[Law 2101] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 66 pages long Study Guide!
Document Summary
Residential tenancies act (rta: provincial legislation enacted in 2006, applies to rental units in ontario, governs relationship between landlords &tenants (not tenant and tenant, regulations, statutory powers procedure act, rules of practice, interpretation guidelines, If the rta does not apply, there are still protections under the common law (judge- made law) and/or other statutes. Basic procedure (not on exam: landlords &tenants should speak to each other to resolve dispute, tenants application w/supporting docs. Tenant serves application ¬ice of hearing on landlord possible mediation hearing: landlords notice of termination served on tenant (time to correct issue) if no correction application w/supporting docs. Hearing landlord serves application and notice of hearing on tenant possible. 290/98 ohrc states the following: landlords can request credit references &checks, &rental history, landlords can request income info, but only if it has also requested credit references. Dictionary: must set out legal name &address of the landlord (s. 12(1) rta)
