HON. ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

BILL

No.75] . [1974

Residential Premises Interim
Rent Stabilization Act

HER MAJESTY, by aad 3 the advice and consent of ihe Legislative

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Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Interpr>- 1. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,
: “mobile home” means a dwelling unit that is designed to be mobile and to be

used, and that is being used, as a permanent or temporary residence;

“residential premises” means a dwelling unit used for residential purposes,
and includes, without limiting the generaiity of the foregoing, .
(i) a mobile home; and
{ii} land rented as space for and upon which a tenant, pursuant toa

tenancy agreement, is entitled to bring a mobile home,

but does not include premises occupied for business purposes with a
dwelling unit attached under a single lease; and

“tenancy agreement” means an agreement, whether written or oral, express
or implied, between a landlord and tenant respecting possession of
residential premises.

2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), but notwithstanding
(a) any Act in force on the first day of January, 1974; or
(b) any tenancy agreement entered into or renewed on or after the
first day of January, 1974, .
no landlord shall, on or after the first day of January, 1974, charge, in respect
of a rental period, an amount of rent for residential premises that is eight per
cent greater than the amount of rent charged, in respect of the last rental
period during 1973, for the same residential premises.
(2) Nowwithstanding ‘
(a) any Act in force on the first day of January, 1974; or
(b) any tenancy agreement entered into or renewed on or after the
first day of January, 1974,
where a person purchased residential premises during the period from the first
day of January, 1974, to the thirteenth day of March, 1974, he shall not, on
or after the date he purchased the residential premises, charge, in respect of a
rental period, an amount of rent for the residential premises that is eight per
cent greater than the amount of rent charged, in respect of the last rental
period before the date he purchased the residential premises, for the same
residentiai premises.
(3) Subject to section 3, an amount of rent that is made payable other

than in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), is void and any right to
collect such amount is uncnforceable.