When is this form used?
RTB-2 requests review consideration of a decision or order from an RTB dispute-resolution hearing. It is not an appeal merely because a party disagrees with the outcome, and it is not for review of an administrative penalty (which uses RTB-56). The current form lists specific review grounds, including an uncontrollable inability to attend, unavailable new relevant evidence, fraud, certain material late-evidence or RTB procedural or technical errors, a required issue left undecided, or an issue determined outside the RTB's jurisdiction.
Before you complete it
Count the deadline from receiving the decision or order, not merely its issue date. RTB-2 specifies 2 days for matters relating to an order of possession, unpaid-rent termination notice or unreasonable refusal of sublet/assignment; 5 days for repairs, maintenance, restricted services or facilities, or a termination notice other than unpaid rent; and 15 days for other covered matters. Exceptional circumstances may support a request to extend time, but evidence is required and an extension is not automatic.
Complete, file or serve it
Identify the dispute file, date you received the decision, each permitted ground relied on and how the supporting facts meet it. Include the decision or order (unless given orally) and all evidence supporting the review request; do not simply resubmit the original hearing evidence. The application requires a $50 fee or an approved fee waiver before processing. The paper RTB-2 instructs applicants to submit it in person at a participating Service BC Centre or the Burnaby RTB office; check the RTB's online process if applying electronically.
Avoid this mistake
Do not treat RTB-2 as a second chance to argue the same facts, and do not assume a request for review automatically suspends enforcement. Some order-of-possession review circumstances have special hold rules; check the current RTB instructions for the specific order and act within the applicable deadline.
Is it the right form?
Use RTB-2 for qualifying review consideration of a dispute-resolution decision or order. A request to correct a clerical error or clarify an order is a different process, and administrative-penalty review uses RTB-56. Check the official instructions promptly because the shortest RTB-2 review period is only two days.