British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Child Care Subsidy Regulation (O.C. 203/2020)

O.C. 203/2020

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 the Child Care Subsidy Regulati on, B.C. Reg. 74/97, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. Minister of Children and Family Development 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: Child Care Subsidy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 26, s. 13 (2) Other: OIC 271/97 R10408137 April 27, 2020

SCHEDULE The Child Care Subsidy Regulation, B.C. Reg. 74/97, is amended by adding the following section: Child care subsidy during COVID-19 emergency 22

(1) In this section: “COVID-19 emergency” means the emergency that is the subject of (

a) the notice provided on March 17, 2020 by the provincial health officer under

section 52 (2) of the Public Health Act, and (

b) the declaration of a state of em ergency made on March 18, 2020, and any extension of that declaratio n, under

section of the Emergency Program Act; “eligible child” means any of the following: (

a) a child in respect of whom a child ca re subsidy is being paid as of the date this

section comes into force; (

b) a child in respect of whom a child care subsidy ceased to be paid for the month of March or April 2020; (

c) a child in respect of whom a child care subsidy is not paid as of the date this

section comes into force, if (

i) an application for the child care subsidy was received by the minister on or before the date this

section comes into force, and (ii) at the time the application was received, the requirements set out in sections to were met; “end of the COVID-19 emergency” means the later of the following: (

a) the date on which the provincial health officer provides notice under

section 59 (

b) of the Public Health Act that the COVID-19 emergency has passed; (

b) the date on which the last extens ion of the declaration of a state of emergency, referred to in paragra ph (

b) of the definition of “COVID-19 emergency”, expires or is cancelled. (2) Subsection (3) applies if th e minister is satisfied that, for a reason related to the COVID-19 emergency, (

a) an eligible child is or has been ab sent, for any period of time, from a child care setting described in

section 2 (a), (

b) or (b.1), or (

b) an eligible child’s parent or parents, as the case may be, ceased to meet the requirements set out in

section on or after March 17, 2020.

(3) Despite

section 3, the minister may, in respect of an eligible child, pay or continue to pay a child care subsidy for child care provided in a child care setting described in

section 2 (a), (

b) or (b.1) as follows: (

a) for a child referred to in paragraph (

a) or (

b) of the definition of “eligible child” in subsection (1) of this se ction, the minister may pay an amount based on the number of full days or number of half days, as defined in

section 8 (1), in relation to child care the child was receiving immediately before a circumstance desc ribed in subsection (2) (

a) or (

b) of this

section arose; (

b) for a child referred to in paragraph (

c) of the definition of “eligible child” in subsection (1) of this section, the minister may pay an amount based on the number of full days or number of half days, as defined in

section 8 (1), in relation to child care the child would have received but for a circumstance described in subsection (2) (

b) of this section.

(4) Despite

section 15 (5), no child care subs idy will be paid to a child care provider for child care provided in a child care setting described in s ection 2 (a), (

b) or (b.1) for any day on which the child care setting is closed if the minister is satisfied that the closure is related to the COVID-19 emergency.

(5) This

section ceases to apply as follows: (

a) if the end of the COVID-19 emergency occurs on or before the 15th day of a month, at the end of the month; (

b) if the end of the COVID-19 emergency occurs after the 15th day of a month, at the end of the following month.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 203/2020
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0203 2020
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	ddd3b131238213075d7d4b722df0da51f2b9bac9

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