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GUIDE ANIMAL ACT
[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 177

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SECTION EFFECTIVE DATE
4 January 1, 2004

Section 4 BEFORE amended by 2002-78-106 effective January 1, 2004 (BC Reg 477/03).

4 (1) In this section, "residential premises" means residential premises as defined in section 1 of the Residential Tenancy Act.

(2) A person must not

(a) deny to a person with a disability a residential premises advertised or otherwise represented as available for occupancy by a tenant, or

(b) impose a term or condition on a person with a disability for the tenancy of a residential premises if that term or condition discriminates

because of the disability or because the person with the disability intends to keep a guide animal in the residential premises.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the advertisement or representation specifies occupancy of the residential premises may entail sharing sleeping, bathroom or cooking facilities in the space with a person from another family.

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