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Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act

Government Bill

17th Assembly, 5th Session

Introduced on Nov. 5, 2014

Events

Timeline of key legislative events

  • First Reading
    Completed Nov. 5, 2014 (Debate | Vote)
  • Second Reading
    Completed Nov. 6, 2014 (Debate | Vote)
  • Third Reading
    Completed March 12, 2015 (Debate)
  • Commissioner's Assent
    Completed March 12, 2015 (Debate)
  • Status

    Bill Text



    Related Votes

    March 12, 2015 Passed Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
    Nov. 6, 2014 Passed Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, be read for the second time. This bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act to reduce the retention period for inspector reports from three years to 18 months, require landlords to provide receipts to tenants and former tenants on request, clarify that subsection 51(5) applies to both tenancies which begin as a fixed term and of periodic tenancies, permit termination of a tenancy agreement in circumstances where family violence has occurred, provide a remedy for improper termination of a tenancy agreement resulting from a notice of rent increase, clarify that a condominium corporation may apply to a rental officer to terminate a tenancy and evict a tenant, provide that a tenancy agreement for subsidized public housing is reinstated when an eviction order is denied, permit orders and decisions of a rental officer to be enforced as a judgment of the Supreme Court, and allow for regulations to establish fees for making applications under the act. The bill also includes a consequential amendment to the Condominium Act.
    Nov. 5, 2014 Passed Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, be read for the first time.

    Discussion & Mentions

    Assent To Bills
    Third Reading Of Bills

    March 12th, 2015

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    Commissioner Of The Northwest Territories Hon. George Tuccaro

    As Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I am pleased to assent to the following bills:

    • Bill 12, Northern Employees Benefits Services Pension Plan Act;
    • Bill 36, Health and Social Services Professions Act;
    • Bill 38, An Act to Amend the Jury Act;
    • Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Partnership Act;
    • Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act;
    • Bill 46, Deline Final Self-Government Agreement Act;
    • Bill 50, Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2015-2016;
    • Bill 51, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 5, 2014-2015;
    • Bill 52, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2014-2015; and
    • Bill 53, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2015-2016.

    Thank you, merci beaucoup, mahsi cho, quanani, koana.

    Bill 42: An Act To Amend The Residential Tenancies Act
    Third Reading Of Bills

    March 12th, 2015

    Page 6205


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    David Ramsay

    David Ramsay Kam Lake

    Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

    David Ramsay

    David Ramsay Kam Lake

    Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, be read for the second time.

    This bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act to reduce the retention period for inspector reports from three years to 18 months, require landlords to provide receipts to tenants and former tenants on request, clarify that subsection 51(5) applies to both tenancies which begin as a fixed term and of periodic tenancies, permit termination of a tenancy agreement in circumstances where family violence has occurred, provide a remedy for improper termination of a tenancy agreement resulting from a notice of rent increase, clarify that a condominium corporation may apply to a rental officer to terminate a tenancy and evict a tenant, provide that a tenancy agreement for subsidized public housing is reinstated when an eviction order is denied, permit orders and decisions of a rental officer to be enforced as a judgment of the Supreme Court, and allow for regulations to establish fees for making applications under the act. The bill also includes a consequential amendment to the Condominium Act.

    David Ramsay

    David Ramsay Kam Lake

    Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 42, An Act to Amend the Residential Tenancies Act, be read for the first time.