O. Reg. 69/00: GENERAL

 

ONTARIO REGULATION 69/00

made under the

Ontario Drug Benefit Act

Made: February 2, 2000
Filed: February 7, 2000

Amending O. Reg. 201/96

(General)

Note: Since the end of 1998, Ontario Regulation 201/96 has been amended by Ontario Regulations 72/99, 74/99, 312/99, 332/99, 374/99, 401/99, 574/99 and 588/99. Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations in the Statutes of Ontario, 1998.

1. Subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 201/96 is amended by adding the following definitions:

“same–sex partner” means a person of the same sex with whom the person is living in a conjugal relationship outside marriage, if the two persons,

(a) have cohabited for at least one year,

(b) are together the parents of a child, or

(c) have together entered into a cohabitation agreement under section 53 of the Family Law Act;

“spouse” means a person of the opposite sex,

(a) to whom the person is married, or

(b) with whom the person is living in a conjugal relationship outside marriage, if the two persons,

(i) have cohabited for at least one year,

(ii) are together the parents of a child, or

(iii) have together entered into a cohabitation agreement under section 53 of the Family Law Act;

2. (1) Paragraph 2 of subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “A person must be a member of a family unit” at the beginning and substituting “A person must be a member of a household unit”.

(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “household unit”.

(3) Subsection 3 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the members of his or her family unit” and substituting “the members of his or her household unit”.

(4) Paragraph 1 of subsection 3 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “household unit”.

(5) Paragraph 2 of subsection 3 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “member of the family unit” and substituting “member of the household unit”.

(6) Paragraph 3 of subsection 3 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “household unit”.

(7) Clause 3 (6) (b) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “member of the family unit” and substituting “member of the household unit”.

(8) Clause 3 (9) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “member of the family unit” and substituting “member of the household unit”.

3. (1) Subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “household unit”.

(2) Subsection 4 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit’s” and substituting “household unit’s”.

(3) Subsection 4 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the members of a family unit may elect to determine the family unit’s annual net income” and substituting “the members of a household unit may elect to determine the household unit’s annual net income”.

(4) Subsection 4 (5) of the Regulation is amended,

(a) by striking out “The members of a family unit may elect to determine the family unit’s annual net income” at the beginning and substituting “The members of a household unit may elect to determine the household unit’s annual net income”; and

(b) by striking out “the family’s annual net income” at the end and substituting “the unit’s annual net income”.

(5) Subsection 4 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “household unit”.

4. (1) Clause 4.1 (1) (b) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the members of the person’s family unit” and substituting “the members of the person’s household unit”.

(2) Subsection 4.1 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “household unit”.

5. Subsection 4.2 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the members of the person’s family unit” and substituting “the members of the person’s household unit”.

6. (1) Subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “household unit”.

(2) Clause 5 (1) (a) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(a) they are spouses or same–sex partners of each other;

(3) Clause 5 (1) (c) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “family unit” and substituting “household unit”.

(4) Subsections 5 (2) and (3) of the Regulation are revoked.

(5) Subsection 5 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) For the purposes of this section, spouses or same–sex partners who cease to live together because of a breakdown in their marriage or relationship are not members of the same household unit.

(6) Subsections 5 (5) and (6) of the Regulation are amended by striking out “family unit” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “household unit”.

7. Section 6 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

6. An individual who is not part of the same household unit as another person pursuant to section 5 shall constitute a household unit for the purposes of sections 3 and 4.

8. (1) Subclause 20.2 (3) (a) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “partner” wherever it occurs and substituting in each case “same–sex partner”.

(2) Subsection 20.2 (4) of the Regulation is revoked.

9. (1) Clause 20.3 (4) (b) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “if he or she has a spouse or partner” at the beginning and substituting “if he or she has a spouse or same–sex partner”.

(2) Subsection 20.3 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “partner” and substituting “same–sex partner”.

10. This Regulation comes into force on March 1, 2000.