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Trust and Loan Companies Act

Version of section 418.1 from 2010-07-01 to 2012-05-23:


Marginal note:Restriction on charges to borrowers

  •  (1) Subject to any regulations made under subsection (2), a company that has obtained insurance or a guarantee against default on a loan made in Canada on the security of residential property shall not charge a borrower an amount for the insurance or guarantee that exceeds the actual cost to the company of the insurance or guarantee.

  • Marginal note:Regulations

    (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations

    • (a) respecting the determination of the actual cost to a company for the purposes of subsection (1);

    • (b) respecting the circumstances in which a company is exempt from the application of subsection (1);

    • (c) respecting, in relation to insurance or a guarantee against default on a loan made by a company in Canada on the security of residential property,

      • (i) the arrangements into which the company, its representatives and its employees may or may not enter, and

      • (ii) the payments or benefits that the company, its representatives and its employees may or may not accept from an insurer or the insurer’s affiliates; and

    • (d) respecting any other matters necessary to carry out the purposes of subsection (1).

  • Marginal note:Regulations — disclosure

    (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the disclosure by a company of information relating to insurance or a guarantee against default on a loan made by the company in Canada on the security of residential property, including regulations respecting

    • (a) the information that must be disclosed, including information relating to

      • (i) the person who benefits from the insurance or guarantee,

      • (ii) the arrangements between the company, its representatives or its employees and the insurer or the insurer’s affiliates, and

      • (iii) the payments and benefits that the company, its representatives and its employees accept from an insurer or the insurer’s affiliates;

    • (b) the time, place and manner in which and the persons to whom information is to be disclosed; and

    • (c) the circumstances under which a company is not required to disclose information.

  • 2009, c. 2, s. 290

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