O. Reg. 416/04: GENERAL

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ontario regulation 416/04

made under the

ontario disability support program act, 1997

Made: December 15, 2004
Filed: December 17, 2004
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 1, 2005

Amending O. Reg. 222/98

(General)

1. (1) Paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection 30 (1) of Ontario Regulation 222/98 are revoked and the following substituted:

1. The amount payable for basic needs determined in accordance with the following Table:

TABLE

 

Number of Dependants other than a Spouse or Same-Sex Partner		Dependants 13 Years and Over	Dependants 0-12 Years	Recipient See Note 1, below	Recipient and Spouse or Same-Sex Partner See Note 2, below	Recipient and Spouse or Same-Sex Partner See Note 3, below
0		0	0	$532	$788	$1,063
1		0	1	796	902	1,177
		1	0	848	949	1,224
2		0	2	909	1,033	1,308
		1	1	961	1,080	1,355
		2	0	1,009	1,128	1,403
For each additional dependant, add $180 if the dependant is 13 years of age or over and $131 if the dependant is less than 13 years of age.
Note 1.	A recipient if there is no spouse or same-sex partner included in the benefit unit.
Note 2.	A recipient with a spouse or same-sex partner included in the benefit unit if Note 3 does not apply.
Note 3.	A recipient with a spouse or same-sex partner included in the benefit unit if each of the recipient and the spouse, or each of the recipient and the same-sex partner, is a person with a disability or a person referred to in subparagraph 1 i of subsection 4 (1) or paragraph 6 of subsection 4 (1).

2. If the applicant or recipient resides north of the 50th parallel and is without year round road access, an amount determined in accordance with the following Table:

TABLE

 

Number of Dependants other than a Spouse or Same-Sex Partner	Recipient	Recipient and Spouse or Same-Sex Partner
0	$140	$232
1	231	272
2	269	311
For each additional dependant, add $39.

(2) Subsection 30 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$1,560” and substituting “$1,607”.

2. (1) Paragraph 2 of subsection 31 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

2. Determine the maximum amount payable for shelter in accordance with the following Table:

TABLE

 

Benefit Unit Size	Maximum Monthly Shelter Allowance
1	$427
2	672
3	729
4	792
5	853
6 or more	885

(2) Paragraph 5 of subsection 31 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$55” and substituting “$57”.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section under the heading “Budgetary Requirements for Persons in Institutions”:

31.1 (1) In this section,

“institution” means,

(a) a place of residence referred to in paragraph 3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4 or 5 of subsection 4 (1),

(b) a home under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act,

(c) a charitable institution under the Charitable Institutions Act,

(d) a nursing home licensed under the Nursing Homes Act,

(e) a group home for persons with a developmental disability under the Developmental Services Act,

(f) a place designated under the regulations under the Health Insurance Act as a hospital or a health facility for the provision of insured services to chronically ill patients and that is a hospital for chronically ill patients, a chronic care hospital or a chronic unit attached to a general or convalescent hospital,

(g) a community resource center established under section 15 of the Ministry of Correctional Services Act for parolees or persons on probation under that Act,

(h) a residential facility providing treatment, care or rehabilitation programs under the Child and Family Services Act,

(i) a provincial residential school for persons whose vision or hearing is impaired, and

(j) an interval or transition home for abused women.

(2) Between July 1, 2004 and December 15, 2004, the budgetary requirements of an applicant or recipient resident in an institution shall be an amount equal to the sum of,

(a) $116 for each member of the benefit unit residing in an institution; and

(b) an additional daily amount determined by the Director with respect to specific institutions or classes of institutions.

4. Subsection 32 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) As of December 15, 2004, the budgetary requirements of an applicant or recipient resident in an institution shall be an amount equal to the sum of,

(a) $116 for each member of the benefit unit residing in an institution; and

(b) an additional daily amount determined by the Director with respect to specific institutions or classes of institutions. 

5. (1) Subparagraph 1 i of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$658” and substituting “$678”.

(2) Subparagraph 1 ii of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$999” and substituting “$1,029”.

(3) Subparagraph 1 iii of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$1,316” and substituting “$1,356”.

(4) Paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of subsection 33 (1) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

2. If the applicant or recipient has one or more dependants other than a spouse or same-sex partner, the amount determined in accordance with the following Table:

table

 

	Age of Dependant
	13 Years and Over	0-12 Years
A. Benefit unit with no spouse or same-sex partner included
1. First dependant	$396	$342
2. For each additional dependant, add to the amount in item 1	192	143
B. Benefit unit with spouse or same-sex partner included
1. For each dependant, add	192	143

3. If the applicant or recipient resides north of the 50th parallel and is without year round road access, an amount determined in accordance with the following Table:

TABLE

 

Number of Dependants Other than a Spouse or Same-Sex Partner	Recipient	Recipient and Spouse or Same-Sex Partner
0	$140	$219
1	222	252
2	257	287
For each additional dependant, add $36.

. . . . .

5. $52 (Special Boarder Allowance).

6. Subsections 33.1 (2) and (3) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(2) As of December 15, 2004, the Director may reduce budgetary requirements of an applicant or recipient to whom subsection (1) applies to an amount that is not less than the sum of $116 for each member of the benefit unit after three months of the person having her budgetary requirements determined in accordance with subsection (1).

(3) As of December 15, 2004, the budgetary requirements of an applicant or recipient who is a resident in an interval or transition home but to whom subsection (1) does not apply are an amount equal to $116 for each member of the benefit unit.

7. 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 the following Table:

TABLE

 

Number of Dependants other than a Spouse or Same-Sex Partner		Dependants 13 Years and Over	Dependants 0-12 Years	Recipient See Note 1, below	Recipient and Spouse or Same-Sex Partner See Note 2, below	Recipient and Spouse or Same-Sex Partner See Note 3, below
0		0	0	$532	$788	$1,063
1		0	1	796	902	1,177
		1	0	848	949	1,224
2		0	2	909	1,033	1,308
		1	1	961	1,080	1,355
		2	0	1,009	1,128	1,403
For each additional dependant, add $180 if the dependant is 13 years of age or over and $131 if the dependant is less than 13 years of age.
Note 1.	A recipient if there is no spouse or same-sex partner included in the benefit unit.
Note 2.	A recipient with a spouse or same-sex partner included in the benefit unit if Note 3 does not apply.
Note 3.	A recipient with a spouse or same-sex partner included in the benefit unit if each of the recipient and the spouse, or each of the recipient and the same-sex partner, is a person with a disability or a person referred to in subparagraph 1 i of subsection 4 (1) or paragraph 6 of subsection 4 (1).

8. This Regulation comes into force on February 1, 2005.

 

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