APPEAL# I PART C -Decision under Appeal The decision under appeal is the reconsideration decision of the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation (the ministry) dated January 14, 2014 in which, pursuant to Section 24 and Schedule B of Employment Assistance for Persons With Disabilities Regulation (EAPWDR), the ministry determined that family maintenance payments received by the appellant's spouse for the benefit of her child_are considered income and must be deducted from the appellant's disability allowance despite the fact that the appellant does not receive disability benefits for his spouse and stepchild because they do not meet the citizenship eligibility criteria set out in Section 6 of the EAPWDR. PART D -Relevant Legislation Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act (EAPWDA): Section 1and 1.1 ยท Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation (EAPWDR): Sections 1, 6, 24 Schedule B Sections (1)(6)(7)(7.1)(8) EAAT003(10106/01)
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E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )h a s b e e n r e c e i v i n g d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e ( D A ) w i t h h i s w i f e a n d s t e p c h i l d w h o c a m e t o C a n a d a i n n C a n a d a o n e x t e n d e d v i s i t o r s ' v i s a s . T h e w i f e a n d t i o n C a n a d a f o r p e r m a n e n t r e s i d e n c y . T h e o m e o f $ 4 7 5 . 0 0 f r o m t h e b i o l o g i c a l f a t h e r o f t h e a n d s t e p c h i l d d o n o t m e e t t h e c i t i z e n s h i p e l i g i b i l i t y t h e y h a v e n o t b e e n a d d e d t o h i s f i l e a n d h e d o e s p p e l l a n t t h a t h i s s p o u s e ' s m o n t h l y m a i n t e n a n c e b e c a u s e i t c o n s t i t u t e d " u n e a r n e d i n c o m e " t h a t s e t o u t i n S c h e d u l e B o f t h e E A P W D R , a n d w a s t h e f a m i l y u n i t . c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e m i n i s t r y ' s d e c i s i o n , s t a t i n g t h a t a n d s t e p c h i l d h i s e n t i r e D A h a d t o b e u s e d t o p a y i l d t a x c r e d i t s h e r e c e i v e d f o r h i s c h i l d a n d c o m e w e r e u s e d t o b u y f o o d a n d c o v e r o t h e r n s i d e r a t i o n d e c i s i o n w h i c h u p h e l d t h e o r i g i n a l e b e d e d u c t e d f r o m t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s D A . f A p p e a l , t o w h i c h h e a p p e n d e d a o n e p a g e d t h a t b e c a u s e h i s w i f e a n d s t e p c h i l d w e r e i v i n g D A f o r t w o p e o p l e w h e n h e h a d t o p r o v i d e m a j o r i t y o f h i s D A w a s u s e d t o p a y r e n t a n d a f e w n d c h i l d t a x c r e d i t s w e r e u s e d t o o b t a i n f o o d a n d D A h e n o w h a d t o c h o o s e b e t w e e n p a y i n g r e n t s u b m i t t e d a d d i t i o n a l w r i t t e n e v i d e n c e , a n d b o t h n s h i p i n e l i g i b i l i t y o f t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s s p o u s e a n d e c e i v e s D A b e n e f i t s o f $ 1 , 2 4 2 . 0 0 f o r h i m s e l f a n d 0 , f o r a n e t m o n t h l y D A o f $ 1 , 1 5 2 . 0 0 p r i o r t o t h e a n c e i n c o m e . 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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 u n d e r 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 m a i n t e n a n c e p a y m e n t s r e c e i v e d b y t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s d i s a b i l i t y a l l o w a n c e d e s p i t e t h e f a c t t h a t t h e a p p e l l s p o u s e a n d s t e p c h i l d b e c a u s e t h e y d o n o t m e e t t h o f t h e E m p l o y m e n t A s s i s t a n c e F o r P e r s o n s W i t h D T h e r e l e v a n t l e g i s l a t i o n i s s e t o u t i n t h e E A P W D A E A P W D A : I n t e r p r e t a t i o n 1 ( 1 ) I n t h i s A c t : " d e p e n d a n t " , i n r e l a t i o n t o a p e r a n d w h o ( a ) i s t h e s p o u s e o f t h e p e ( b ) i s a d e p e n d e n t c h i l d o ( c ) i n d i c a t e s a p a r e n t a l r e " f a m i l y u n i t " m e a n s a n a p p l i c a n M e a n i n g o f " s p o u s e " 1 . 1 ( 1 ) T w o p e r s o n s , i n c l u d i n g p e r s o n s o f t p u r p o s e s o f t h i s A c t i f ( a ) t h e y a r e m a r r i e d t o e a c ( b ) t h e y a c k n o w l e d g e t o t h m a r r i a g e l i k e r e l a t i o n s h i p . E A P W D R : D e f i n i t i o n s 1 ( 1 ) I n t h i s r e g u l a t i o n : u n e a r n e d i n c o m e " m e a n s a n y i n w i t h o u t l i m i t a t i o n , m o n e y o r v a l u ( p ) m a i n t e n a n c e u n d e r a a g r e e m e n t ; A m o u n t o f d i s a b i l i t y a s s i s t a n c e 2 4 D i s a b i l i t v a s s i s t a n c e m a y b e o r o v i d e d t o E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 )h e m i n i s t r y ' s d e c i s i o n w h i c h d e t e r m i n e d t h a t f a m i l y s p o u s e m u s t b e d e d u c t e d f r o m t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s a n t d o e s n o t r e c e i v e d i s a b i l i t y b e n e f i t s f o r h i s e c i t i z e n s h i p e l i g i b i l i t y c r i t e r i a s e t o u t i n S e c t i o n 6 i s a b i l i t i e s R e g u l a t i o n . a n d t h e E A P W D R : s o n , m e a n s a n y o n e w h o r e s i d e s w i t h t h e p e r s o n r s o n , f t h e p e r s o n , o r s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e p e r s o n ' s d e p e n d e n t c h i l d ; t o r a r e c i p i e n t a n d h i s o r h e r d e p e n d a n t s ; h e s a m e g e n d e r , a r e s p o u s e s o f e a c h o t h e r f o r t h e h o t h e r , o r e m i n i s t e r t h a t t h e y a r e r e s i d i n g t o g e t h e r i n a c o m e t h a t i s n o t e a r n e d i n c o m e , a n d i n c l u d e s , e r e c e i v e d f r o m a n y o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : c o u r t o r d e r , a . s e p a r a t i o n a g r e e m e n t o r o t h e r o r f o r a f a m i l y u n i t , fo r a c a l e n d a r m o n t h , i n a n
amount that is not more than (a) the amount determined under Schedule A, minus (b) the family unit's net income determined under Schedule B. Citizenship requirements 6 (1) For a family unit to be eligible for disability assistance at least one applicant or recipient in the family unit must be (a) a Canadian citizen, (b) authorized under an enactment of Canada to take up permanent residence in Canada, (c) determined under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or the Immigration Act (Canada) to be a Convention refugee, (d) in Canada under a temporary resident permit issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or on a minister's permit issued under the Immigration Act (Canada), (e) in the process of having his or her claim for refugee protection, or application for protection, determined or decided under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada), or (f) subject to a removal order under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) that cannot be executed. (2) If a family unit satisfies the requirement under subsection (1), disability assistance and supplements may be provided to or for the family unit on account of each person in the family unit who is (a) a Canadian citizen, (b) authorized under an enactment of Canada to take up permanent residence in Canada, (c) determined under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or the Immigration Act (Canada) to be a Convention refugee, (d) in Canada under a temporary resident permit issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) or on a minister's permit issued under the Immigration Act (Canada), (e) in the process of having his or her claim for refugee protection, or application for protection, determined or decided under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada), (f) subject to a removal order under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) that cannot be executed, or (g) a dependent child. (3) If a family unit includes a person who is not described in subsection (2), a the erson's income and assets must be included in the income ci n cLC .. I EAAT003(10/06/01)
assets of the family unit for the purposes of determining whether the family unit is eligible for assistance, except as otherwise provided in this regulation, and (b) the family unit is not eligible f o r any disability assistance under Schedule A, hardship assistance under Schedule D or supplements under Part 5 of this regulation on account of or for the use or benefit of that person. Schedule B Net Income Calculation (section 24 (b)) Deduction and exemption rules 1 When calculating the net income of a family unit for the purposes of section 24 (b) [amount of disability assistance] of this regulation, (a) the following are exempt from income: (i) any income earned by a dependent child attending school on a full-time basis; (ii) the basic family care rate paid f o r foster homes; (iii) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 48/2010, Sch. 1, s. 2 (c).) (iv) a family bonus, except the portion treated as unearned income under section 10 (1) of this Schedule; (v) the basic child tax benefit; (vi) a goods and services tax credit under the Income Tax Act (Canada); (vii) a tax credit under section 8 [refundable sales tax credit], 8.1 [low income climate action tax credit] or 8.2 [BC harmonized sales tax credit] of the Income Tax Act (British Columbia); (viii) individual redress payments granted by the government of Canada to a person of Japanese ancestry; (ix) individual payments granted by the government of Canada under the Extraordinary Assistance Plan to a person infected by the human immunodeficiency virus; (x) individual payments granted by the government of British Columbia to a person infected by the human immunodeficiency virus or to the surviving spouse or dependent children of that person; (xi) individual payments granted by the government of Canada under the Extraordinary Assistance Plan to thalidomide victims; xii mone , that is EAAT 003(1 0/06/01)
(A) paid or payable to a person if the money is awarded to the person by an adjudicative panel in respect of claims of abuse at Jericho Hill School for the Deaf and drawn from a lump sum settlement paid by the government of British Columbia, or (8) paid or payable to or for a person if the payment is in accordance with the settlement agreement approved by the Supreme Court in Action No. C980463, Vancouver Registry; (xiii) the BC earned income benefit; (xiv) money paid or payable under the 1986-1990 Hepatitis C Settlement Agreement made June 15, 1999, except money paid or payable under section 4.02 or 6.01 of Schedule A or of Schedule 8 of that agreement; (xv) a rent subsidy provided by the provincial government, or by a council, board, society or governmental agency that administers rent subsidies from the provincial government; (xvi) an income tax refund, or part of an income tax refund, that arises by reason of a payment made by the government of British Columbia to the government of Canada on behalf of a person who incurred a tax liability due to income received under the Forest Worker Transition Program; (xvii) money paid or payable to a person in settlement of a claim of abuse at an Indian residential school, except money paid or payable as income replacement in the settlement; (xviii) post adoption assistance payments provided under section 28 (1) or 30.1 of the Adoption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 291/96; (xix) a rebate of energy or fuel tax provided by the government of Canada, the government of British Columbia, or an agency of either government; (xx) money paid by the government of British Columbia, under a written agreement, to a person with disabilities or to a trustee f o r the benefit of a person with disabilities to enable the person with disabilities to live in the community instead of in an institution; (xxi) Repealed. [8.C. Reg. 85/2012, Sch. 2, s. 7.] (xxii) payments granted by the government of British Columbia under section 8 {agreement with child's kin and others] of the Child, Family and Community Service Act; (xxiii) payments granted by the government of British Columbia under the Ministry of Children and Family Development's At Home Program; (xxiv) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 85/2012, Sch. 2, s. 7.] (xxv) payments granted by the government of British Columbia under an agreement referred to in section 93 (1) (g) (ii) of the Child, Fam il and Communit Service Act, for contributions to the_su122Q_ rt EAA T003(10/06/01)
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a p p e l l a n t ' s s p o u s e m u s t b e i n c l u d e d i n t h e i n c o m e i n c o m e " w i t h n o a p p l i c a b l e d e d u c t i o n s o r e x e m p t i m a i n t e n a n c e p a y m e n t o f $ 4 7 5 . 0 0 m u s t b e d e d u c t e o f t h e E A P W D R . A c c o r d i n g l y t h i s p a n e l f i n d s t h a t t h e m i n i s t r y ' s d e c i m a i n t e n a n c e i n c o m e b e d e d u c t e d f r o m t h e a p p e l l a a p p l i c a b l e l e g i s l a t i v e e n a c t m e n t s i n t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s E AA T 0 0 3 ( 1 0 / 0 6 / 0 1 )o f t h e f a m i l y u n i t a n d c o n s t i t u t e s " u n e a r n e d o n s u n d e r S c h e d u l e B . T h e r e f o r e t h e f u l l m o n t h l y d f r o m t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s D A p u r s u a n t t o S e c t i o n 2 4 s i o n t h a t t h e s p o u s e ' s $ 4 7 5 . 0 0 m o n t h l y n t ' s D A 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 c i r c u m s t a n c e s a n d c o n f i r m s t h e d e c i s i o n .
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