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Volume 65, No. 23

272/2022

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 31, 2022

B.C. Reg. 272/2022 , deposited December 19, 2022, under the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT [section 35] and the EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT [section 26]. Order in Council 681/2022, approved and ordered December 19, 2022.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

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a) the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 1, and

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b) the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended as set out in the attached Appendix 2.

— S. MALCOLMSON, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction ; M. RANKIN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Appendix 1

Section 1 (1) of the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended

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a) in the definition of "BC child opportunity benefit" by adding " as it read before January 1, 2023 " after "

section 13.092 [BC child opportunity benefit] of the Income Tax Act ",

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b) by adding the following definition:

"BC family benefit" means an amount deemed to be an overpayment on account of an individual’s liability for the taxation year determined under

section 13.092 of the Income Tax Act as it read on or after January 1, 2023; , and

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c) in the definition of "child benefits cheque" by adding the following paragraph:

(

h) the BC family benefit; .

Section 11 (1) is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

(hh.1) a rental housing benefit provided under the Rental Housing Benefit Act (Canada);

(hh.2) a dental benefit provided under the Dental Benefit Act (Canada);

(ww.2) a BC family benefit; .

Schedule B is amended in

section 1 (

a) by adding the following subparagraphs:

(xxxi.1) a rental housing benefit provided under the Rental Housing Benefit Act (Canada);

(xxxi.2) a dental benefit provided under the Dental Benefit Act (Canada);

(xliv.2) a BC family benefit; .

Schedule D is amended in

section 6 by adding the following paragraphs:

(nn.1) a rental housing benefit provided under the Rental Housing Benefit Act (Canada);

(nn.2) a dental benefit provided under the Dental Benefit Act (Canada);

(rr.2) a BC family benefit; .

Appendix 2

Section 1 (1) of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended

(

a) in the definition of "BC child opportunity benefit" by adding " as it read before January 1, 2023 " after "

section 13.092 [BC child opportunity benefit] of the Income Tax Act ",

(

b) by adding the following definition:

"BC family benefit" means an amount deemed to be an overpayment on account of an individual’s liability for the taxation year determined under

section 13.092 of the Income Tax Act as it read on or after January 1, 2023; , and

(

c) in the definition of "child benefits cheque" by adding the following paragraph:

(

h) the BC family benefit; .

Section 10 (1) is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

(hh.1) a rental housing benefit provided under the Rental Housing Benefit Act (Canada);

(hh.2) a dental benefit provided under the Dental Benefit Act (Canada);

(ww.2) a BC family benefit; .

Schedule B is amended in

section 1 (

a) by adding the following subparagraphs:

(xxxii.1) a rental housing benefit provided under the Rental Housing Benefit Act (Canada);

(xxxii.2) a dental benefit provided under the Dental Benefit Act (Canada);

(xlv.2) a BC family benefit; .

Schedule D is amended in

section 6 by adding the following paragraphs:

(oo.1) a rental housing benefit provided under the Rental Housing Benefit Act (Canada);

(oo.2) a dental benefit provided under the Dental Benefit Act (Canada);

(ss.2) a BC family benefit; .

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