BILL NO. 39

(as passed)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007

Government Bill

Rental Property Conversion Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 52 OF THE ACTS OF 2007

The Honourable Jamie Muir
Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

First Reading: November 29, 2007 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: December 4, 2007

Third Reading: December 10, 2007

Royal Assent: December 13, 2007

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Clause 2(a) of Chapter 399 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Rental Property Conversion Act, is amended by striking out "Landlord and Tenant Relations in the Department of Consumer Affairs" in the first, second and third lines and substituting "Residential Tenancies designated pursuant to the Residential Tenancies Act".

2 (1) Clause 4(1)(a) of Chapter 399 is amended by adding "by statutory declaration in the form prescribed in the regulations" immediately after "Director" in the second line.

(2) Clause 4(2)(b) of Chapter 399 is repealed and the following clause substituted:

(b) offer the tenant an extension of the tenancy for twelve calendar months beyond the date of the proposed conversion set out in the notice where the tenancy would otherwise terminate before the end of the twelfth month after the date of the proposed conversion;

(1A) The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing a form of statutory declaration for the purpose of clause (a) of subsection (1) of Section 4.