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T h i s i s a l s o s t a t e d i n t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s s u b m p a n e l t h a t s h e w a s t o l d b y t h e M i n i s t r y w o r k e r t h a t F e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 1 4 i f s h e f o r w a r d e d h e r c o m p l e t e d f o r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n , t h e A p p e l l a n t w r o t e t h a t s h e t o l d t c h i l d c a r e s e n i o r s u p e r v i s o r t o f i l l o u t t h e f o r m s t o r t h e A p p e l l a n t t h a t a l l s h e n e e d e d t o d o " w a s s e n d t c h e q u e s t u b . " T h e A p p e l l a n t t o l d t h e p a n e l t h a t s h e a n d t h e s u p e A r r a n g e m e n t F o r m w h e n t h e y m e t i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 a n d t h e A p p e l l a n t s i g n e d i t o n F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 1 4 . T F o r m t o g e t h e r w i t h a c o p y o f h e r d i s a b i l i t y c h e q u e M a r c h 2 0 1 4 . T h e A p p e l l a n t s a i d t h a t t h e s u p e r v i s o r c o p y o f t h e S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m w h e n t h e y m M i n i s t r y s e n t t h e A p p e l l a n t a l e t t e r i n w h i c h i t a d v i s c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y a s t h e M i n i s t r y h a d n o t r e c e i v e d A p p e l l a n t t o l d t h e p a n e l s h e m e t w i t h t h e s u p e r v i s o t h e y c o m p l e t e d t h e S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m , w h i c m a i l e d t o t h e M i n i s t r y . T h e M i n i s t r y n o t e s i n t h e r e A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m w a s s u b m i t t e d o n A p r i l 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 . T h e A p p e l l a n t t o l d t h e p a n e l t h a t f o r a l l o f h e r p r e v i p r o v i d e r s w h e r e h e r c h i l d w a s a t d a y c a r e a n d t h e a n d d a t e d t h e m a n d s e n t t h e m t o t h e M i n i s t r y . T h p r e v i o u s c h i l d c a r e f a c i l i t y c o n f i r m e d t h a t t h e c h i l d w i t h t h e A p p e l l a n t i n t h e p a s t a n d f a x e d t h e m t o t h e t h a t h e r c h i l d s t a r t e d a t a d i f f e r e n t d a y c a r e i n A u g u s u p e r v i s o r , s h e e x p e c t e d t h a t t h e s u p e r v i s o r w o u l d t h e m w i t h h e r a s h a d b e e n h e r p a s t e x p e r i e n c e . T h e A p p e l l a n t t o l d t h e p a n e l t h a t i n 2 0 1 3 s h e s u b m A p r i l 2 0 1 3 a l t h o u g h h e r a u t h o r i z a t i o n h a d e n d e d i n c a r e s u b s i d y t o J a n u a r y 2 0 1 3 . T h e M i n i s t r y c o n f i r m s u b s i d v w a s m a d e b v a s u n e r v i s o r a n d w a s a n e x c E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 )A P P E A L # : t h e f o r m o n D e c e m b e r 1 0 , 2 0 1 3 , b u t f o r g o t t o i t i o n F o r m u n t i l M a y 9 , 2 0 1 4 ( i t i s t h e M e d i c a l A p p e l l a n t s a i d t h a t s h e a l s o c o n t a c t e d t h e 3 a n d a d v i s e d t h a t h e r c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y w o u l d l e t e t h e M i n i s t r y f o r m s t o r e n e w h e r c h i l d c a r e t h e s u p e r v i s o r w e r e n o t a b l e t o m e e t u n t i l M i n i s t r y b y t e l e p h o n e i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 4 a n d t o l d a h e r c h i l d ' s d a y c a r e t o r e n e w t h e c h i l d c a r e i s s i o n s o n r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n . T h e A p p e l l a n t t o l d t h e h e r c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y w o u l d b e b a c k d a t e d t o r m i n F e b r u a r y . I n h e r w r i t t e n s u b m i s s i o n s o n h e w o r k e r t h a t s h e w a s m e e t i n g w i t h h e r c h i l d ' s e n e w t h e c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y a n d t h e w o r k e r t o l d h e fo r m s a l o n g w i t h [ h e r ] m o s t r e c e n t d i s a b i l i t y r v i s o r o f h e r c h i l d ' s d a y c a r e c o m p l e t e d t h e C a r e 4 t h e s u p e r v i s o r s i g n e d i t o n F e b r u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 1 4 h e A p p e l l a n t s u b m i t t e d t h e C a r e A r r a n g e m e n t s t u b f o r F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 4 t o t h e M i n i s t r y i n e a r l y o f h e r c h i l d ' s d a y c a r e n e v e r p r o v i d e d h e r w i t h a e t i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 4 . O n M a r c h 1 8 , 2 0 1 4 , t h e e d h e r t h a t i t c o u l d n o t p r o c e s s h e r r e q u e s t f o r t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m . T h e r o f h e r c h i l d ' s d a y c a r e i n e a r l y A p r i l 2 0 1 4 a n d h t h e y b o t h d a t e d A p r i l 1 0 , 2 0 1 4 , a n d w h i c h s h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n d e c i s i o n t h a t t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s S u b s i d y o u s c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d i e s , s h e w e n t t o t h e c h i l d c a r e p r o v i d e r s c o m p l e t e d t h e f o r m s f o r h e r s h e s i g n e d e A p p e l l a n t ' s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a w o r k e r a t t h e c a r e p r o v i d e r s c o m p l e t e d t h e n e c e s s a r y f o r m s M i n i s t r y o n h e r b e h a l f . T h e A p p e l l a n t e x p l a i n e d s t 2 0 1 3 a n d w h e n s h e m e t w i t h t h e c h i l d c a r e h a v e a l l o f t h e n e c e s s a r y f o r m s a n d c o m p l e t e i t t e d h e r c o m p l e t e d S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m i n J a n u a r y 2 0 1 3 , t h e M i n i s t r y b a c k d a t e d h e r c h i l d e d t h i s d e c i s i o n t o b a c k d a t e t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s e p t i o n .
P A R T F R e a s o n s f o r P a n e l D e c i s i o n T h e i s s u e o n t h i s a p p e a l i s t h e r e a s o n a b l e n e s s o f t 2 0 1 4 , d e n y i n g t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s r e q u e s t f o r t h e c h i l d t h r o u g h M a r c h 3 1 , 2 0 1 4 o n t h e b a s i s t h a t t h e A p p e a u t h o r i z a t i o n f o r c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y e n d e d o n J a n u t h e c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y o n A p r i l 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 . T h e r e l e v a n t p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e C h i l d C a r e S u b s i d y A a s f o l l o w s : C h i l d c a r e s u b s i d i e s ( A c t , s e c t i o n 4 ) 4 . S u b j e c t t o t h e r e g u l a t i o n s , t h e m i n i s t e r m a y p a y H o w t o a p p l y f o r a s u b s i d y { R e g u l a t i o n s , s e c t i o 4 ( 1 ) T o b e e l i g i b l e f o r a c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y , a p a r e n ( a ) c o m p l e t e a n a p p l i c a t i o n i n t h e f o r m r e q u i ( b ) s u p p l y t h e m i n i s t e r w i t h t h e s o c i a l i n s u r a d e p e n d a n t , a n d ( c ) s u p p l y t h e m i n i s t e r w i t h p r o o f o f t h e i d e n e l i g i b i l i t y f o r a c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y . ( 2 ) O n l y o n e p a r e n t i n t h e f a m i l y m a y a p p l y f o r a c h ( 3 ) R e p e a l e d ( 4 ) A p a r e n t c e a s e s t o b e e l i g i b l e f o r a c h i l d c a r e s u o f a p p l i c a t i o n u n d e r s u b s e c t i o n ( 1 ) o r t h i s s u b s e c t i o p a r e n t c o m p l e t e s a n a p p l i c a t i o n r e f e r r e d t o i n s u b s s u b s e c t i o n . W i l l a s u b s i d 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 b e ( R e g u l a t i o n s , s e c t i o n 1 3 ) 1 3 ( 1 ) A c 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 r o m t h e f i r s a n a p p l i c a t i o n u n d e r s e c t i o n 4 . ( 2 ) I f a n a d m i n i s t r a t i v e e r r o r h a s b e e n m a d e , a c h i l d i n t h e 3 0 d a y s b e f o r e t h e p a r e n t c o m p l e t e s a n a p p l S u b m i s s i o n s T h e A p p e l l a n t ' s p o s i t i o n i s t h a t t h e r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n p e r i o d f r o m F e b r u a r y 1 t h r o u g h M a r c h 3 1 , 2 0 1 4 i s u e v e r y e f f o r t t o g e t t h e c o r r e c t f o r m s t o t h e M i n i s t r y f o n t h e s u p e rv i s o r a t h e r c h i l d ' s d a y c a r e t o p r o v i d e c h i l d ' s p r e v i o u s d a y c a r e , t h e d a y c a r e p r o v i d e r s h a o u t a n d s e n d t h e m t o t h e M i n i s t r y . T h e A p p e l l a n t d s u b m i t t h e S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m t o t h e M i n i s t r y S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m A p r i l 1 0 , 2 0 1 4 a n d t h e M i 2 0 1 4 ) . T h e A p p e l l a n t a r g u e d t h a t b e c a u s e t h e M i n i s u b s i d y r e t r o a c t i v e l y t o J a n u a ry 1 , 2 0 1 3 w h e n s h e s t h e M i n i s t r y s h o u l d m a k e a n o t h e r e x c e p t i o n f o r h e r F e b r u a r v 1 , 2 0 1 4 t h i s t i m e . E M T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )'. A P P F A l _ # h e M i n i s t r y ' s r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n d e c i s i o n o f J u n e 4 , c a r e s u b s i d y f o r t h e p e r i o d f r o m F e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 1 4 l l a n t w a s n o t e l i g i b l e f o r t h e s u b s i d y b e c a u s e h e r a r y 3 1 , 2 0 1 4 a n d s h e s u b m i t t e d a n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r c t a n d t h e C h i l d C a r e S u b s i d y R e g u l a t i o n p r o v i d e c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d i e s . n 4 ) t m u s t r e d b y t h e m i n i s t e r , n c e n 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 t i t y o 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 i l d c a r e s u b s i d y . 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 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 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 f o 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 ? t d a 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 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 i c a t i o n u n d e r s e c t i o n 4 . d e c i s i o n d e n y i n g h e r c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y f o r t h e n r e a s o n a b l e . T h e A p p e l l a n t s a y s t h a t s h e m a d e o r h e r c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y . S h e s a i d t h a t s h e r e l i e d h e r w i t h t h e n e c e s s a ry f o r m s b e c a u s e a t h e r d t h e n e c e s s a r y f o r m s a n d h e l p e d h e r f i l l t h e m i d n o t d i s p u t e t h a t s h e d i d n o t c o m p l e t e a n d u n t i l s o m e t i m e i n A p r i l , 2 0 1 4 ( s h e s i g n e d t h e n i s t r y c o n f i r m e d i t w a s s u b m i t t e d o n A p r i l 1 7 , s t r y h a d p r e v i o u s l y p r o v i d e d h e r c h i l d c a r e u b m i t t e d h e r c o m p l e t e d f o r m s l a t e i n A p r i l 2 0 1 3 , a n d p r o v i d e h e r c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y r e t r o a c t i v e t o
T h e M i n i s t ry s a y s t h a t s e c t i o n 1 3 ( 1 ) o f t h e C h i l d C a M i n i s t r y w i l l p r o v i d e a c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y f r o m t h e f i t h e 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 . T h e M i n i s t ry s a c o m p l e t e d a n d s u b m i t t e d t h e C a r e A r r a n g e m e n t F o M a r c h 2 0 1 4 t h a t s h e n e e d e d t o s u b m i t t h e S u b s i d y s u b s i d y , a n d t h e A p p e l l a n t d i d n o t c o m p l e t e a n d s u 2 0 1 4 . T h e M i n i s t r y s a y s t h a t t h e r e i s n o e v i d e n c e t t h e p r o c e s s i n g o f t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i R e g u l a t i o n d o e s n o t a p p l y i n t h i s c a s e . P a n e l ' s fi n d i n g s a n d d e c i s i o n T h e A p p e l l a n t a r g u e s t h a t t h e M i n i s t r y s h o u l d m a k e p r o v i d e d h e r c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y r e t r o a c t i v e l y t o J a n s u b m i t t e d i n A p r i l 2 0 1 4 a n d s h e s a y s s h e s h o u l d r e p a n e l n o t e s t h a t o n t h e M i n i s t r y S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n A p p e l l a n t s i g n e d a n d s u b m i t t e d i n c o m p l e t e s u p p o r t h e M i n i s t r y h a d r e c e i v e d t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s s i g n e d a n 2 0 1 3 . I n t h e p r e s e n t c i r c u m s t a n c e s , t h e A p p e l l a n t F o r m u n t i l A p r i l 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 o n l y t h e C a r e A r r a n g e m S e c t i o n 4 o f t h e C h il d C a r e S u b s i d y R e g u l a t i o n s e t s u b s i d y , t h e p a r e n t m u s t c o m p l e t e a n a p p l i c a t i o n i n A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m i s t h e f o r m r e q u i r e d b y s e c t i o n 4 ( 1 A l t h o u g h t h e A p p e l l a n t c o m p l e t e d a n d s u b m i t t e d t h F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 4 , t h e C a r e A r r a n g e m e n t F o r m i s n o t a n d 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 o f t h i s f a c t i n c o m p l e t e d h e r S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m o n A p r i l 1 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 t h e A p p e l l a n t d o e s n o t d i s p u t e t h i s . A s t h e p a n e l f i n d s t h a t t h e A p p e l l a n t c o m p l e t e d t h e s u b m i t t e d i t t o t h e M i n i s t ry o n A p r i l 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 , t h e p a A p p e l l a n t w a s e l i g i b l e f o r t h e c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y s t a w h i c h s h e c o m p l e t e d t h e S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m p a n e l a l s o f i n d s t h a t t h e M i n i s t r y ' s d e n i a l o f t h e A p p p e r i o d f r o m F e b r u a r y 1 , 2 0 1 4 t h r o u g h M a r c h 3 1 , 2 0 s u b s i d y e n d e d o n J a n u a ry 3 1 , 2 0 1 4 a n d s h e s u b m i A p r i l 1 7 , 2 0 1 4 , i s a r e a s o n a b l e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e l e g C h i l d C a r e S u b s i d y R e g u l a t i o n ) i n t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e t h e r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n d e c i s i o n o f J u n e 4 , 2 0 1 4 . E M T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 1 0 1 )A P P E A L # � r e S u b s i d y R e g u l a t i o n s c l e a r l y s e t s o u t t h a t t h e r s t d a 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 y s t h a t i n t h e A p p e l l a n t ' s c a s e , a l t h o u g h s h e r m i n F e b r u a r y 2 0 1 4 , t h e M i n i s t r y a d v i s e d h e r i n A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m t o r e c e i v e t h e c h i l d c a r e b m i t t h e S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m u n t i l A p r i l 1 7 , h a t t h e M i n i s t r y m a d e a n a d m i n i s t r a t i v e e r r o r i n o n a n d s u b s e c t i o n 1 3 ( 2 ) o f t h e C h i l d C a r e S u b s i d y a n e x c e p t i o n f o r h e r b e c a u s e i t h a d p r e v i o u s l y u a r y 2 0 1 3 w h e n h e r a p p l i c a t i o n m a t e r i a l s w e r e c e i v e t h e s a m e e x c e p t i o n a g a i n . 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T h e p a n e l f i n d s t h a t t h e A p p e l l a n t 0 , 2 0 1 4 a n d s u b m i t t e d i t t o t h e M i n i s t r y o n A p r i l S u b s i d y A p p l i c a t i o n F o r m o n A p r i l 1 0 , 2 0 1 4 a n d n e l f i n d s t h e M i n i s t ry ' s d e t e r m i n a t i o n t h a t t h e r t i n g A p r i l 1 , 2 0 1 4 , t h e f i r s t d a y o f t h e m o n t h i n , i s r e a s o n a b l e b a s e d o n t h e e v i d e n c e . T h e e l l a n t ' s r e q u e s t f o r t h e c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y f o r t h e 1 4 b e c a u s e h e r a u t h o r i z a t i o n f o r c h i l d c a r e t t e d a n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r t h e c h i l d c a r e s u b s i d y o n i s l a t i o n ( i n p a r t i c u l a r , s u b s e c t i o n 1 3 ( 1 ) o f t h e s o f t h e a p p e l l a n t . A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e p a n e l c o n f i r m s
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