(1) A landlord must, not later than 14 days after being given a written notice
from the tenant, reimburse the tenant for the reasonable costs of making
urgent repairs to the residential premises.
(2) A landlord is required to
reimburse the costs only if--
(b) the tenant
gave the landlord or the landlord's agent notice of the state of disrepair or
made a reasonable attempt to do so, and
(c) the tenant gave the landlord or
landlord's agent a reasonable opportunity to make the repairs, if notice was
given, and
(d) the tenant has made a reasonable attempt to arrange for a
licensed or otherwise properly qualified person nominated in the
residential tenancy agreement to carry out the repairs, if such a person is so
nominated, and
(e) the repairs were carried out, if appropriate, by licensed
or otherwise properly qualified persons, and
(f) as soon as practicable after
the repairs were carried out, the tenant gave the landlord or landlord's
agent, or made a reasonable attempt to give the landlord or landlord's agent,
a written notice setting out details of the repairs and the costs of the
repairs, together with the receipts or copies of receipts for costs paid by
the tenant.
(3) The maximum amount that a tenant is entitled to be reimbursed
under this section is $1,000 or such other amount as may be prescribed by the
regulations.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents a tenant, with the consent
of the landlord, from making repairs to the residential premises and being
reimbursed for the costs of those repairs.