O. Reg. 266/21: RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS, Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

ONTARIO REGULATION 266/21

RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS

Note: This Order was revoked on June 2, 2021. (See: O. Reg. 25/21, Sched. 1, s. 1)

No amendments.

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 as of 12:01 a.m. on April 8, 2021.

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.