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P A R T E S u m m a r v o f F a c t s T h e A p p e l l a n t w a s i n r e c e i p t o f a S u b s i d y f r o m J u n e t h e M i n i s t r y a d v i s e d t h e A p p e l l a n t b y l e t t e r t h a t , " t h e p r o c e s s [ h e r ] r e n e w a l a p p l i c a t i o n u n t i l [ s h e ] s u b m i t t ( C F 2 9 0 0 ) F o r m a n d s u p p o r t i n g d o c u m e n t s . " T h e A o n N o v e m b e r 1 9 , 2 0 1 3 ( d a t e d N o v e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 3 ) p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e C C S R , d e t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e A p p e l l 1 , 2 0 1 3 , b u t w a s i n e l i g i b l e t o r e c e i v e a S u b s i d y f o r t E M T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )A P P E A L I 1 , 2 0 1 2 t o M a y 3 1 , 2 0 1 3 . O n A u g u s t 2 8 , 2 0 1 3 , C h i l d C a r e S u b s i d y C e n t r e w a s u n a b l e t o e d a c o m p l e t e d C h i l d C a r e S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n p p e l l a n t s u b m i t t e d t h i s a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e M i n i s t r y . T h e M i n i s t r y , i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r e l e v a n t a n t b e c a m e r e e l i g i b l e f o r a S u b s i d y o n N o v e m b e r h e p e r i o d J u n e 1 , 2 0 1 3 t o O c t o b e r 3 1 , 2 0 1 3 .
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O n a p p e a l , t h e A p p e l l a n t a d m i t t e d t h a t t h e d e l a y i n s s t a t e d t h a t t h e r e w e r e a n u m b e r o f r e a s o n s f o r t h i s d s c h o o l a n d w o r k ; s h e h a d u n d e r g o n e s u r g e r y ; s h e h c o m p l e t e t h e f o r m s ; a n d s h e h a d d i f f i c u l t y i n a c q u i r i n A p p e l l a n t a l s o s t a t e d t h a t s h e d o e s c u r r e n t l y o w e h e q u e s t i o n a n d h a s n o m e a n s t o p a y h e r . T h e M i n i s t r y ' s p o s i t i o n a t a p p e a l w a s t h a t i t i s b o u n d p r o v i d e s t h a t a p e r s o n i s o n l y e l i g i b l e t o r e c e i v e t h e w h i c h t h e y c o m p l y w i t h t h e a p p l i c a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t s n o t m e e t t h o s e r e q u i r e m e n t s u n t i l N o v e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 T h e p a n e l f i n d s t h a t s e c t i o n 4 ( 4 ) o f t h e C C S R c l e a r l y e x p i r e d o n M a y 3 1 , 2 0 1 3 . T h e s a m e s e c t i o n a n d s e A e l l a n t d i d n o t b e c o m e r e e l i i b l e f o r t h e S u b s i d E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )A P P E A L I e M i n i s t r y ' s d e c i s i o n f i n d i n g t h e A p p e l l a n t i s n o t n iil 1 , 2 0 1 3 a n d O c t o b e r 3 1 , 2 0 1 3 b e c a u s e s h e i t t i n g a C h i l d C a r e S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n a s e g u l a t i o n ( C C S R ) u n t i l N o v e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 3 . 1 3 ( 1 ) a n d ( 2 ) o f t h e C C S R : s t y t h e m i n i s t e r , u m b e r o f t h e p a r e n t a n d e a c h a d u l t d e p e n d a n t , a n d f e a c h m e m b e r o f t h e f a m i l y a n d p r o o f o f e l i g i b i l i t y f o r a s u b s i d y o n t h e d a t e t h a t i s 1 2 m o n t h s a f t e r t h e d a t e t i o n , a s a p p l i c a b l e , u n l e s s , b e f o r e t h a t d a t e , t h e b s e c t i o n ( 1 ) a n d o t h e r w i s e c o m p l i e s w i t h t h a t r e c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e a p p l i c a t i o n ? y o f t h e m o n t h i n w h i c h t h e p a r e n t c o m p l e t e s a n h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y m a y b e p a i d f o r c h i l d c a r e p r o v i d e d p l i c a t i o n u n d e r s e c t i o n 4 . t h e S u b s i d y b e t w e e n J u n e 1 , 2 0 1 3 a n d O c t o b e r s e l i g i b i l i t y c e a s e d M a y 3 1 , 2 0 1 3 , a n d s h e d i d n o t h a t e l i g i b i l i t y u n t i l N o v e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 3 , w h i c h l i g i b l e t o r e c e i v e t h e S u b s i d y o n N o v e m b e r 1 , u b m i t t i n g t h e a p p l i c a t i o n w a s h e r f a u l t . 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