O. Reg. 394/00: GENERAL

 

ONTARIO REGULATION 394/00

made under the

Ontario guaranteed Annual Income Act

Made: June 21, 2000
Filed: June 26, 2000

Amending Reg. 874 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

1. Regulation 874 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following section:

10. (1) Every eligible senior is entitled to receive a monthly benefit under section 2 of the Act if he or she satisfies the following conditions:

1. The senior satisfies the requirements in clauses 2 (1) (a), (c) and (d) of the Act.

2. The senior is actually resident in Ontario and is entitled to receive a partial monthly pension authorized to be paid under subsection 3 (2) of the Old Age Security Act (Canada).

3. The senior is a Canadian citizen or, if not a Canadian citizen, is legally resident in Canada, on the day before the day on which his or her application for a monthly benefit is approved.

(2) Subsection 7 (2) of the Act applies to an eligible senior irrespective of when the application, statement, notification, income estimate or other information is provided to the Minister of Human Resources Development for Canada under the Old Age Security Act (Canada).

(3) If  the most recent application made under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) by an eligible senior was approved before June 1, 2000, the application shall be deemed to have been approved on June 1, 2000 for the purposes of  determining whether the eligible senior is entitled to a monthly benefit.

(4) Subsections 2 (3) and (4) of the Act apply in determining the amount of a monthly benefit payable to an eligible senior. 

(5) Nothing in this section authorizes the payment of a monthly benefit for the month in which the person’s application is approved or for any previous month.

(6) In this section,

“eligible senior” means an individual to whom or to whose credit a supplement is paid after June 30, 2000 under the authority of an agreement entered into by the governments of Canada and of another country under section 40 of the Old Age Security Act (Canada).

2. This Regulation shall be deemed to have come into force on June 1, 2000.