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Small Claims Court Residential Tenancies Appeal Regulations

made under Section 33 of the

Small Claims Court Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 430

O.I.C. 2003-29 (January 31, 2003, effective February 1, 2003), N.S. Reg. 18/2003

as amended to O.I.C. 2015-96 (March 31, 2015, effective April 1, 2015), N.S. Reg. 157/2015

 

1     These regulations may be cited as the Small Claims Court Residential Tenancies Appeal Regulations.

 

2     A Notice of Appeal from an order of the Director of Residential Tenancies must be in Form A.

 

3     A Order for the Sheriff to deliver possession of property must be in Form B.                 

 

4     (1)    The fee for filing a Notice of Appeal from an order of the Director of Residential Tenancies is

 

                (a)    $33.00 if the claim is in an amount less than $2000.00 or for any other remedy not otherwise specified in this Section;

Clause 4(1)(a) amended: O.I.C. 2015-96, N.S. Reg. 157/2015.

 

                (b)    $99.70 if the claim is in an amount not less than $2000.00 and not more than $4999.00 or for vacant possession;

Clause 4(1)(b) amended: O.I.C. 2015-96, N.S. Reg. 157/2015.

 

                (c)    $199.35 if the claim is in an amount not less than $5000.00 or is in relation to an application pursuant to Section 11A of the Residential Tenancies Act.

Clause 4(1)(c) amended: O.I.C. 2015-96, N.S. Reg. 157/2015.

Section 4 renumbered 4(1) and amended: O.I.C. 2004-180, N.S. Reg. 144/2004.

 

       (2)    Despite subsection (1), the clerk of the court must waive the appellant’s fee for filing a Notice of Appeal if the appellant meets the financial eligibility criteria set out in subsection (3) and completes and files with the clerk an application in Form C together with

 

                (a)    proof of the appellant’s income in the form of a current pay or income assistance or benefit stub, or a copy of the appellant’s most recent income tax return or most recent notice of assessment; or

 

                (b)    if the appellant is in receipt of no income, a letter signed by their medical doctor, priest or other official confirming that the appellant is in receipt of no income and is not surviving from any savings.

Subsection 4(2) added: O.I.C. 2004-180, N.S. Reg. 144/2004.

 

       (3)    An appellant meets the financial eligibility criteria required to have the filing fee waived under subsection (2) if the appellant’s monthly income is less than or equal to the amount that corresponds to the number of the appellant’s dependants as set out in the following table:


Maximum Monthly Income per Number of Dependants

One adult

-

$1067.00

Two adults

-

$1424.00

and 1 child

-

$1416.00

and 1 child

-

$1708.00

and 2 children

-

$1700.00

and 2 children

-

$1932.00

and 3 children

-

$1924.00

and 3 children

-

$2156.00

and 4 children

-

$2148.00

and 4 children

-

$2380.00

and 5 children

-

$2372.00

and 5 children

-

$2604.00

Subsection 4(3) added: O.I.C. 2004-180, N.S. Reg. 144/2004.

 

       (4)    If an appellant’s filing fee is waived under subsection (2), the following items and services must be made available to the appellant free of charge:

 

                (a)    a maximum of 25 photocopies;

 

                (b)    a maximum of 3 court searches; and

 

                (c)    the administration of oaths for an affidavit of service relating to the appeal.

Subsection 4(4) added: O.I.C. 2004-180, N.S. Reg. 144/2004.

 

5     Sections 6 to 9, 13 to 16 and 18 to 24 of the regulations respecting Small Claims Court forms and procedures, and Form 7(c) as prescribed by Section 17 of those regulations, apply with the necessary changes in detail to an appeal from an order of the Director of Residential Tenancies.



Form A

(Section 2 of the Small Claims Court Residential Tenancies Appeal Regulations)


For Court Use Only

Claim No.________

Notice of Appeal

From an Order of the Director of Residential Tenancies

 

Appellant(s): Landlord ☐ Tenant ☐ 

 

Name                                                                                                          Will this matter take

Address                                                                                                      longer than 2 hours?

Postal code _________________ Phone                                                □ Yes □ No

Respondent(s): Landlord ☐ Tenant ☐

 

Name                                                                                             

Address                                                                                         

Postal code __________________ Phone                                  

 

I, the Appellant, appeal the Order of the Director dated _______________________, 20 _____ . My reason for this appeal is

 

 

 


 

(If you need more space, attach another sheet of paper)

 

______________________________                                                                                      

                       Date                                                                          Appellant(s)


To be filled in by the Clerk of the Small Claims Court:

Appellant, serve this appeal on both the Respondent(s) and the Director within ____days of

____________________, 20______.


Date of hearing: ______________________, 20____

Time of hearing: _________ pm

Place of hearing: _____________________________                                                                 _____________________________

Clerk of the Small Claims Court

 

Appellant: Personally serve a copy of the Notice of Appeal on both the Respondent and

the Director of Residential Tenancies.


Appellant/Respondent: An appeal from a Residential Tenancies Director’s Order is a brand-

new hearing. You must present all arguments and evidence at this appeal hearing. Include any new evidence that was not presented at the original Residential Tenancy hearing.


Respondent: If you do not attend the hearing the Adjudicator may issue an order in your

absence.





Notice of Appeal From an Order of the Director

of Residential Tenancies                                                                         Claim # ___________

County: ___________

Between: 

       Appellant:          ______________________________________ 

and

       Respondent:       ______________________________________

 

Affidavit of Service to Respondent


I swear that I served the Respondent at the following time and place by leaving a copy of the Notice of Appeal with them personally:


Date: _____ day of _______________, 20______

Time: _____________ in the ☐ am ☐ pm

Name of Respondent:                                                              

Place of delivery:                                                                    

Residential Tenancies case number:                                        

Date Notice of Appeal issued by Small Claims Court: ___________________, 20_____

 

Sworn by:                                                              Sworn before: ____________________

Address:                                                                Date: _________________, 20_______

                Nova Scotia                                          ________________________________

A Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Clerk of the Small Claims Court




Notice of Appeal From an Order of the Director                                    Claim # ___________

of Residential Tenancies                                                                         County: ___________


Between:

       Appellant:          ______________________________________

and

       Respondent:       ______________________________________



Affidavit of Service to Director


I swear that I served the Director at the following time and place by leaving a copy of the Notice of Appeal:


Date: _______________, 20______

Time: _____________ in the ☐am ☐ pm

Place of delivery:                                                                     

Residential Tenancies case number:                                        

Date Notice of Appeal issued by Small Claims Court: ______________________, 20          

 

Sworn by:                                                              Sworn before:                                            

Address:                                                                Date: ______________________, 20       

                Nova Scotia                                                                                                             

A Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Clerk of the Small Claims Court



Form B

(Section 3 of the Small Claims Court Residential Tenancies Appeal Regulations)


20_____                                                                                                    Claim # __________


In the Small Claims Court of Nova Scotia

Between:

Applicant/Landlord:   _____________________________________

and

Respondent:               _____________________________________

 

Order    For Sheriff to Deliver Possession of Property

Before the Clerk of the Small Claims Court


By Order of the Director of Residential Tenancies, copy attached, the Applicant shall recover possession of the premises from the Respondent.


The Small Claims Court authorizes the Sheriff for the County of ________________________ to enter upon the lands of the Applicant and to cause the Applicant/Landlord or its nominees to have possession of the property described below and thereupon the Sheriff must file a report with the Court describing what was done to comply with the Order.

 

Date of Order of Director:                                                             , 20         

Name of Applicant:                                                                                       

Name of Respondent:                                                                                   

Description of the premises:                                                                         

Address of the premises:                                                                               

Current occupant:                                                                                          

County:                                                                                                         


Granted and issued at Halifax, Nova Scotia, this ______ day of _________________, 20_____.

 

 

Clerk of the Small Claims Court



Form C

Application for Waiver of Fee for Filing Notice of Appeal

 

Please print in BLOCK LETTERS:

Last name:                                                                                           

Mailing address: ____________________________ Apt #               

City or town/province:                          Postal code                           

Telephones: Home: _________ Work ___________ Msg                 

Given names:                            

Date of birth:                             

                            (mm/dd/yr)

Age:                         

☐ Male

☐ Female

☐ Employed

☐ Unemployed

☐ Unable to work

☐ Student/training

☐ Not married                      ☐ Married

☐ Common law                   ☐ Separated

☐ Divorced                          ☐ Widowed

I APPLY TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING FEE FOR NOTICE OF APPEAL WAIVED:                        


HUSBAND OR WIFE (INCLUDING COMMON LAW)

 

Name:                                                                           

Address:                                                                        

Telephone:                                                                    

DEPENDANTS (SPOUSE, CHILD, OTHER PERSON SUPPORTED BY APPLICANT):


Total ____ Living with client ____ Living apart ____

 

Name            Relationship         Birth date (mm/dd/yr)

1.                                                                                

2.                                                                                

3.                                                                                

4.                                                                                

5.                                                                                

6.                                                                                

Do you receive social or other municipal assistance

☐ Yes                               ☐ No

Person who can verifyName:                                 

financial informationAddress: Telephone:           

GROSS MONTHLY INCOME

Salary (wages + tips)                        

Unemployment ins.                          

Social assistance                              

Old age assistance                            

Pension                                             

Spouse’s income                              

(including common law)

Maintenance received                      

Specify other income                       

Gross monthly income                     

Less maintenance

you pay per month                           

 

Monthly income                             

IMPORTANT:

This application will not be processed unless you attach one of the following supporting documents:

     a copy of your current pay stub

     a copy of your current income assistance or benefit stub

     a copy of your most recent income tax return or notice of assessment

     a letter from a doctor, priest or other official stating that you have no income

 


Applicant declares:


I state that the above information is true and complete. I consent to have this information investigated for verification and will notify court administration of any change.

 


Signature of the applicant

 


Date


Approved Denied

 

By:                                                                  

 

Date:                                                              

Form C added: O.I.C. 2004-180, N.S. Reg. 144/2004.


Last updated: 10-12-2017