BILL NO. 350
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
2 Charles III, 2023
Private Member's Bill
Family Pet Renter Protection Act
Gary Burrill
Halifax Chebucto
First Reading: October 18, 2023
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
(a) prohibits a landlord from making a rule prohibiting animals in or around the residential premises; and
(b) requires the landlord to provide medical evidence if a notice to quit is based on a serious allergy caused by the tenant bringing an animal onto the premises.
An Act to Amend Chapter 401
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Residential Tenancies Act,
Respecting Pets
1 This Act may be cited as the Family Pet Renter Protection Act.
2 Section 9A of Chapter 401 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Residential Tenancies Act, as enacted by Chapter 40 of the Acts of 1993, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:
- (4) A landlord shall not make a rule prohibiting the presence of animals in or around the residential premises, including the keeping of animals as pets.
3 Section 10 of Chapter 401, as amended by Chapter 31 of the Acts of 1992, Chapter 40 of the Acts of 1993, Chapter 32 of the Acts of 1994, Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1997, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 2010, Chapter 70 of the Acts of 2011, Chapter 41 of the Acts of 2018 and Chapter 36 of the Acts of 2021, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (7B) the following subsection:
- (7BA) Where a notice to quit under clause (7B)(a) is the result of the landlord or another tenant experiencing a serious allergic reaction due to the presence of an animal the tenant has brought onto the residential premises, the landlord shall provide the tenant and the Director with sufficient medical evidence to support such claim.
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