Bill 217 — Firsth Session, 21St Legislature, 35 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 217 An Act To Amend the Landlord and Tenant Act (Legislature 21, Session 1)

L21 S1 3257

Alberta — Bills

1986 BILL Firsth Session, 21st Legislature, 35 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT MR. GOGO First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr. Gogo BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT (Assented to HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Landlord arui Tenant Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

(2.1) A tenant commencing an action pursuant to subsection (2) may commence the action against the landlord, against all or any of the owners of the building in which the residential premises are located and against all or any of the directors of the landlord where the landlord is a corporation and each one of such persons are jointly and severally liable to the tenant for the amount of the security deposit that the tenant is entitled to receive. In accordance with section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date U receives Royal Assent. Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter L-6 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Section 39(2) reads as follows:

(2) If a landlord fads to return ad or part of a security deposit to a tenant in accordance with subsection (1), then, whether or not a statement of account was delivered to the tenant, the tenant may commence an action in a court to recover the whole of the deposit or that part of the deposit to which the tenant claims to be enthled. This amendment would make the owner and the directors of a corporate owner jointly and severally liable for the return of a security deposit. Title: 1986 (21st, 1st) Bill 217,

An Act to Amend the Landlord and Tenant Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L21 S1 3257
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