Note that it is biased against Property Owners 49:3
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Fines aimed at Property Owners
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Fines aimed at Property Owners
No. FINE Section
1. $5 000 27A. Written residential tenancy agreement to be in prescribed form:
2. $5,000 27B. Information to be given to tenant by lessor:
3. $5,000 27C. Property condition report at start and end of tenancy:
4. $5,000 27C. (4) A lessor must, provide a copy of the final report to the tenant.
5. $5,000 27. Restriction on consideration for tenancy agreement:
6. $5,000 28. (1) Rent in advance: not an amount exceeding 2 weeks’ rent.
7. $5,000 28. (2) Not until previous payment has elapsed
8. $5,000 29. Security bonds - No pet bond
9. $5,000 29. Security bond not to exceed prescribed amount
10. $20,000 29. (4) Security Bond to be lodged with the bond administrator
11. $5,000 29. (5) Security Bond record must be a true record
12. $5,000 29. (8) Security Bond claim only AFTER agreement terminated
13. $5,000 32. Lessor may not exceed Rent Control Order
14. $5,000 33. Duty to give receipt for rent
15. $5,000 34. (1) Proper records of rent to be kept
16. $5,000 34. (2) All rent records to be true records
17. $5,000 35. Payment of rent by post-dated cheques etc. prohibited
18. $5,000 51. Tenant to be notified of lessor’s name and address
19. $5,000 51. (2) Full names and addresses of Owner and Property Manager
20. $5,000 51. (3) Advise changes within 14 days
21. $5,000 51. (4) Advise changes within 14 days in writing
22. $5,000 54. Copy of agreement to tenant in 14 days
23. $5,000 56. No discrimination against tenants with children
24. $5,000 56. (2) Not to advise against children
25. $5,000 57. Accelerated rent and liquidated damages prohibited
26. $10,000 59E. No interference with quiet enjoyment
27. $20,000 59F. (1) Lessor cannot change the locks
28. $20,000 59F. (2) Property Manager cannot change the locks
29. $10,000` 63. (3) Notice of termination by lessor must be true
30. $5,000 79. (2) Abandoned goods must be stored by Owner
31. $5,000 79. (3) Owner must pay to advertise abandoned goods
32. $5,000 80A. (3) Abandoned documents must be stored by Owner
33. $5,000 80A. (4) Owner must notify absent tenant of the abandoned documents
34. $5,000 80A. (6) Absent tenant must be given abandoned documents
35. $20,000 80. Recovery of possession of premises prohibited except by court order
36. $5,000 82C. (2) Notice of usual use of database to applicant
37. $5,000 82D. (2) Notice of content of database to applicant
38. $5,000 82E. (1) Details to be entered are restricted
39. $5,000 82F. (1) Details entered are to be advised to tenant
40. $5,000 82G. (2) Ensuring quality of listing — lessor’s or agent’s obligation
41. $5,000 82G. (3) Copy of notice to be kept
42. $5,000 82H. Ensuring quality of listing — database operator’s obligation
43. $5,000 82I. Providing copy of personal information listed
44. $5,000 82K. Keeping personal information listed
45. $10,000 82. Contracting out forbidden
46. $5,000 88. Regulations made by Governor
47. $5,000 93. (1) All security bonds to be transferred to the bond administrator
48. $3,000 95. (3) Power of Commissioner to obtain information
49. $3,000 95. (4) Information provided must be true
Fines for tenants
52. Failure to pay rent with intention it be recovered from
security bond
A tenant shall not fail or refuse to pay any rent due under a
residential tenancy agreement with the intention
that the amount of such rent be recovered by the lessor
from the security bond paid by the tenant.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
53. Tenant’s name, place of employment and forwarding
address
(1) A tenant under a residential tenancy agreement must not falsely
state to the lessor the tenant’s name or place of employment.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
(2) Where a tenant has stated a place of employment to the lessor
and that place is changed, the tenant must, within 14 days after
the change, notify the lessor, or cause the lessor to be notified,
in writing of the new place of employment.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
(3) A tenant under a residential tenancy agreement must, at the time
of delivering up possession of the premises to which the
agreement relates, notify the lessor, or cause the lessor to be
notified, in writing of —
(a) the address at which the tenant intends to next reside; or
(b) the tenant’s postal address.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
59F. Offences relating to security of residential premises
(1) A lessor or tenant who breaches the term referred to in
section 45(b) without reasonable excuse commits an offence.
Penalty: a fine of $20 000.
(2) A property manager of residential premises who, without
reasonable excuse alters, removes or adds a lock or other means
of securing the residential premises without the consent of the
tenant given at, or immediately before, the time that the
alteration, removal or addition is carried out, in addition to any
civil liability that the property manager might incur, commits an
offence.
Penalty: a fine of $20 000.
