Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996

ONTARIO REGULATION 176/98

COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS — METHODS OF CALCULATION

Consolidation Period:  From September 6, 2007 to the e-Laws currency date.

Last amendment: 534/07.

Legislative History: 534/07.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

1. The following manners of calculating cost of living adjustments required by a support order or a support deduction order are prescribed for the purposes of subsections 7 (4) to (7) of the Act:

1. A calculation made by applying cost of living adjustment factors derived from any part of the Consumer Price Index.

2. A calculation made by applying either the greater or the lesser of,

i. a percentage change in the payor’s or recipient’s income, and

ii. a percentage change in the Consumer Price Index,

as specified in the support order or support deduction order.

3. A calculation made by applying a rate of increase or decrease specified in the support order or support deduction order.

4. A calculation made in accordance with the methods specified in Quebec legislation dealing with cost of living adjustments to support orders.

5. A calculation made by applying the indexing factor applied by an income source to the payor’s wages, salary, pension or other income.  O. Reg. 176/98, s. 1; O. Reg. 534/07, s. 1.