The Residential Tenancies Act Sample Clauses

The Residential Tenancies Act. The following information is intended as a brief explanation. Please refer to the Act for the actual provisions. Deposits o A landlord may collect a security deposit (maximum = 1/2 month’s rent payable). o A landlord who allows a tenant to have a pet may also collect a pet damage deposit (maximum = 1 month’s rent payable). o For rental units in subsidized housing, the amount of the deposit cannot be more than the allowed amount payable before the reduction on account of the subsidy. o The landlord is entitled to hold the deposit for the length of the tenancy. o The tenant is entitled to interest on the deposit from the date the deposit is paid to the date it is paid back, or ordered to be paid back. o The deposit can only be used for the last month’s rent with the consent of the landlord. Rent Increases o In most cases, a landlord can legally increase the rent only once every 12 months. o A landlord must give a tenant three months' written notice of a rent increase. o Each year, the government sets a limit on the amount that rents can be increased. This limit is called a rent increase guideline. The guideline applies to most rental units. o Tenants have the right to object to any rent increase, whether the increase is above, below or equal to the guideline. o Landlords who want to increase the rent by more than the guideline must receive approval from the Residential Tenancies Branch. Landlord Responsibilities o provide a written receipt when rent is paid in cash (automatic debit or pre-authorized remittance are considered cash payments); o maintain the appearance of the rental unit in proper condition considering the length of time of the tenancy; o do repairs and keep the unit in good condition; o pay utility bills for essential services that are included in the rent (e.g. heat, gas, electricity, hot and cold water) so that service is not disconnected for non-payment; o do not interfere with the supply of essential services; o allow a tenant to enjoy the use of the rental unit and the residential complex for residential purposes; o investigate complaints of disturbance or endangering of safety as soon as possible and try to resolve the problem; o provide and maintain sufficient doors and locks to make a rental unit reasonably secure. Right of Entry o A landlord usually needs to give a tenant written notice before they go into a suite. o The landlord must give the tenant at least 24 hours, but not more than two weeks’ notice. o If there is a good reason t...
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The Residential Tenancies Act. The following information is intended as a brief explanation. Please refer to the Act for the actual provisions.
The Residential Tenancies Act. The following information is intended as a brief explanation. Please refer to the Act for the actual provisions. Deposits A landlord may collect a security deposit; a landlord who allows a tenant to have a pet may also collect a pet damage deposit. A deposit cannot be more than one half of one month’s rent. For rental units in subsidized housing, the amount of the deposit cannot be more than one half of the rent payable before the reduction on account of the subsidy. The landlord is entitled to hold the deposit for the length of the tenancy. The tenant is entitled to interest on the deposit from the date the deposit is paid to the date it is paid back, or ordered to be paid back. The deposit can only be used for the last month’s rent with the consent of the landlord. Rent Increases In most cases, a landlord can legally increase the rent only once every 12 months. A landlord must give a tenant three months' written notice of a rent increase. Each year, the government sets a limit on the amount that rents can be increased. This limit is called a rent increase guideline. The guideline applies to most rental units. Tenants have the right to object to any rent increase, whether the increase is above, below or equal to the guideline. Landlords who want to increase the rent by more than the guideline must receive approval from the Residential Tenancies Branch. Landlord Responsibilities provide a written receipt when rent is paid in cash (automatic debit or pre-authorized remittance are considered cash payments); maintain the appearance of the rental unit in proper condition considering the length of time of the tenancy; do repairs and keep the unit in good condition; pay utility bills for essential services that are included in the rent (e.g. heat, gas, electricity, hot and cold water) so that service is not disconnected for non-payment; do not interfere with the supply of essential services; allow a tenant to enjoy the use of the rental unit and the residential complex for residential purposes; investigate complaints of disturbance or endangering of safety as soon as possible and try to resolve the problem; provide and maintain sufficient doors and locks to make a rental unit reasonably secure. Right of Entry A landlord usually needs to give a tenant written notice before they go into a suite. The landlord must give the tenant at least 24 hours, but not more than two weeks’ notice. If there is a good reason that the landlord should not enter as shown in the noti...
The Residential Tenancies Act. (2) The lessor and the tenant may agree to add additional clauses to the tenancy agreement but they must not be inconsistent with, or modify, existing clauses (except if permitted by the Act).

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  • TRANSFER BY LANDLORD Landlord and its successors in interest shall have the right to transfer their interest in the Building, the Property, or any portion thereof at any time and to any person or entity. In the event of any such transfer, the Landlord originally named herein (and in the case of any subsequent transfer, the transferor), from the date of such transfer, (i) shall be automatically relieved, without any further act by any person or entity, of all liability for the performance of the obligations of the Landlord hereunder which may accrue after the date of such transfer and (ii) shall be relieved of all liability for the performance of the obligations of the Landlord hereunder which have accrued before the date of transfer if its transferee agrees to assume and perform all such prior obligations of the Landlord hereunder. Tenant shall attorn to any such transferee. After the date of any such transfer, the term "Landlord" as used herein shall mean the transferee of such interest in the Building or the Property.

  • Assignment and Subletting by Tenant 4.16.1 Except with respect to transfers pursuant to 4.16.7, below, Tenant shall not have the right to assign, transfer, mortgage or encumber this Lease in whole or in part, nor sublet the whole or any part of the Premises, nor allow the occupancy of all or any part of the Premises by another, without first obtaining Landlord’s consent, which consent may be granted or denied in accordance with this paragraph. Notwithstanding any permitted assignment or subletting, Tenant shall at all times remain directly, primarily and fully responsible and liable for the payment of all sums payable under this Lease and for compliance with all of its other obligations as tenant under this Lease. Landlord’s acceptance of Base Rent, Additional Rent or any other sum from any assignee, sublessee, transferee, mortgagee or encumbrance holder shall not be deemed to be Landlord’s approval of any such conveyance. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and written notice to Tenant (unless Tenant is a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding, in which event no notice shall be required), if the Premises or any part of the Premises are then subject to an assignment or subletting, Landlord may, at its option, collect directly from such assignee or subtenant all rents becoming due to Tenant under such assignment or sublease and apply such rents against any sums due to Landlord from Tenant under this Lease. No such collection shall be construed to constitute a novation or release of Tenant from the further performance of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease. Landlord’s right of direct collection shall be in addition to and not in limitation of any other rights and remedies provided for in this Lease or at law. Tenant makes an absolute assignment to Landlord of such assignments and subleases and any rent, Lease Security Deposits and other sums payable under such assignments and subleases as collateral to secure the performance of the obligations of Tenant under this Lease.

  • OPTIONS PERSONAL TO ORIGINAL LESSEE Each Option granted to Lessee in this Lease is personal to the original Lessee named in Paragraph 1.1 hereof, and cannot be voluntarily or involuntarily assigned or exercised by any person or entity other than said original Lessee while the original Lessee is in full and actual possession of the Premises and without the intention of thereafter assigning or subletting. The Options, if any, herein granted to Lessee are not assignable, either as a part of an assignment of this Lease or separately or apart therefrom, and no Option may be separated from this Lease in any manner, by reservation or otherwise.

  • Landlord’s Option to Repair Notwithstanding the terms of Section 11.1 of this Lease, Landlord may elect not to rebuild and/or restore the Premises, Building and/or Project, in which event this Lease shall terminate, by notifying Tenant in writing of such termination within sixty (60) days after the date of discovery of the damage, such notice will include a termination date giving Tenant sixty (60) days to vacate the Premises, but this Lease may be so terminated Landlord may so elect only if the Building or Project shall be damaged by fire or other casualty or cause, whether or not the Premises are affected, and one or more of the following conditions is present: (i) in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, repairs cannot reasonably be completed within one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of discovery of the damage (when such repairs are made without the payment of overtime or other premiums); (ii) the holder of any mortgage on the Building or Project or ground lessor with respect to the Building or Project shall require that the insurance proceeds or any portion thereof be used to retire the mortgage debt, or shall terminate the ground lease, as the case may be; (iii) the damage is not fully covered by Landlord’s insurance policies or that portion of the proceeds from Landlord’s insurance policies allocable to the Building or the Project, as the case may be; (iv) Landlord decides to rebuild the Building or Common Areas so that they will be substantially different structurally or architecturally; (v) the damage occurs during the last twelve (12) months of the Lease Term; or (vi) any owner of any other portion of the Project, other than Landlord, does not intend to repair the damage to such portion of the Project; provided, however, that if such fire or other casualty shall have damaged the Premises or a portion thereof or Common Areas necessary to Tenant’s occupancy and as a result of such damage the Premises are unfit for occupancy, and provided that Landlord does not elect to terminate this Lease pursuant to Landlord’s termination right as provided above, and either (a) the repairs cannot, in the reasonable opinion of Landlord’s contractor, be completed within two hundred seventy (270) days after being commenced, or (b) the damage occurs during the last twelve months of the Lease Term and will reasonably require in excess of ninety (90) days to repair, Tenant may elect, no earlier than sixty (60) days after the date of the damage and not later than ninety (90) days after the date of such damage, to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord effective as of the date specified in the notice, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is given by Tenant.

  • Use and Possession of Certain Premises Upon the occurrence of a Default, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to occupy and use any premises owned or leased by any Grantor where any of the Collateral or any records relating to the Collateral are located until the Secured Obligations are paid or the Collateral is removed therefrom, whichever first occurs, without any obligation to pay any Grantor for such use and occupancy.

  • REMOVAL OF RECORDS FROM PREMISES Where performance of the Contract involves use by the Contractor (or the Contractor’s subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, agents or subcontractors) of Authorized User owned or licensed papers, files, computer disks or other electronic storage devices, data or records at Authorized User facilities or offices, or via remote access, the Contractor (or the Contractor’s subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, agents or subcontractors) shall not remotely access, modify, delete, copy or remove such Records without the prior written approval of the Authorized User. In no case, with or without the written approval of the Authorized User, can the Authorized User data be accessed, moved or sent outside the continental United States.

  • Transfers by Landlord Landlord shall have the right to transfer and assign, in whole or in part, all of its rights and obligations hereunder and in the Building and Property referred to herein, and in such event and upon such transfer Landlord shall be released from any further obligations hereunder, and Tenant agrees to look solely to such successor in interest of Landlord for the performance of such obligations.

  • Removal of Tenant Property by Tenant Upon the expiration of the Lease Term, or upon any earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall, subject to the provisions of this Article 15, quit and surrender possession of the Premises to Landlord in as good order and condition as when Tenant took possession and as thereafter improved by Landlord and/or Tenant, reasonable wear and tear and repairs which are specifically made the responsibility of Landlord hereunder excepted. Upon such expiration or termination, Tenant shall, without expense to Landlord, remove or cause to be removed from the Premises all debris and rubbish, and such items of furniture, equipment, business and trade fixtures, free-standing cabinet work, movable partitions and other articles of personal property owned by Tenant or installed or placed by Tenant at its expense in the Premises, and such similar articles of any other persons claiming under Tenant, as Landlord may, in its sole discretion, require to be removed, and Tenant shall repair at its own expense all damage to the Premises and Building resulting from such removal.

  • Landlord’s Option as to Subject Space Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 14, in the event Tenant contemplates a Transfer other than to a Permitted Transferee which, together with all prior Transfers then remaining in effect, would cause fifty percent (50%) or more of the Premises to be Transferred for more than fifty percent (50%) of the then remaining Lease Term (taking into account any extension of the Lease Term which has irrevocably exercised by Tenant), Tenant shall give Landlord notice (the “Intention to Transfer Notice”) of such contemplated Transfer (whether or not the contemplated Transferee or the terms of such contemplated Transfer have been determined). The Intention to Transfer Notice shall specify the portion of and amount of rentable square feet of the Premises which Tenant intends to Transfer in the subject Transfer (the “Contemplated Transfer Space”), the contemplated date of commencement of the Contemplated Transfer (the “Contemplated Effective Date”), and the contemplated length of the term of such contemplated Transfer. Thereafter, Landlord shall have the option, by giving written notice to Tenant within thirty (30) days after receipt of any Intention to Transfer Notice, to recapture the Contemplated Transfer Space. Such recapture shall cancel and terminate this Lease with respect to such Contemplated Transfer Space as of the Contemplated Effective Date. In the event of a recapture by Landlord, if this Lease shall be canceled with respect to less than the entire Premises, the Rent reserved herein shall be prorated on the basis of the number of rentable square feet retained by Tenant in proportion to the number of rentable square feet contained in the Premises, and this Lease as so amended shall continue thereafter in full force and effect, and upon request of either party, the parties shall execute written confirmation of the same. If Landlord declines, or fails to elect in a timely manner, to recapture such Contemplated Transfer Space under this Section 14.4, then, subject to the other terms of this Article 14, for a period of nine (9) months (the “Nine Month Period”) commencing on the last day of such thirty (30) day period, Landlord shall not have any right to recapture the Contemplated Transfer Space with respect to any Transfer made during the Nine Month Period, provided that any such Transfer is substantially on the terms set forth in the Intention to Transfer Notice, and provided further that any such Transfer shall be subject to the remaining terms of this Article 14. If such a Transfer is not so consummated within the Nine Month Period (or if a Transfer is so consummated, then upon the expiration of the term of any Transfer of such Contemplated Transfer Space consummated within such Nine Month Period), Tenant shall again be required to submit a new Intention to Transfer Notice to Landlord with respect any contemplated Transfer, as provided above in this Section 14.4. Tenant shall not be required to provide a separate Intention to Transfer Notice and Tenant’s request for Landlord’s consent to a Transfer shall satisfy Tenant’s obligations in this Section 14.4.

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