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Volume 66, No. 21

271/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 31, 2023

B.C. Reg. 271/2023 , deposited December 11, 2023, under the ADOPTION ACT [section 91 (2)]. Order in Council 697/2023, approved and ordered December 11, 2023.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Adoption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 291/96, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. DEAN, Minister of Children and Family Development ; R. FLEMING, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Adoption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 291/96, is amended by adding the following section:

Supplementary payment for April 1 – August 31, 2023 period

29.1

(1) In this section, "designated period" means the period beginning on April 1, 2023 and ending on August 31, 2023.

(2) At any time before April 1, 2025, the director may make a payment in accordance with subsection (3) to a person

(

a) who was a party to an agreement with the director under

section 29 (2) for all or part of the designated period, and

(

b) who received at least one maintenance payment during the designated period.

(3) The director may determine the amount of the payment up to a maximum amount that is equal to the difference between

(

a) the amount in maintenance payments the parent or prospective adoptive parent would have received if B.C. Reg. 160/2023 had come into force on April 1, 2023, and

(

b) the amount in maintenance payments the parent or prospective adoptive parent received during the designated period.

(4) For certainty, a payment made under this

section is not required to be included in an agreement with the director under

section 29 (2).

2 Form 5 of

Schedule 3 is amended by striking out " 19 ....... " and substituting " 20 ....... ".

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