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Volume 55, No. 13

196/2012

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 3, 2012

B.C. Reg. 196/2012 , deposited July 3, 2012, pursuant to the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT [section 35 (2) (f)] and the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT [section 26 (2) (f)]. Order in Council 521/2012, dated July 3, 2012.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective July 1, 2012,

(

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

Schedule 1, and

(

b) the Employment and Assistance For Persons With Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2 .

— S. CADIEUX, Minister of Social Development ; M. MCNEIL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

Section 50 of the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is repealed.

2 The following

section is added:

School start-up supplement

62.1

(1) The minister may provide an annual school start-up supplement to or for a family unit that is eligible for income assistance or hardship assistance if the family unit includes a dependent child who is attending school full time.

(2) The minister may specify

(

a) the amount to be provided as a school start-up supplement, which may be different for children of different age groups, and

(

b) the time when the supplement is to be provided.

Schedule 2

Section 45 of the Employment and Assistance For Persons With Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is repealed.

2 The following

section is added:

School start-up supplement

60.1

(1) The minister may provide an annual school start-up supplement to or for a family unit that is eligible for disability assistance or hardship assistance if the family unit includes a dependent child who is attending school full time.

(2) The minister may specify

(

a) the amount to be provided as a school start-up supplement, which may be different for children of different age groups, and

(

b) the time when the supplement is to be provided.

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