O. Reg. 13/21: RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS, Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9
Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS
Note: This Order was revoked on March 8, 2021. (See: O. Reg. 25/21, Sched. 1)
Last amendment: 62/21.
Legislative History: 62/21.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
Terms of Order
1. The terms of this Order are set out in Schedule 1.
Application
2. This Order applies with respect to residential premises in a health unit to which Ontario Regulation 11/21 (Stay-at-Home Order) made under the Act applies. O. Reg. 62/21, s. 1.
Definition
3. In this Order,
“health unit” means a health unit as defined in the Health Protection and Promotion Act. O. Reg. 62/21, s. 1.
SCHEDULE 1
Evictions
No enforcement of evictions or writs of possession
1. (1) No person shall attend at a residential premises for the purpose of enforcing any of the following:
1. An order evicting a tenant under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
2. A writ of possession issued by the Superior Court of Justice removing a person from their place of residence.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if,
(a) in respect of an order described in paragraph 1 of subsection (1), the Landlord and Tenant Board requests that the sheriff expedite the enforcement of the order; or
(b) in respect of a writ of possession described in paragraph 2 of subsection (1), a judge of the Superior Court of Justice orders that the sheriff expedite the enforcement of the writ.