Re Residential Tenancies Act, 1979
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Reference re Residential Tenancies Act, [1981] 1 S.C.R. 714 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision of the jurisdiction of superior courts provided by section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867. The Court formulated a three step test for determining wehther an administrative body was encroaching upon the jurisdiction of the superior courts.
Justice Dickson, writing for the majority, suggested the test. First, it must be determined "whether the power or jurisdiction conforms to the power or jurisdiction exercised by superior, district or county courts at the time of Confederation." p. 734 Second, step asks "whether the function itself is different when viewed in that setting. In particular, can the function still be considered to be a 'judicial' function." ibid. In the third step, asks to "review the tribunal's function as a whole in order to appraise the impugned function in its entire institutional context." p. 735
Subsequent case law
The test was later applied in Massey-Ferguson Industries v. Govt. of Sask., [1981] 2 S.C.R. 413, and eventually modified in Sobeys Stores v. Yeomans, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 238.See also
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