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Volume 51, No. 9

B.C. Reg. 88/2008

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

May 6, 2008

B.C. Reg. 88/2008 , deposited May 2, 2008, pursuant to the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT , [Sections 35 and 36] and the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT , [Section 26]. Order in Council 255/2008 approved and ordered May 1, 2008.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective June 1, 2008, the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002 is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 1, and the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 2.

— C. RICHMOND, Minister of Employment and Income Assistance ; S. BOND, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Appendix 1

1 The Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended by adding the following section:

Pre-natal shelter supplement

48.1

(1) The minister may provide a pre-natal shelter supplement in accordance with

section 4 (6) of

Schedule A if the supplement is provided to a sole recipient without dependants who is a recipient of income assistance under

section 2 [monthly support allowance] , 4 [monthly shelter allowance] or 6 [people receiving room and board] of

Schedule A.

(2) The sole recipient is eligible to receive the pre-natal shelter supplement while she is pregnant, as confirmed in writing by a medical practitioner or a registrant of the College of Midwives of British Columbia.

Section 4 of

Schedule A is amended by adding the following subsection:

(6) Despite subsection (2), the maximum monthly shelter allowance for a person who

(

a) is a sole recipient without dependants, and

(

b) provides confirmation of pregnancy from a medical practitioner or a registrant of the College of Midwives of British Columbia

is increased by up to $195 per month for the duration of the pregnancy.

Appendix 2

1 The Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended by adding the following section:

Pre-natal shelter supplement

43.1

(1) The minister may provide a pre-natal shelter supplement in accordance with

section 4 (6) of

Schedule A if the supplement is provided to a sole recipient without dependants who is a recipient of disability assistance under

section 2 [monthly support allowance] , 4 [monthly shelter allowance] or 6 [people receiving room and board] of

Schedule A.

(2) The sole recipient is eligible to receive the pre-natal shelter supplement while she is pregnant, as confirmed in writing by a medical practitioner or a registrant of the College of Midwives of British Columbia.

Section 4 of

Schedule A is amended by adding the following subsection:

(6) Despite subsection (2), the maximum monthly shelter allowance for a person who

(

a) is a sole recipient without dependants, and

(

b) provides confirmation of pregnancy from a medical practitioner or a registrant of the College of Midwives of British Columbia

is increased by up to $195 per month for the duration of the pregnancy.

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