Vol. 69, No. 14 – B.C. Reg. 142/2026

Volume 69, No. 14
142/2026

The British Columbia Gazette, Part II
July 28, 2026

B.C. Reg. 142/2026, deposited July 23, 2026, under the RESIDENTIAL TENANCY ACT [section 97] and RESIDENTIAL TENANCY AMENDMENT ACT, 2026 [section 20]. Order in Council 355/2026, approved and ordered July 23, 2026.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective July 30, 2026,

(a) the following provisions of the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026, S.B.C. 2026, c. 12, are brought into force:

(i) sections 1, 3 and 4;

(ii) section 7, except insofar as it enacts sections 4.4 to 4.9 of the Residential Tenancy Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 78;

(iii) sections 8 to 11 and 13;

(iv) section 18, except insofar as it enacts section 97 (2.1) (f) and (g) of the Residential Tenancy Act, and

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

— C. BOYLE, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs; N. SHARMA, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Appendix

1 Section 1 of the Residential Tenancy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 477/2003, is amended

(a) in subsection (1) by repealing the definition of "supportive housing rental unit", and

(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "section 4 (f) [what the Act does not apply to] of the Act,"transitional housing" means living accommodation that" and substituting "the definition of "transitional housing" in section 1 of the Act, living accommodation is prescribed when it".

2 Section 2.1 is repealed.

3 Section 13 is amended

(a) in subsection (1.1) by adding "for tenancy agreements other than tenancy agreements in relation to supportive housing rental units" after "as the standard terms", and

(b) by repealing subsection (3).

4 Section 8 (2) (a) of the Schedule is amended by adding "or by an occupant of the tenant’s rental unit" after "of the tenant or a person permitted on the residential property by that tenant".

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