of the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act for a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2019 before subsection (3) comes into force, and

(

b) includes in the notice a rent increase in an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) of this section,

the landlord must give a second notice, before the effective date in the notice described in paragraph (a), of the rent increase in an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.

(5) For certainty, the notice period in

section 35 (2) of the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act does not apply to the second notice required under subsection (4) of this section.

Schedule 2

Section 22 of the Residential Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 477/2003, is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following:

(2) For the purposes of

section 43 (1) (

a) of the Act, in relation to a rent increase with an effective date on or before December 31, 2018, a landlord may impose a rent increase that is no greater than the amount calculated as follows:

percentage amount = inflation rate + 2%.

(3) For the purposes of

section 43 (1) (

a) of the Act, in relation to a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2019, a landlord may impose a rent increase that is no greater than the amount calculated as follows:

percentage amount = inflation rate.

(4) If a landlord has

(

a) given notice under

section 42 of the Residential Tenancy Act for a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2019 before subsection (3) comes into force, and

(

b) includes in the notice a rent increase in an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) of this section,

the landlord must give a second notice, before the effective date in the notice described in paragraph (a), of the rent increase in an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.

(5) For certainty, the notice period in

section 42 (2) of the Residential Tenancy Act does not apply to the second notice required under subsection (4) of this section.

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