race: Review — = Wednesday, August 16, 1989

~ Landlords and | tenants who x:
have disagreements. no °loriger

have to go to court, to ‘settle
them.

The Residential ‘Tenancy .
Amendment Act was brought:

‘into. effect by the Ministry of
Labour and Consumer Services
last week, providing for a sys-
tem of arbitration to replace the
- necessity for action in Small
Claims court.

Terrace Government Agent
Randy Trombley said the settle-
‘ment procedure is virtually the
same as it was previously, but
‘now landlords and tenants can,
for $30, file’an application with
the Government Agent and get
the services of a government

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arbitrator.

for the disputants. The arbitra-
tors all work out of Vancouver,
he'said, and the. disputants will
be given access to the Govern-
‘ment Agent office communica-
_tion equipment during the arbi-
tration process.

Disagreements that. typically
went to court, and can now be
settled by arbitration, include
return of renters’ damage de-
posits, collection of rent arrears,
compensation to landlords for
property damage,
ment of illegal rent increases to
‘tenants, and the cost of moving
mobile homes when tenants are

| Trombley sa that it is pri- :
“marily a time-saving miéasure
Resaty said that mney don’t .

reimburse- :

“forced. to move ont of trailer
parks. .
Staff ‘at ‘the: Terrace ‘Court

‘Traffic safety hearing: scheduled”

~~ The B.C. “Solicitor General -

announced last week that public’
meetings will be held to receive
submissions on methods of im-
proving traffic safety.in B.C.

The only meeting scheduled to |
take place in the Northwest has
been. called for 7 p.m, “Sept: Pat”
the Highliner Inn in: Prince Ru
pert, -.

Keith Godfrey, ‘chairman: of

keep statistics: on. the p portio

- of SmallClaims cases that in-

volve . residential | ‘tenancy = dis:

putes. They were unable to spec, - ve

the Traffic Safety Directorate,
will supervise the meeting. -
‘Solicitor ‘General Angus. Ree.
says’ some of the suggestions.
received to. date ‘include better |

driver training and. education, .
_ more stringent: traffic-law:en-
“forcement, and ‘concerns. about wg

‘bicycle safety.
Ree added. that submissions

have also come in ‘regarding the -

would be freed. up:by
act.

~-condition, of B. C. “Toads. sand. i
highways. | hag cB,
Further information | is s avail: oe
“able from Keith Godfrey i in Van-

couver ‘at 660-2558.

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