OIC Number: 2006 - 403

Date of Order: Sep 21, 2006

Statute: Employment Support and Income Assistance Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Acting Minister of Community Services dated September 14, 2006, and pursuant to

Section 21 of

Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2000, the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act, is pleased, effective on and after September 21, 2006, to amend the Employment Support and Income Assistance Regulations, N.S. Reg. 25/2001, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2001-138, dated March 23, 2001, by adding the following

Section immediately after

Section 52: 52A Up to $3000 per fiscal year of the combined wages of a recipient or recipient's spouse participating in the Harvest Connection program, a program under

Section 6 of the Act, that are earned from one or both of the following is not chargeable income: (

a) seasonal harvesting of field-produced horticulture; (

b) harvesting Christmas trees.

Department(s): Community Services (to Dec 2024)