Maximum rent
10. (1) Subject to subsections (3), (5), (7), (9), (11), (12) and (13), the maximum rent for a rental unit on a given date is the sum of, (a) the maximum rent for that rental unit on the initial rent date, as determined under subsection (2); and (b) all increases that were required or permitted to be added to it and all decreases that were required to be subtracted from it under this Act, the Residential Rent Regulation Act or the Residential Tenancies Act, being chapter 452 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980, during the period from the initial rent date to the given date. 1992, c. 11, s. 10 (1); 1994, c. 2, s. 14 (1). Idem (2) Subject to subsection (2.2), the maximum rent for a rental unit on the initial rent date for that rental unit, unless otherwise prescribed, is, (a) the maximum rent under the Residential Rent Regulation Act if the initial rent date is before the day this section is proclaimed in force and if that Act applied to the rental unit; and (b) the rent actually charged for that rental unit on the initial rent date, otherwise. 1992, c. 11, s. 10 (2); 1994, c. 2, s. 14 (2). Application, care home (2.1) Subsection (2.2) applies to a rental unit in a care home if the initial rent date of the rental unit is on or after November 23, 1993. Rent allocation (2.2) Unless the regulations made under this Act provide otherwise, the maximum rent for a rental unit described in subsection (2.1) on the initial rent date for that rental unit is the portion that is reasonably allocated to rent of the amounts actually charged for that rental unit and for the care services and meals provided to the tenants of that rental unit on the initial rent date. 1994, c. 2, s. 14 (3), part. Continuing tenant (3) On the day this section is proclaimed in force, the maximum rent for a rental unit to which subsection 2 (3) of the Residential Rent Regulation Act applied immediately before its repeal shall be deemed to be the greater of, (a) the amount of rent that may be charged under the agreement referred to in that subsection on the day this section is proclaimed in force; and (b) the maximum rent that would have applied if subsection 2 (3) of that Act had not applied. Rental unit vacant for some time (4) Subsection (5) applies to a rental unit that, (a) was rented at any time on or after the 29th day of July, 1975; (b) after being so rented was not rented for a period of time; and (c) then again becomes rented. Idem (5) The maximum rent for a rental unit described in subsection (4) on the date the rental unit again becomes rented shall be the amount the landlord would have been entitled to charge if the unit had been rented during the period it was not rented and the landlord had given notice or notices of rent increase in the amount permitted under this Act, the Residential Rent Regulation Act, The Residential Premises Rent Review Act, 1975 (2nd Session) or Part XI of the Residential Tenancies Act, being chapter 452 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1980. Rental unit exempt for some time (6) Subsection (7) applies to a rental unit, (a) that was subject to rent regulation under a predecessor of this Act at any time on or after the 29th day of July, 1975; (b) that was exempt from rent regulation on the day before this section is proclaimed in force; and (c) that becomes subject to this Act at any time on or after the day this section is proclaimed in force. Idem (7) The maximum rent for a rental unit described in subsection (6) on the date this Act first applies to it shall be deemed to be the rent actually charged for that rental unit on that date. Idem (8) Subsection (9) applies to a rental unit that became exempt from this Act after having been subject to it and that after being so exempt becomes subject to it again. Idem (9) The maximum rent for a rental unit described in subsection (8) on the date it becomes subject to this Act after having been exempt from it shall be deemed to be the rent actually charged for that rental unit on that date. 1992, c. 11, s. 10 (3-9). Application, care home (10) Subsection (11) applies to a rental unit in a care home if the rental unit was subject to rent regulation under this Act or the Residential Rent Regulation Act at any time on or after January 1, 1987. Transitional (11) The maximum rent for a rental unit in a care home described in subsection (10) on any day before November 23, 1993 is the maximum rent as determined under this Act as it read on that day. Decrease for charges (12) The maximum rent for a rental unit shall be reduced on November 23, 1993 by an amount equal to the portion of the maximum rent that represents a reasonable allocation for charges for care services and meals that were included in the maximum rent immediately before November 23, 1993 if, (a) before November 23, 1993 an order had been made finding that any rental unit in the residential complex in which the rental unit is located was subject to rent regulation under this Act or a predecessor of this Act; (b) the rental unit was subject to rent regulation under this Act on November 22, 1993; and (c) the residential complex in which the rental unit is located is a care home on November 23, 1993. Increase for charges (13) If a regulation made under this Act provides that charges to a tenant of a rental unit in a care home for any care services or meals are to be included in rent, the maximum rent for the rental unit shall be increased on the day the regulation comes into force by an amount determined in accordance with the regulation. 1994, c. 2, s. 14 (3), part.