British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Emergency Benefit for Workers Regulation (O.C. 561/2021)

O.C. 561/2021

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that effective May 1, 2020, (

a) sections 35, 36 and of the Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2021 , S.B.C. 2021, c. 18 are brought into force, and (

b) the Emergency Benefit for Workers Regulation, B.C. Reg. 249/2020, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. Minister of Finance Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2021, S.B.C. 2021, c. 18, s. 85; Income Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 215, s. 238 Other: O.C. 544/2020 R10538530 October 12, 2021

SCHEDULE The Emergency Benefit fo r Workers Regulation, B.C. Reg. 249/2020, is amended by adding the following section: Prescribed requirements for emergency benefit 2.1 For the purposes of

section 215 (1.1) (

d) of the Act, the following requirements are prescribed: (

a) either of the following applies: (

i) the individual (

A) meets the requirement in

section 215 (1.1) (c) (

i) or (ii) of the Act, and (

B) would have been entitled to r eceive an income support payment under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act if the individual’s self-employment gross income had been taken into account for the purpose of paragraph (

b) of the definition of “worker” in

section of that Act; (ii) the individual (

A) meets the requirement in

section 215 (1.1) (c) (iii) of the Act, and (

B) would have been entitled to receive an employment insurance emergency response benefit und er

Part VIII.4 of the Employment Insurance Act (Canada) if the individual’s self-employment gross income had been insurable earnings for the purpose of

section 153.9 (1) (a) (iii) and (c) (iii) of that Act; (

b) the individual has filed a return of income under

section of the federal Act for the and taxation years on or before December 31, 2022.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 561/2021
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0561 2021
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	dd751af8a311e7ef1ca0262f60d394371e1864e3

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