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Volume 63, No. 19

268/2020

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

November 17, 2020

B.C. Reg. 268/2020 , deposited November 9, 2020, under the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT [section 35 (2)] and the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT [section 26 (2)]. Order in Council 580/2020, approved and ordered November 9, 2020.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended as set

out in the attached Appendix 1,

(

b) 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) effective January 1, 2021, the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002,

is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 3, and

(

d) effective January 1, 2021, the Employment and Assistance for Persons with

Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended as set out in the attached

Appendix 4.

— S. SIMPSON, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction ; C. JAMES, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Appendix 1

Section 2.1 of the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002,

is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a benefit under the Canada Recovery Benefits Act ; ,

(

b) in subsection (3) by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a benefit under the Canada Recovery Benefits Act ; , and

(

c) in subsection (4) by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a benefit under the Canada Recovery Benefits Act ; .

Section 1 (a) (xlviii) of

Schedule B is repealed and the following substituted:

(xlviii) compensation paid or payable under Division 5 [Compensation in Relation to Death of Worker] of

Part 4 [Compensation to Injured Workers and Their Dependants] or

section 225 [compensation in relation to worker death before July 1, 1974] of the Workers Compensation Act to a dependant, as defined in

section 1 of that Act, who is a child, as defined in

section 165 (1) of that Act; .

Section 6 (vv) of

Schedule D is repealed and the following substituted:

(vv) compensation paid or payable under Division 5 [Compensation in Relation to Death of Worker] of

Part 4 [Compensation to Injured Workers and Their Dependants] or

section 225 [compensation in relation to worker death before July 1, 1974] of the Workers Compensation Act to a dependant, as defined in

section 1 of that Act, who is a child, as defined in

section 165 (1) of that Act; .

Appendix 2

Section 2.01 of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation,

B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a benefit under the Canada Recovery Benefits Act ; ,

(

b) in subsection (3) by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a benefit under the Canada Recovery Benefits Act ; , and

(

c) in subsection (4) by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a benefit under the Canada Recovery Benefits Act ; .

Section 29 (a) (iii) and (b) (vii) is amended by striking out "

section 29 or 30 of the Workers Compensation Act" and substituting "

section 191 [temporary total disability] or 192 [temporary partial disability] of the Workers Compensation Act ".

Section 1 (a) (lii) of

Schedule B is repealed and the following substituted:

(lii) compensation paid or payable under Division 5 [Compensation in Relation to Death of Worker] of

Part 4 [Compensation to Injured Workers and Their Dependants] or

section 225 [compensation in relation to worker death before July 1, 1974] of the Workers Compensation Act to a dependant, as defined in

section 1 of that Act, who is a child, as defined in

section 165 (1) of that Act; .

4 Paragraph (

b) of the definition of "qualifying income" in

section 3 (1) of

Schedule B is amended by striking out "

section 29 or 30 of the Workers Compensation Act " and substituting "

section 191 [temporary total disability] or 192 [temporary partial disability] of the Workers Compensation Act ".

Section 6 (zz) of

Schedule D is repealed and the following substituted:

(zz) compensation paid or payable under Division 5 [Compensation in Relation to Death of Worker] of

Part 4 [Compensation to Injured Workers and Their Dependants] or

section 225 [compensation in relation to worker death before July 1, 1974] of the Workers Compensation Act to a dependant, as defined in

section 1 of that Act, who is a child, as defined in

section 165 (1) of that Act; .

Appendix 3

Section 3 (6) of

Schedule B to the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C.

Reg. 263/2002, is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

a) by striking out " $400 " and substituting " $500 ",

(

b) in paragraph (

b) by striking out " $600 " and substituting " $750 ", and

(

c) in paragraphs (

c) and (

d) by striking out " $700 " and substituting " $900 ".

Appendix 4

Section 3 of

Schedule B to the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities

Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by repealing the definition of "base amount" and substituting the following:

"base amount" means

(a) $1 250, in the case of a family unit that includes only one recipient,

(b) $1 500, in the case of a family unit that includes two recipients, only one

of whom is designated as a person with disabilities, and

(c) $2 500, in the case of a family unit that includes two recipients who are

designated as persons with disabilities; , and

(

b) by repealing subsection (8).

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