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Volume 48, No. 20

B.C. Reg. 295/2005

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

October 4, 2005

B.C. Reg. 295/2005, deposited September 22, 2005, pursuant to the SHELTER AID FOR ELDERLY RENTERS ACT [Section 9 (1)]. Order in Council 709/2005, approved and ordered September 22, 2005.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective October 1, 2005, the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Regulation, B.C. Reg. 298/77, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— R. COLEMAN, Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing; P. BELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

Section 2 is amended by striking out the definition of "rent" .

2 The following

section is added:

Definition of "rent"

2.1

(1) In this regulation, "rent" means, subject to subsection (2) of this section,

(

a) money paid on a regular basis by an eligible renter for the habitation of a residence,

(

i) calculated on a monthly basis, and

(ii) including, subject to

section 6, up to $25 each month toward the cost of heating the residence if the cost is not paid by the landlord, or

(

b) valuable consideration or services given by an eligible renter in place of money paid for the habitation of a residence.

(2) In this regulation, "rent" does not include

(

a) money paid for meals, board or personal services,

(

b) rent supplements or subsidies paid by the Province or any of its agencies to or on behalf of an eligible renter, or

(

c) a security deposit as defined in the Residential Tenancy Act or as described in

section 17 of the

Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act .

(3) If an eligible renter's residence is a manufactured home site and the manufactured home located on the site is not leased by the renter, subsection (1) (a) (ii) applies to the cost of heating the manufactured home.

Section 6 is repealed and the following substituted:

Maximum rental entitlement

(1) The maximum amount of rent which an eligible renter may claim in respect of a residence for the purpose of calculating the amount of shelter aid to which they are entitled is

(a) $700 each month if the eligible renter is the sole occupant of the residence,

(b) $755 each month if the eligible renter occupies the residence with a spouse, and

(

c) subject to

section 12, $975 each month if the eligible renter occupies the residence with other adult renters.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), if an eligible renter leases both a manufactured home and a manufactured home site, the manufactured home and the manufactured home site must be treated as a single residence.

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