Additional charges prohibited
31. (1) No landlord shall, directly or indirectly, in respect of any rental unit, (a) collect or require or attempt to collect or require from a tenant or prospective tenant of the rental unit any consideration, fee, premium, commission, bonus, penalty, key deposit or other like amount of money whether or not the money is refundable; (b) require or attempt to require a tenant or prospective tenant to pay any consideration for goods or services as a condition for granting the tenancy or continuing to permit occupancy of a rental unit if that consideration is in addition to the rent the tenant is lawfully required to pay to the landlord; (b.1) collect or require or attempt to collect or require an increase in charges for providing a care service or meals to a tenant of a rental unit in a care home, if the notice required by section 7.1 or the information package required by section 9.1 has not been given to the tenant; or (c) rent any portion of the rental unit for a rent which, together with all other rents payable for all other portions of the rental unit, is a sum that is greater than the rent the landlord lawfully may charge for the rental unit. 1992, c. 11, s. 31 (1); 1994, c. 2, s. 16 (1). Exception (1.1) Subject to the regulations made under this Act, nothing in clauses (1) (a), (b) and (c) limits the right of a landlord to charge a tenant of a rental unit in a care home for providing care services or meals to the tenant. 1994, c. 2, s. 16 (2). Prohibition (2) No superintendent, property manager or other person who acts on behalf of a landlord in respect of a rental unit shall, directly or indirectly, with or without the authority of the landlord, do any of the things mentioned in clause (1) (a), (b), (b.1) or (c) in respect of that rental unit. 1992, c. 11, s. 31 (2); 1994, c. 2, s. 16 (3). Idem (3) No tenant and no person acting on behalf of the tenant shall, directly or indirectly, (a) sublet a rental unit for a rent that is greater than the rent that is lawfully charged by the landlord for the rental unit; (b) sublet any portion of the rental unit for a rent which, together with all other rents payable for all other portions of the rental unit, is a sum that is greater than the rent that is lawfully charged by the landlord for the rental unit; (c) collect or require or attempt to collect or require from any tenant or prospective tenant any consideration, fee, premium, commission, bonus, penalty, key deposit or other like amount of money, for subletting a rental unit or any portion of it, for assigning a tenancy agreement for a rental unit, for surrendering occupancy of a rental unit or for otherwise parting with possession of a rental unit; or (d) require or attempt to require a prospective subtenant, assignee or occupant to pay any consideration for goods or services as a condition for the sublet, assignment or surrender of occupancy or possession or for otherwise parting with possession, in addition to the rent the subtenant, assignee or occupant is lawfully required to pay to the tenant or landlord. 1992, c. 11, s. 31 (3). Exception (4) Subject to the regulations made under this Act, nothing in subsection (3) limits the right of a tenant or a person acting on behalf of a tenant to charge a tenant of a rental unit in a care home for providing care services or meals to the tenant. 1994, c. 2, s. 16 (4).