Docket A-016-02
Order LR02-10
IN
THE MATTER
of an appeal,
under Section 25 of the
Rental of Residential Property Act,
by Nick Tweel against
Order No. 02-236 of the Director of Residential Rental Property dated November
13, 2002.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION
on
Tuesday,
the 19th
day of November,
2002.
Maurice Rodgerson, Panel Chair
Weston Rose, Commissioner
Order
WHEREAS the Commission received from Nick Tweel a Notice of Appeal (Form 17) by fax on
November 15, 2002;
AND WHEREAS
the
notice seeks to appeal a decision of the Director of Residential Rental
Property, Order LD02-236, dated November 13, 2002 involving a rental unit at
29 Burns Avenue; the
Commission heard the appeal in Charlottetown on Monday, October 28, 2002;
AND WHEREAS
the Commission reviewed the Notice of
Appeal and the original order;
AND WHEREAS
the original order states the lessor was not
present nor did he contact the Residential Rental Property Officer to indicate
that he would be absent;
AND WHEREAS
this statement has not been disputed in the
appeal information;
AND WHEREAS
the Commission is a creature of statue and
must operate within the legislation as it is written;
AND WHEREAS
Section 25(1) of the Rental of Residential
Property Act states: "Any party to a decision or order of the Director, if
the party has appeared or been represented at the hearing before the Director,
may appeal therefrom by serving on the Commission, within twenty days after
receipt of the decision or order of the Director, a notice of appeal in the
form prescribed by regulation." [emphasis added]
AND WHEREAS
the Commission has no
authority to waive the provisions of the
Act;
NOW THEREFORE IT IS
ORDERED THAT
as the lessor (Nick Tweel)
did not attend, and was not represented at the original hearing before the
Director of Residential Rental Property, the Appeal cannot be heard and Order
LD02-236 stands.
DATED
at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, this 19th day of November, 2002.
BY THE COMMISSION:
Maurice
Rodgerson, Panel Chair
Weston Rose, Commissioner
NOTICE
Sections 26.(2), 26.(3), 26.(4) and 26.(5) of
the Rental of Residential Property Act provide as follows:
26.(2)
A lessor or lessee may, within fifteen days of the decision of the Commission, appeal to
the court on a question of law only.
(3) The rules of court governing appeals apply to an appeal under
subsection (2).
(4) Where the Commission has confirmed, reversed or varied an order of the
Director and no appeal has been taken within the time specified in subsection (2), the
lessor or lessee may file the order in the court.
(5) Where an order is filed pursuant to subsection (4), it may be enforced
as if it were an order of the court.