O. Reg. 2/23: GENERAL

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ontario regulation 2/23

made under the

Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997

Made: November 24, 2022
Filed: January 4, 2023
Published on e-Laws: January 4, 2023
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 21, 2023

Amending O. Reg. 222/98

(GENERAL)

1. Ontario Regulation 222/98 is amended by adding the following section:

Indexing of Certain Amounts

29.1 (1) In this section,

“change to the cost of living” means, for a given year, the amount calculated using the following formula and rounded to the nearest thousandth:  

(A ÷ B) - 1

in which,

  “A”  represents the cost of living index for the year in question, and

  “B”  represents the cost of living index for the year immediately preceding the year in question; (“variation du coût de la vie”)

“cost of living index” means, for a given year, the average Consumer Price Index for Ontario (All-Items), as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act (Canada), for the months that make up the 12-month period ending on September 30 of the previous year. (“indice du coût de la vie”)

(2) This section applies to the following provisions:

1.  Paragraph 1 of subsection 30 (1).

2.  Subsection 30 (2).

3.  The table to paragraph 2 of subsection 31 (2).

4.  Paragraph 5 of subsection 31 (2).

5.  Paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection 32 (1).

6.  Paragraphs 1, 2 and 2.1 of subsection 33 (1).

(3) On and after the first date on which an adjustment occurs under this section, the provisions to which this section applies are deemed, for all purposes of this Regulation, including for the purposes of this section, to set out the amounts as most recently adjusted under this section.

(4) Subject to subsection (6), if the change to the cost of living for a year is a positive number, on July 1 of that year each of the amounts set out in the provisions to which this section applies shall be adjusted using the formula,

C + (C × D)

in which,

  “C”  represents the relevant amount, and

  “D”  represents the change to the cost of living for the year in which the adjustment occurs.

(5) If an adjusted amount is not a whole dollar amount, it shall be rounded up to the next whole dollar.

(6) No adjustment shall occur during a year if the cost of living index for the year is less than the cost of living index for the last year during which an adjustment occurred.

(7) If no adjustment occurs in a year by application of subsection (6), for the first subsequent year during which an adjustment is to occur, the value of “D” in subsection (4) shall represent the change to the cost of living for that year, calculated using the cost of living index for the last year during which an adjustment occurred as the value of “B” in the definition of “change to the cost of living” in subsection (1).

(8) Before July 1 in a year during which an adjustment is to occur, the Director shall publish on a website of the Government of Ontario the adjusted amounts that take effect on that date.

2. Paragraph 1 of subsection 30 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1.  The amount payable for basic needs, which is the sum of the following:

i.  The amount determined in accordance with the following Table:

Table

Column 1 Number of dependent adults included in the benefit unit	Column 2 Recipient if there is no spouse included in the benefit unit	Column 3 Recipient with spouse included in the benefit unit, if Column 4 is not applicable	Column 4 Recipient with a spouse included in the benefit unit if each of the recipient and the spouse is a person with a disability or a person referred to in subparagraph 1 i of subsection 4 (1) or paragraph 3, 5.1, 5.2, 6, 7 or 8 of subsection 4 (1)
0	$706	$1,018	$1,409
1	$1,094	$1,216	$1,607
2 or more	$1,293	$1,437	$1,828

 

ii.  If more than two dependent adults are included in the benefit, an additional amount of $222 for each subsequent dependent adult included in the benefit unit.

1.1  An amount of $143, in the case of a benefit unit in which no spouse is included and all dependants included in the benefit unit are less than 18 years old.

3. Section 33.2 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “The amount payable for a child under paragraphs 1, 2” at the beginning of the portion before clause (a) and substituting “The amount payable under paragraph 1.1 of subsection 30 (1) and the amount payable for a child under paragraphs 2”. 

4. Subparagraph 1 ii of section 40 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

ii.  the amount of the budgetary requirements calculated in accordance with section 30 less the applicable amount determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of subsection 30 (1) and, if applicable, reduced under section 33.2.

Commencement

5. This Regulation comes into force on the later of June 1, 2023 and the day this Regulation is filed.

 

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