British Columbia Order in Council — Regulatory amendment (O.C. 220/2020)

O.C. 220/2020

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, Family and Community Service Regulation, B.C. Reg. 527/95, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. 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, Family and Community Service Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 46, s. 103 (2) Other: OIC 1589/95 R10410203 May 4, 2020

SCHEDULE The following

section is added to

Part 2.1 of the Child, Family and Community Service Regulation, B.C. Reg. 527/95: Time limits extended due to COVID-19 emergency 8.5

(1) In this section: “agreement” means an agreement made under

section 12.3 of the Act; “COVID-19 emergency” means the emergency that is the subject of (

a) the notice provided on March 17, 2020 by the provincial health officer under

section 52 (2) of the Public Health Act, and (

b) the declaration of a state of em ergency made on March 18, 2020, and any extension of that declaratio n, under

section of the Emergency Program Act; “eligible person” means an adult (

a) with whom a director has entered into an agreement, (

b) who was, on or after March 17, 2020, enrolled in a program referred to in the agreement, and (

c) who did not voluntarily cease enro llment in the program during the suspension period; “end of the COVID-19 emergency” means the later of the following: (

a) the date on which the provincial health officer provides notice under

section 59 (

b) of the Public Health Act that the COVID-19 emergency has passed; (

b) the date on which the last extens ion of the declaration of a state of emergency, referred to in paragra ph (

b) of the definition of “COVID-19 emergency”, expires or is cancelled; “enrolled”, in relation to a life skills or rehabilitative program, includes to be registered or otherwise listed as a person who is taking

part in the program; “program” means any of the following types of programs that are referred to in an eligible adult’s agreement: (

a) an educational or vo cational training program; (

b) a life skills or rehabilitative program; “suspension period” means the period that begi ns March 17, 2020 and ends as follows: (

a) if the end of the COVID-19 emergency occurs on or before the 15th day of a month, on the last day of the month; (

b) if the end of the COVID-19 emergency occurs after the 15th day of a month, on the last day of the following month.

(2) This

section applies despite

section 8.4 a nd anything to the contrary in an eligible person’s agreement.

(3) The running of the 48-month period set out in

section 8.4 (

a) is suspended, in relation to an eligible person, during the suspension period if a director is satisfied of either of the following: (

a) the eligible person is not participa ting in a program because the program is temporarily suspended for a reason related to the COVID-19 emergency; (

b) the eligible person (

i) is not participating in a program because the program is suspended as scheduled, and (ii) is not employed or otherwise se lf-supporting for a reason related to the COVID-19 emergency.

(4) If an eligible person to whom subs ection (3) applies turns 27 years old either during the suspension period or, if the eligible person’s program resumes, during the current term of the program, the limit set out in

section 8.4 (

b) does not apply and the director may continue payments under the agreement until whichever of the following applies: (

a) on the date on which the director is satisfied that the eligible person’s program will not resume; (

b) if the eligible person’s program resume s, the end of the month in which the current term of the program ends.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 220/2020
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0220 2020
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	349150f5f7d0c8f227bcbf9b7717a4ea703c218d

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