B.C. Reg. 91/2024, deposited April 30, 2024, under the MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TENANCY ACT [section 89 (2)]. Order in Council 220/2024, approved and ordered April 30, 2024.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 481/2003, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— R. KAHLON, Minister of Housing; N. CULLEN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 Sections 5 (2), 33 (2), 34 (2), 45 (3) and 46 (2) of the The Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 481/2003, are amended by striking out "paragraph" and substituting "subsection".

2 Part 4 is amended by adding the following section:

Definitions

28.1 In this Part:

"change to the rules" means the following, whether by the park committee or the landlord:

(a) the establishment of a new rule;

(b) a change to, or the repeal of, an existing rule;

"rule change notice" means the notice described in section 29 (2).

3 Section 29 is repealed and the following substituted:

Disclosure of park rules

29 (1) Prior to a person’s entering into a tenancy agreement with a landlord, the landlord must disclose in writing to that person

(a) all rules in effect at the time of the person’s entering into the tenancy agreement, and

(b) all rule change notices given to tenants respecting any changes to the rules that are not yet in effect.

(2) Subsequent to a tenant’s entering into a tenancy agreement with a landlord, the landlord must give to the tenant notice of upcoming changes to the rules as follows:

(a) notice must be in writing in the form approved by the director;

(b) notice must be given at least 3 months before the changes to the rules take effect.

(3) Despite subsection (2), a landlord is not required to give to a tenant who received a rule change notice under subsection (1) the same notice under subsection (2).

(4) A landlord may give to tenants a rule change notice with respect to changes to the rules that are to be made by the landlord only if at least one year has passed since the landlord last did so.

(5) If there is a contravention of subsection (2) (b) or (4), the change to the rules described in the rule change notice does not take effect until there is compliance with both of those provisions.

4 Section 30 is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "establish, change or repeal a rule" and substituting "make a change to the rules",

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "the rules must be established, changed or repealed" and substituting "a change to the rules may be made only",

(c) by adding the following subsections:

(2.1) A change to the rules may be made

(a) by a park committee as often as the committee sees fit, and

(b) by a landlord only if at least one year has passed since the landlord last made a change to the rules.

(2.2) Subsection (2.1) (b) does not apply with respect to changes to the rules made before the coming into force of that subsection. ,

(d) in subsection (3) by striking out "A rule established, or the effect of a change or repeal of a rule changed or repealed, pursuant to subsection (1)" and substituting "A change to the rules", and

(e) in subsection (3) (c) by striking out "notice of the rule" and substituting "a rule change notice with respect to the rule".

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