O. Reg. 47/00: GENERAL

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ONTARIO REGULATION 47/00

made under the

ONTARIO DISABILITY SUPPORT PROGRAM ACT, 1997

Made: February 2, 2000
Filed: February 4, 2000

Amending O. Reg. 222/98

(General)

Note: Since the end of 1998, Ontario Regulation 222/98 has been amended by Ontario Regulations 167/99, 171/99, 239/99 and 33/00.  Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations in the Statutes of Ontario, 1998.

1. Section 25 of Ontario Regulation 222/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

25. (1) The Director shall refuse to provide income support to an applicant, and shall cancel the income support provided to a recipient, if the applicant or recipient has been convicted of an offence described in subsection (5) that was committed in whole or in part on or after April 1, 2000 and,

(a) the applicant or recipient is a single person; or

(b) the benefit unit of the applicant or recipient includes a spouse or same–sex partner who,

(i) has not been convicted of an offence described in subsection (5) that was committed in whole or in part on or after April 1, 2000, and

(ii) is not a person described in subsection 3 (1) of the Act.

(2) Unless subsection (1) applies, the Director shall refuse to include the amount determined under subsection (4) in the income support to be provided to an applicant, and shall reduce the income support provided to a recipient by the amount determined under subsection (4), if,

(a) the benefit unit of the applicant or recipient includes one or more dependants; and

(b) one or more of the members of the benefit unit have been convicted of an offence described in subsection (5) that was committed in whole or in part on or after April 1, 2000.

(3) Subsection (2) applies if the applicant or recipient is otherwise eligible for income support.

(4) The amount referred to in subsection (2) is an amount equal to the sum of the budgetary requirements and benefits of each member of the benefit unit who has been convicted of an offence described in subsection (5) that was committed in whole or in part on or after April 1, 2000.

(5) This section and section 25.1 apply to an offence, whether under Ontario or federal legislation, in relation to the receipt of,

(a) income support under the Act;

(b) assistance under the Ontario Works Act, 1997;

(c) benefits under the Family Benefits Act; or

(d) assistance under the General Welfare Assistance Act, which was, before its repeal, the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter G.6, as amended.

25.1 (1) Section 25, as it read immediately before April 1, 2000, continues to apply in respect of convictions for offences described in subsection 25 (5) that were committed in whole before that day.

(2) For greater certainty, where section 25, as it read immediately before April 1, 2000, applies in respect of convictions for offences that were committed in whole before that day and where section 25, as it reads on or after April 1, 2000, applies in respect of convictions for offences that were committed in whole or in part on or after that day, nothing prevents both provisions from being applied to a benefit unit, whether at different times or at the same time.

2. This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2000.

 

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