Acts and Regulations

2011, c.154 - Family Income Security Act

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Regulations
17The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the manner of making an application for assistance;
(b) respecting the classes of persons who are not eligible to apply for or receive assistance;
(c) respecting the information and the material that is to be furnished or disclosed before or while assistance is given, including the investigation of applications in order to determine the eligibility of applicants and their dependants and including establishing the completeness and accuracy of any information provided to the Minister or as testimony in a court, whether given under oath or not, in respect of applicants, recipients, former recipients or their dependants;
(d) respecting the confidentiality, the disclosure, the sharing and the procedure to be followed in the consideration of the information, documentation, other material and evidence concerning applicants, recipients, former recipients or their dependants that is collected, furnished, disclosed or given under this Act or the regulations;
(e) respecting the requirement that applicants, recipients or their dependants, as a condition of the giving or the continuation of assistance, assign to the Minister any future compensatory benefits from sources other than the Minister that may accrue to the applicants, recipients or dependants;
(f) respecting the obligations and rights of applicants, recipients and their dependants and of the Minister and the requirements, terms and conditions to be met by applicants, recipients and their dependants;
(g) respecting the circumstances in which obligations, requirements, terms or conditions under this Act or the regulations may be waived;
(h) describing persons, applicants, recipients, dependants, income, resources, changes of circumstance or other occurrences or other matters or things, by class, that are exempt from the application of subsection 9(1) or (3) or any other provision or portion of a provision of this Act or the regulations or authorizing the Minister to establish guidelines for that purpose;
(i) respecting the categories of financial, employment, training and educational needs in respect of which assistance may be given;
(j) respecting what constitutes income and resources and how their value is to be determined;
(k) respecting the amount, times and manner of giving, extent, variation and nature of assistance having regard to varying degrees of and categories of needs and qualifications, the units and categories of qualifications respecting which assistance may be given, any other circumstances in respect of those needs and qualifications and the availability of different forms of assistance;
(l) respecting the relocation of applicants, recipients and their dependants;
(m) Repealed: 2021, c.36, s.1
(n) respecting the establishment, composition and administration of a body or bodies, or the designation of a body, bodies, person or persons, to hear appeals under this Act and the regulations and the remuneration, compensation and reimbursement of, procedures to be followed by, conduct of hearings by, exercise of powers by, rendering of decisions by and any other matter in relation to the functioning of the body, bodies, person or persons in considering appeals;
(o) providing for the termination of a body established under paragraph (n) or the termination of the designation of a body or person designated under paragraph (n);
(p) respecting the grounds for making appeals under this Act and the regulations;
(q) respecting the payment of assistance to persons as trustees for the benefit of persons in need who are incapacitated through infirmity, illness or any other cause;
(r) respecting the responsibility for and recovery of any payment made to any person or the cost of any service provided in relation to any matter or thing coming within this Act or the regulations;
(s) respecting the initiation, carriage, conduct and settlement of claims and actions relating to matters or things referred to in paragraph (r), including the sharing of proceeds when the amount available or the amount collected in any recovery is not sufficient to satisfy all claims, the disclosure of information by parties, their insurers and other persons who may be liable, releases and subrogation rights;
(t) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(u) respecting the establishment of boards to advise the Minister in relation to the provision of medical, financial, employment, training and educational services;
(v) respecting the manner of giving notice required to be given under this Act or the regulations;
(w) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(x) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(y) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations, or both;
(z) prescribing any thing required by this Act to be prescribed.
1994, c.F-2.01, s.20; 2021, c.36, s.1
Regulations
17The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the manner of making an application for assistance;
(b) respecting the classes of persons who are not eligible to apply for or receive assistance;
(c) respecting the information and the material that is to be furnished or disclosed before or while assistance is given, including the investigation of applications in order to determine the eligibility of applicants and their dependants and including establishing the completeness and accuracy of any information provided to the Minister or as testimony in a court, whether given under oath or not, in respect of applicants, recipients, former recipients or their dependants;
(d) respecting the confidentiality, the disclosure, the sharing and the procedure to be followed in the consideration of the information, documentation, other material and evidence concerning applicants, recipients, former recipients or their dependants that is collected, furnished, disclosed or given under this Act or the regulations;
(e) respecting the requirement that applicants, recipients or their dependants, as a condition of the giving or the continuation of assistance, assign to the Minister any future compensatory benefits from sources other than the Minister that may accrue to the applicants, recipients or dependants;
(f) respecting the obligations and rights of applicants, recipients and their dependants and of the Minister and the requirements, terms and conditions to be met by applicants, recipients and their dependants;
(g) respecting the circumstances in which obligations, requirements, terms or conditions under this Act or the regulations may be waived;
(h) describing persons, applicants, recipients, dependants, income, resources, changes of circumstance or other occurrences or other matters or things, by class, that are exempt from the application of subsection 9(1) or (3) or any other provision or portion of a provision of this Act or the regulations or authorizing the Minister to establish guidelines for that purpose;
(i) respecting the categories of financial, employment, training and educational needs in respect of which assistance may be given;
(j) respecting what constitutes income and resources and how their value is to be determined;
(k) respecting the amount, times and manner of giving, extent, variation and nature of assistance having regard to varying degrees of and categories of needs and qualifications, the units and categories of qualifications respecting which assistance may be given, any other circumstances in respect of those needs and qualifications and the availability of different forms of assistance;
(l) respecting the relocation of applicants, recipients and their dependants;
(m) providing for the termination of the Social Welfare Appeals Board as established under the Social Welfare Act, chapter S-11 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, including providing for the revocation of appointments or designations, the nullification of all contracts, agreements and orders in relation to the appointment of any members of the Board or between the Board and others, the prohibition of proceedings arising in relation to the termination, the transfer of documentation, other information and materials, proceedings and other matters from the Social Welfare Appeals Board to the body, bodies, person or persons established or designated under paragraph (n), the completion of proceedings being held by the Social Welfare Appeals Board and any other matter or thing arising from the termination;
(n) respecting the establishment, composition and administration of a body or bodies, or the designation of a body, bodies, person or persons, to hear appeals under this Act and the regulations and the remuneration, compensation and reimbursement of, procedures to be followed by, conduct of hearings by, exercise of powers by, rendering of decisions by and any other matter in relation to the functioning of the body, bodies, person or persons in considering appeals;
(o) providing for the termination of a body established under paragraph (n) or the termination of the designation of a body or person designated under paragraph (n), including, with the necessary modifications, any matter or thing referred to in paragraph (m);
(p) respecting the grounds for making appeals under this Act and the regulations;
(q) respecting the payment of assistance to persons as trustees for the benefit of persons in need who are incapacitated through infirmity, illness or any other cause;
(r) respecting the responsibility for and recovery of any payment made to any person or the cost of any service provided in relation to any matter or thing coming within this Act or the regulations;
(s) respecting the initiation, carriage, conduct and settlement of claims and actions relating to matters or things referred to in paragraph (r), including the sharing of proceeds when the amount available or the amount collected in any recovery is not sufficient to satisfy all claims, the disclosure of information by parties, their insurers and other persons who may be liable, releases and subrogation rights;
(t) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(u) respecting the establishment of boards to advise the Minister in relation to the provision of medical, financial, employment, training and educational services;
(v) respecting the manner of giving notice required to be given under this Act or the regulations;
(w) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(x) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(y) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations, or both;
(z) prescribing any thing required by this Act to be prescribed.
1994, c.F-2.01, s.20
Regulations
17The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the manner of making an application for assistance;
(b) respecting the classes of persons who are not eligible to apply for or receive assistance;
(c) respecting the information and the material that is to be furnished or disclosed before or while assistance is given, including the investigation of applications in order to determine the eligibility of applicants and their dependants and including establishing the completeness and accuracy of any information provided to the Minister or as testimony in a court, whether given under oath or not, in respect of applicants, recipients, former recipients or their dependants;
(d) respecting the confidentiality, the disclosure, the sharing and the procedure to be followed in the consideration of the information, documentation, other material and evidence concerning applicants, recipients, former recipients or their dependants that is collected, furnished, disclosed or given under this Act or the regulations;
(e) respecting the requirement that applicants, recipients or their dependants, as a condition of the giving or the continuation of assistance, assign to the Minister any future compensatory benefits from sources other than the Minister that may accrue to the applicants, recipients or dependants;
(f) respecting the obligations and rights of applicants, recipients and their dependants and of the Minister and the requirements, terms and conditions to be met by applicants, recipients and their dependants;
(g) respecting the circumstances in which obligations, requirements, terms or conditions under this Act or the regulations may be waived;
(h) describing persons, applicants, recipients, dependants, income, resources, changes of circumstance or other occurrences or other matters or things, by class, that are exempt from the application of subsection 9(1) or (3) or any other provision or portion of a provision of this Act or the regulations or authorizing the Minister to establish guidelines for that purpose;
(i) respecting the categories of financial, employment, training and educational needs in respect of which assistance may be given;
(j) respecting what constitutes income and resources and how their value is to be determined;
(k) respecting the amount, times and manner of giving, extent, variation and nature of assistance having regard to varying degrees of and categories of needs and qualifications, the units and categories of qualifications respecting which assistance may be given, any other circumstances in respect of those needs and qualifications and the availability of different forms of assistance;
(l) respecting the relocation of applicants, recipients and their dependants;
(m) providing for the termination of the Social Welfare Appeals Board as established under the Social Welfare Act, chapter S-11 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, including providing for the revocation of appointments or designations, the nullification of all contracts, agreements and orders in relation to the appointment of any members of the Board or between the Board and others, the prohibition of proceedings arising in relation to the termination, the transfer of documentation, other information and materials, proceedings and other matters from the Social Welfare Appeals Board to the body, bodies, person or persons established or designated under paragraph (n), the completion of proceedings being held by the Social Welfare Appeals Board and any other matter or thing arising from the termination;
(n) respecting the establishment, composition and administration of a body or bodies, or the designation of a body, bodies, person or persons, to hear appeals under this Act and the regulations and the remuneration, compensation and reimbursement of, procedures to be followed by, conduct of hearings by, exercise of powers by, rendering of decisions by and any other matter in relation to the functioning of the body, bodies, person or persons in considering appeals;
(o) providing for the termination of a body established under paragraph (n) or the termination of the designation of a body or person designated under paragraph (n), including, with the necessary modifications, any matter or thing referred to in paragraph (m);
(p) respecting the grounds for making appeals under this Act and the regulations;
(q) respecting the payment of assistance to persons as trustees for the benefit of persons in need who are incapacitated through infirmity, illness or any other cause;
(r) respecting the responsibility for and recovery of any payment made to any person or the cost of any service provided in relation to any matter or thing coming within this Act or the regulations;
(s) respecting the initiation, carriage, conduct and settlement of claims and actions relating to matters or things referred to in paragraph (r), including the sharing of proceeds when the amount available or the amount collected in any recovery is not sufficient to satisfy all claims, the disclosure of information by parties, their insurers and other persons who may be liable, releases and subrogation rights;
(t) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(u) respecting the establishment of boards to advise the Minister in relation to the provision of medical, financial, employment, training and educational services;
(v) respecting the manner of giving notice required to be given under this Act or the regulations;
(w) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(x) respecting fees for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(y) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations, or both;
(z) prescribing any thing required by this Act to be prescribed.
1994, c.F-2.01, s.20