Tenant Under a Disability (Personal Representatives)

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Date Retrieved:	2024-11-26
CLNP Page ID:	2302
Page Categories:	Contract Law, Leases, & Sub-Letting (LTB)
Citation:	Tenant Under a Disability (Personal Representatives), CLNP 2302, <>, retrieved on 2024-11-26
Editor:	Sharvey
Last Updated:	2023/11/08

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

2 (1) In this Act,

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“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”)

Powers of Attorney Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.20

1 In this Act, “attorney” means the donee of a power of attorney or where a power of attorney is given to two or more persons, whether jointly or severally or both, means any one or more of such persons. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.20, s. 1; 1992, c. 32, s. 24 (1).

2 A general power of attorney for property is sufficient authority for the donee of the power or, where there is more than one donee, for the donees acting jointly or acting jointly and severally, as the case may be, to do on behalf of the donor anything that the donor can lawfully do by an attorney, subject to such conditions and restrictions, if any, as are contained therein. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.20, s. 2; 1992, c. 32, s. 24 (2) .