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S.O. 2006, c. 17 · PART I INTRODUCTION

Section 5.2 — Other exemption from Act, site for land lease home

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

The statute text

5.2 (1) This Act does not apply with respect to a rental unit that is a site on which a land lease home is located, if all of the following requirements are met:

1. The rental unit is owned by an employer and is provided to an employee, or to an employee and the employee’s spouse, in connection with the employee’s employment.

2. The rental unit is subject to a tenancy in respect of which a tenancy agreement is first entered into on or after the day the Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020 receives Royal Assent between,

i. the employer, as landlord, and the employee, as tenant, or

ii. the employer, as landlord, and the employee and the employee’s spouse, as joint tenants.

(2) The exemption under subsection (1) applies with respect to a rental unit until the tenancy is terminated.

(3) Subsection (2) applies with respect to a rental unit even if,

(a) the employee ceases to be employed before the tenancy is terminated; or

(b) the employee dies before the tenancy is terminated, provided the employee’s spouse is a tenant of the rental unit.

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Reproduced under the King’s Printer for Ontario / Open Government Licence – Ontario. Confirm against the official e-Laws consolidation before relying on it.

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