O. Reg. 326/00: GENERAL

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ONTARIO REGULATION 326/00

made under the

Ontario Works Act, 1997

Made: June 7, 2000
Filed: June 9, 2000

Amending O. Reg. 134/98

(General)

Note: Since the end of 1998, Ontario Regulation 134/98 has been amended by Ontario Regulations 165/99, 170/99, 238/99, 32/00, 46/00 and 48/00.  Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations in the Statutes of Ontario, 1998.

1. Subclause 2 (2) (c) (ii) of Ontario Regulation 134/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

(ii) the person’s basic needs and shelter have been provided for by a source other than,

(A) the person’s parent,

(B) an institution, or

(C) social assistance; or

2. Subsection 39 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

23. A lump sum payment received under the 1986–1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement made as of June 15, 1999 among the Attorney General of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario and others, other than a loss of income payment or a loss of support payment.

24. A payment received from Human Resources Development Canada under the program called the “Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities”, if the payment has been or will be applied to costs incurred or to be incurred as a result of participation in employment–related activities that have been approved by the administrator.

3. Section 53 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

12. A payment received from Human Resources Development Canada under the program called the “Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities”, if the payment has been or will be applied to costs incurred or to be incurred as a result of participation in employment–related activities that have been approved by the administrator.

4. (1) Subparagraph 1 iii of subsection 54 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “books or instructional supplies” and substituting “books, instructional supplies or transportation”.

(2) Subsection 54 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

12. A lump sum payment received under the 1986–1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement made as of June 15, 1999 among the Attorney General of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario and others, other than a loss of income payment or a loss of support payment.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Extended Health Benefits for Persons Receiving Payments
under the 1986–1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement

58.1 A person is eligible for the benefits set out in paragraph 1 of subsection 55 (1) for a month, even though the income of the person’s

benefit unit for that month, as determined under this Regulation, exceeds the benefit unit’s budgetary requirements for that month, as determined under this Regulation, if,

(a) the excess results from the receipt by a member of the benefit unit of a loss of income payment or a loss of support payment under the 1986–1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement made as of June 15, 1999 among the Attorney General of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario and others;

(b) the person is otherwise eligible for income assistance for that month; and

(c) on April 1, 1999 the person was,

(i) a member of a benefit unit under this Act,

(ii) a member of a benefit unit under the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997, or

(iii) a recipient or beneficiary under the Family Benefits Act.

 

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