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ONTARIO REGULATION 329/00

made under the

Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997

Made: June 7, 2000
Filed: June 9, 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, 33/00 and 47/00.  Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations in the Statutes of Ontario, 1998.

1. Subclause 2 (2) (c) (ii) of Ontario Regulation 222/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

(ii) the person’s basic needs and shelter have been provided for by a source other than,

(A) the person’s parent,

(B) an institution, or

(C) social assistance; or

2. Section 5 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(3) If a review date for a disability determination has been set under subsection (1), the information requested under paragraph 1 of section 47 must be provided within 90 days after the request is made unless an extension has been granted by the Director.

(4) If the information described under subsection (3) is not provided within the 90–day period or within the extended time period, the recipient or the spouse or same–sex partner included in the benefit unit is not eligible for income support.

3. Subsection 28 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

28. A lump sum payment received under the 1986–1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement made as of June 15, 1999 among the Attorney General of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario and others, other than a loss of income payment or a loss of support payment.

29. A payment received from Human Resources Development Canada under the program called the “Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities”, if the payment has been or will be applied to costs incurred or to be incurred as a result of participation in employment–related activities that have been approved by the Director.

4. Section 42 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

12. A payment received from Human Resources Development Canada under the program called the “Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities”, if the payment has been or will be applied to costs incurred or to be incurred as a result of participation in employment–related activities that have been approved by the Director.

5. (1) Subparagraph 1 v of subsection 43 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “books or instructional supplies” and substituting “books, instructional supplies or transportation”.

(2) Subsection 43 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

16. A lump sum payment received under the 1986–1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement made as of June 15, 1999 among the Attorney General of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario and others, other than a loss of income payment or a loss of support payment.

6. Section 45 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) A person is eligible for the benefits set out in paragraph 1 of subsection 44 (1) for a month, even though the income of the person’s benefit unit for that month, as determined under this Regulation, exceeds the benefit unit’s budgetary requirements for that month, as determined under this Regulation, if,

(a) the excess results from the receipt by a member of the benefit unit of a loss of income payment or a loss of support payment under the 1986–1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement madeas of June 15, 1999 among the Attorney General of Canada,Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario and others;

(b) the person is otherwise eligible for income support for that month; and

(c) on April 1, 1999, the person was,

(i) a member of a benefit unit under this Act,

(ii) a member of a benefit unit under the Ontario Works Act, 1997, or

(iii) a recipient or beneficiary under the Family Benefits Act.

 

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