B.C. Reg. 251/2024, deposited August 6, 2024, under the RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT [section 97] and TENANCY STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2024 [section 45]. Order in Council 555/2024, approved and ordered August 6, 2024.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective August 21, 2024,

(a) the following provisions of the Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2024, S.B.C. 2024, c. 19, are brought into force:

(i) section 37 (c) as it enacts section 97 (2) (n.2) of the Residential Tenancy Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 78;

(ii) section 37 (f), and

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

— R. KAHLON, Minister of Housing; H. BAINS, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 The Residential Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 477/2003, is amended by adding the following sections to Part 7:

Notice period for purposes of section 49 of Act

42.2 For the purposes of section 49 (2) (a) (ii) of the Act, if a landlord gives notice to end a tenancy for a purpose referred to in section 49 (5) of the Act, the prescribed notice period is 3 months after the date the tenant receives the notice.

Dispute period for purposes of section 49 of Act

42.3 For the purposes of section 49 (8) (b) of the Act, if a landlord gives notice to end a tenancy for a purpose referred to in section 49 (5) of the Act, the prescribed dispute period is 21 days after the date the tenant receives the notice.

Transition

42.4 In respect of a notice given by a landlord under section 49 (2) of the Act for a purpose referred to in section 49 (5) of the Act, if the landlord gave the notice before August 21, 2024, the notice period and dispute period that applied in respect of the notice immediately before that date continue to apply.

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