Skedaddle Estates is an 80-unit residential strata corporation
in Burnaby, British Columbia. Like many strata corporations,
Skedaddle Estates passed a rental restriction bylaw limiting the
number of permitted rentals in the community to 10 at a time. This
past Spring, one of the permitted rental strata lots sold, and the
Strata Council questioned whether or not the sale would
automatically terminate the residential tenancy. The Council
wondered: when the sale is over, must the tenant move out?
The Laws of the Land
It will come as no surprise to strata agents and strata lot
owners alike that living in a strata corporation means living under
certain laws of the land. The Strata Property Act, S.B.C.
1998, c. 43 (the "SPA") is the principal legislation that
governs the creation and operation of strata corporations in our
province. This legislation operates in conjunction with the
regulations made pursuant to the SPA, the strata corporation's
bylaws and rules, as well
