5th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 39

THE RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT ACT (3)

(Assented to                                         )

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. R119 amended

1   The Residential Tenancies Act is amended by this Act.

2   The following is added after subsection 154(1.0.1):

Director may consider relevant information

154(1.0.2)   In determining whether to grant an order of possession to a landlord for a contravention of section 74.1, the director may consider any relevant information or evidence, which may include any of the following:

(a) a warning letter sent under clause 3(1)(c) of The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act;

(b) a receipt or other record of repairs made to fix damage to a rental unit or the residential complex;

(c) a written statement, photograph, or video or audio recording provided by

(i) a caretaker, janitor, manager or superintendent of the residential complex,

(ii) a person who provides security services at the residential complex,

(iii) a firefighter, paramedic or emergency medical responder,

(iv) an investigator appointed or designated under The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act,

(v) a public health inspector appointed or designated under The Public Health Act,

(vi) a police officer as defined in The Police Services Act,

(vii) a person appointed or designated under The Municipal Act or The City of Winnipeg Charter to enforce municipal by-laws, or

(viii) a member of a community safety organization;

(d) a report of a person with specialized knowledge, training or experience with respect to indicators of unlawful activity;

(e) a written statement of a witness respecting matters within their direct knowledge.

Coming into force

3   This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.