Complaint and reconsideration respecting rent increase
11.2(1)Where a tenant makes a complaint against a landlord, a notice of increase in rent served by the landlord within the period beginning the day on which the complaint was made and ending six months after that day is not valid if
(a)
the tenant advises a residential tenancies officer in writing within fifteen days after the receipt of the notice that the tenant believes the landlord served the notice because the tenant made the complaint, and
(b)
the landlord does not satisfy the residential tenancies officer or the Chief Residential Tenancies Officer, where the matter is reconsidered by the Chief Residential Tenancies Officer in accordance with this section, that the landlord did not serve the notice because the tenant made the complaint.
11.2(2)A landlord or a tenant within seven days after being notified of a decision made by a residential tenancies officer under subsection (1) may in writing request the Chief Residential Tenancies Officer to reconsider the decision.
11.2(3)The Chief Residential Tenancies Officer shall, on the receipt of a request under subsection (2), reconsider and affirm or reverse the decision made by the residential tenancies officer under subsection (1).
11.2(4)This section applies to notices of increase in rent served after the commencement of this section.
1990, c.9, s.2; 2017, c.1, s.1