Shareholder as Occupant (RTA)

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Date Retrieved:	2024-11-27
CLNP Page ID:	1960
Page Categories:	[Land Leases (RTA)], [RTA Exempt Tenancies], [Personal Use Application (LTB)]
Citation:	Shareholder as Occupant (RTA), CLNP 1960, <>, retrieved on 2024-11-27
Editor:	Sharvey
Last Updated:	2022/07/27

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Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 17

2 (1) In this Act,

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“landlord” includes,

(a) the owner of a rental unit or any other person who permits occupancy of a rental unit, other than a tenant who occupies a rental unit in a residential complex and who permits another person to also occupy the unit or any part of the unit,

(b) the heirs, assigns, personal representatives and successors in title of a person referred to in clause (a), and

(c) a person, other than a tenant occupying a rental unit in a residential complex, who is entitled to possession of the residential complex and who attempts to enforce any of the rights of a landlord under a tenancy agreement or this Act, including the right to collect rent; (“locateur”)

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“tenancy agreement” means a written, oral or implied agreement between a tenant and a landlord for occupancy of a rental unit and includes a licence to occupy a rental unit; (“convention de location”)

“tenant” includes a person who pays rent in return for the right to occupy a rental unit and includes the tenant’s heirs, assigns and personal representatives, but “tenant” does not include a person who has the right to occupy a rental unit by virtue of being,

(a) a co-owner of the residential complex in which the rental unit is located, or

(b) a shareholder of a corporation that owns the residential complex; (“locataire”)

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5 This Act does not apply with respect to,

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Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010, S.O. 2010, c. 15

1 (1) In this Act,

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“body corporate” means any body corporate, with or without share capital and whether or not this Act applies to it; (“personne morale”)

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“corporation” means a body corporate without share capital to which this Act applies; (“organisation”)

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(3) In this or any other Act, a reference to a predecessor of the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 is a reference to the Corporations Act, and any predecessor of the Corporations Act, as they applied to a body corporate without share capital that was not governed by Part V of the Corporations Act or any predecessor of Part V of the Corporations Act. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 8, s. 1 (9).

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4 (1) This Act applies, except where it is otherwise expressly provided, to,

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(2) This Act does not apply to,

(a) a body corporate without share capital to which the Co-operative Corporations Act or Part V of the Corporations Act applies; or

(b) a body corporate incorporated for the construction and working of a railway, an incline railway or a street railway. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 8, s. 2 (2).

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89 (1) No part of a corporation’s profits or of its property or accretions to the value of the property may be distributed, directly or indirectly, to a member, a director or an officer of the corporation except in furtherance of its activities or as otherwise permitted by this Act. 2010, c. 15, s. 89 (1).

(2) Despite subsection (1) and subject to the articles and the by-laws, a corporation that is not a public benefit corporation may distribute the fair value of a membership to a member upon termination of that member’s membership. 2010, c. 15, s. 89 (2).