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2010-6 - Family Income Security Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2010-6
under the
Family Income Security Act
(O.C. 2010-14)
Filed January 18, 2010
1Section 8 of New Brunswick Regulation 95-61 under the Family Income Security Act is amended
(a) in subsection (2)
(i) by repealing paragraph (i) and substituting the following:
(i) subject to paragraphs (j), (k) and (l), if one or more persons in the unit are blind, deaf or disabled, liquid assets to a maximum of three thousand dollars for each person in the unit who is blind, deaf or disabled and an additional one thousand dollars for each person in the unit who is not blind, deaf or disabled, but not exceeding four thousand dollars for a unit consisting of more than one person;
(ii) by repealing paragraph (j) and substituting the following:
(j) the principal and accumulated interest of a documented trust fund, to a maximum of two hundred thousand dollars, which are intended to assist in maintaining a disabled, blind or deaf recipient and used solely to live in his or her home or the community;
(iii) by adding after paragraph (j) the following:
(k) the principal from a Registered Disability Savings Plan under the Canada Disability Savings Act (Canada), including grants or bonds and accumulated interest;
(l) the funds withdrawn from a Registered Disability Savings Plan under the Canada Disability Savings Act (Canada), the funds withdrawn from a documented trust fund, or both, up to a maximum of eight hundred dollars per month for every recipient;
(m) in addition to the maximum referred to in paragraph (l), an amount approved by the Minister which is intended to assist in maintaining a recipient and used solely to live in his or her home or the community; and
(n) the Working Income Tax Benefit under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
(b) in subsection (4) by striking out “in paragraphs (2)(b), (c), (i) and (j)” and substituting “in paragraphs (2)(b), (c), (i), (j) and (k)”.