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ontario regulation 694/20

made under the

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

Made: November 26, 2020
Filed: November 30, 2020
Published on e-Laws: November 30, 2020
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 19, 2020

Amending O. Reg. 516/06

(GENERAL)

1. Ontario Regulation 516/06 is amended by adding the following section:

Municipal taxes and charges, extraordinary increase, 2021

28.1 (1) This section applies, and section 28 does not apply, in respect of an increase in the cost for municipal taxes and charges if both of the following conditions are satisfied:

1.  The effective date of the first intended rent increase referred to in the application falls within calendar year 2021.

2.  The application was not finally determined before November 30, 2020.

(2) An increase in the cost for municipal taxes and charges is extraordinary if it is greater than 2.25 per cent.

2. Paragraph 1 of subsection 29 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1.  If section 28 applies in respect of the increase, adjust the reference year costs for municipal taxes and charges by the guideline plus 50 per cent of the guideline determined in accordance with subsection 28 (2).

1.1  If section 28.1 applies in respect of the increase, adjust the reference year costs for municipal taxes and charges by 2.25 per cent.

3. Section 32 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(1.1) For clarity, the following rules apply if the Board orders a rent increase for a rental unit under subsection 126 (10) of the Act with respect to municipal taxes and charges on or after October 1, 2020 and the first intended rent increase referred to in the application falls within the rent freeze period:

1.  If part of the 12-month period described in subsection (1) of this section falls after the rent freeze period, the rent increase may be taken only during the part of the 12-month period that falls after the rent freeze period.

2.  If no part of the 12-month period described in subsection (1) of this section falls after the rent freeze period, the rent increase may not be taken.

(1.2) For the purposes of subsection (1.1), “rent freeze period” has the same meaning as in subsection 136.1 (1) of the Act.

Commencement

4. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

 

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