British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Child Care Subsidy Regulation (O.C. 520/2021)

O.C. 520/2021

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Child Care Subsidy Regulation, B. C. Reg. 74/97, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix. Minister of Children and Family Development Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Child Care Subsidy Act, S.B.C. 1996, c. 26, s. 13 Other: OIC 271/97 R10505255 September 13, 2021 APPENDIX

Section 1 (1) of the Child Care Subsidy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 74/97, is amended (

a) in the definition of “business day” by striking out “, Sunday” and substituting “or other than Sunday”, (

b) by repealing the definition of “care surrounding school day” and substituting the following: “care surrounding school day” means child care provided, for children enrolled in school, during a period that begins no ear lier than a.m. and ends no later than p.m. on (

a) one or more of the days in session, or (

b) Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day or Remembrance Day; , (

c) by adding the following definition: “enrolled in school” means enrolled in an educational program, in relation to kindergarten to grade education, provided under the School Act , the Independent School Act, a Nis×a’a law or a law of a treaty first nation; , (

d) in the definition of “licensed child care setting” by adding the following paragraph: (

h) School Age Care on School Grounds; , (

e) in the definition of “licensed preschool” by striking out “ preschool described in paragraph (c)” and substituting “program described in paragraph (c)”, and (

f) in the definition of “school age” by striking out “ , except in the definition of “licensed child care setting”, ” and substituting “ , except in a description of a program referred to in the definition of “licensed child care setting”,”. 2

Section 3 (4) is amended by striking out “ child of school age ” and substituting “ child enrolled in school”. 3

Section 9 (3) (

b) is amended by adding “applicable” before “notice of assessment” and striking out “that apply”. 4

Section 9.1 (7) (

b) is amended by adding “ of this subsection” after “paragraph (a)”. 5

Section 11.1 is repealed an d the following substituted: Access to preschool 11.1

(1) This

section applies in re lation to a child who has reached 29 months of age but who (

a) has not reached school age, or (

b) has reached school age but who is not enrolled in school.

(2) If the minister provides a child care subs idy for a child to attend full days per month at a child care setting, other than a child care setting described in paragraph (

a) to (d), (

f) or (

h) of the definition of “licensed child care setting” in

section 1, the minister may provide an additional child care subsidy for that child to receive child care for up to half days per month in a licensed preschool.

(3) The additional child care subsidy may be provided on the first day of the month in which a child reaches 29 months of age. 6

Section of

Schedule A is repealed and the following substituted: Definition and

interpretation 1

(1) In this Schedule, “maximum benefit” means the amount set out in Column of the applicable table for the type of ch ild care for which a monthly child care subsidy is being determined.

(2) For the purposes of determining a monthly child care subsidy under this Schedule, (

a) the maximum benefit for a type of chil d care set out in Column of a table in this

Schedule applies on the first day of the month in which a child reaches the age of 19 months, 29 months and 37 months, as applicable, and (

b) if a child of school age is receiving a type of child care that is both within the meaning of care surrounding school day and the description of another type of child care, the maximum benefit for care surrounding school day applies. 7 The table in

section of

Schedule A is amended (

a) by repealing everything before it em and substituting the following: , and (

b) by repealing everything after item and substituting the following: Item Column Care Code Column Type of Child Care Provided in a Licensed Child Care Setting Column Maximum Benefit per Month Group Child Care / Multi-Age Child Care / School Age Care on School Grounds Item Column Care Code Column Type of Child Care Provided in a Licensed Child Care Setting Column Maximum Benefit per Month Licensed Preschool N1 children 29 months and over but who have not reached school age or who have reached school age but who are not enrolled in school $225 Other L2 care surrounding school day $210 I I

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 520/2021
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0520 2021
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	03b08d6ae098a2f00b909319aa43c188847e67d8

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