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Volume 55, No. 8

86/2012

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 24, 2012

B.C. Reg. 86/2012 , deposited April 20, 2012, pursuant to the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT [section 26]. Order in Council 245/2012, approved and ordered April 19, 2012.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective May 1, 2012, the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix:

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

Appendix

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

Exemptions – workers compensation

7.1

(1) Unearned income that is compensation paid under

section 29 or 30 of the Workers Compensation Act is exempt for a family unit if a recipient in the family unit has been receiving continuously for the 3 calendar months immediately preceding the calendar month for which the exemption is claimed

(

a) disability assistance under the Act,

(

b) income assistance under the Employment and Assistance Act , or

(

c) any combination of the assistance referred to in paragraphs (

a) and (b).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the exempt amount for a family unit that qualifies under subsection (1),

(

a) in the case of a family unit that includes not more than one recipient who is designated as a person with disabilities, is calculated as the lesser of

(i) $500, and

(ii) the total compensation paid under sections 29 and 30 of the Workers Compensation Act to members of the family unit in the calendar month of calculation, or

(

b) in the case of a family unit that includes at least two recipients who are designated as persons with disabilities, is calculated as the lesser of

(i) $750, and

(ii) the total compensation paid under sections 29 and 30 of the Workers Compensation Act to members of the family unit in the calendar month of calculation.

(3) The exempt amount calculated under subsection (2) must not be greater than the difference between the exempt amount calculated under

section 3 (2) of

Schedule B and

(a) $500, in the case of a family unit that includes not more than one recipient who is designated as a person with disabilities, or

(b) $750, in the case of a family unit that includes at least two recipients who are designated as persons with disabilities.

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