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Volume 66, No. 15

207/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

September 12, 2023

B.C. Reg. 207/2023 , deposited September 11, 2023, under the MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TENANCY ACT [section 89 (2)] and RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT [section 97 (2)]. Order in Council 523/2023, approved and ordered September 11, 2023.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders the following, effective September 11, 2023:

(

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

Schedule 1;

(

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

Schedule 2.

— R. KAHLON, Minister of Housing ; A. KANG, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

1 The following

section is added to the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation:

Rent increase – 2024

32.2

(1) Despite

section 32, this

section applies to a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2024 and before January 1, 2025.

(2) The

definitions in

section 32 (1) apply to this section.

(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, 2024 and before January 1, 2025, a landlord may impose a rent increase that is no greater than 3.5% plus the proportional amount.

(4) If a landlord has

(

a) before September 11, 2023 given notice under

section 35 of the Act for a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2024 and before January 1, 2025, and

(

b) included in the notice a rent increase in the applicable amount calculated in accordance with

section 32 of this regulation,

the landlord must give a second notice, before the effective date of the rent increase in the notice described in paragraph (

a) of this subsection, of the rent increase in the applicable amount calculated in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.

(5) For certainty, the notice period in

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

(6) This

section is repealed on January 1, 2025.

Schedule 2

1 The following

section is added to the Residential Tenancy Regulation:

Rent increase – 2024

22.2

(1) Despite

section 22, this

section applies to a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2024 and before January 1, 2025.

(2) 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, 2024 and before January 1, 2025, a landlord may impose a rent increase that is no greater than 3.5%.

(3) If a landlord has

(

a) before September 11, 2023 given notice under

section 42 of the Act for a rent increase with an effective date on or after January 1, 2024 and before January 1, 2025, and

(

b) included in the notice a rent increase in the applicable amount calculated in accordance with

section 22 of this regulation,

the landlord must give a second notice, before the effective date of the rent increase in the notice described in paragraph (

a) of this subsection, of the rent increase in the applicable amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

(4) For certainty, the notice period in

section 42 (2) of the Act does not apply to the second notice required under subsection (3) of this section.

(5) This

section is repealed on January 1, 2025.

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