(3) The tenant must complete and give one copy of
the condition report to the landlord or landlord's agent not later than 7 days
after taking possession of the residential premises and both the landlord and
the tenant must retain a copy of the report.
(3A) Subsection (3) does not
apply to the tenant if the landlord or landlord's agent has failed to give to
the tenant copies of the condition report in accordance with this section.
(4) At, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the termination of a
residential tenancy agreement, the landlord or landlord's agent and the tenant
must complete the copy of the condition report retained by the landlord or the
tenant under this section, in the presence of the other party.
(5) It is not
a breach of subsection (4) for the condition report to be completed in the
absence of the other party if the party completing the report has given the
other party a reasonable opportunity to be present when it is completed.
(6)
A condition report is to be in the form prescribed by the regulations and may
be included in a prescribed standard form of residential tenancy agreement.