Service of notice of termination
24(1)A notice of termination of a tenancy is to be served by a landlord or tenant is to be served
(a)
if the premises are let from year to year, by the landlord or the tenant at least three months before the expiration of any such year to be effective on the last day of that year;
(b)
if the premises are let from month to month, by the landlord or the tenant at least one month before the expiration of any such month to be effective on the last day of that month; and
(c)
if the premises are let from week to week, by the landlord or the tenant at least one week before the expiration of any such week to be effective on the last day of that week.
24(1.1)A notice of termination served by a landlord or tenant under this Act
(b)
if served by the landlord, shall set out the name of the tenant,
(c)
shall state the address of the demised premises to which the notice relates,
(d)
shall state the effective date of the notice,
(e)
shall state the reason for the termination, if otherwise required by this Act to do so, and
(f)
shall be dated and signed by the landlord or an agent or representative of the landlord or by the tenant, as the case may be.
24(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), where the premises are let for periods that are greater than a week and less than a month, they shall be deemed to be let from month to month.
24(3)For the purposes of this section, the period of a tenancy from year to year, month to month or week to week begins and ends on the days specified in the tenancy agreement.
1987, c.52, s.4; 1993, c.23, s.5; 2006, c.5, s.16