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PART E SUMMARY O F F ACTS .The following eviden ce was before the ministry a t the time of reconsid • A c o py of the appella nt's Reque st for Rec o n sid e • A copy of a s helt er i nfor ma tion form signed M ay • A c o py of an updated shelter information form signed March date, and monthly rent of $430.00. • An un dated do cu m e nt provided to the m in i str y by an d a hand-written no tation indicating t ha t a f ri end before the appella nt was able to get more in f ormation from the • An invoice da ted April 4, 2014 from t he chos en m hauling; t his included a dump cos t of $110.02 and 4 h In the Reconsideration Dec ision dated May 5, 2 014 t h e mi rec i pien t of income assistance, and that his file w a s open updated shelter do c ument was received on March 28, 20 with 3 mo v ing co s t s w as re ce i v ed on Ap ril 9, 2014. T he 2 014 w as r eceive d on A pril 9, 2 014 . In th e Recon sideration Decisio n da ted May 5 , 2014 the m con sid era t ion for a m ovin g supplemen t to move within h significa ntl y r edu ced. The mini s t ry accept ed tha t as the have a ny other avai l able reso urces to p ay fo r his move. The Emp l oyment a nd Assista nce App e a l Tr i bun a l ( " Tri buna M ay 1 5 , 2 014. The appellant wrote that he ha d no op tion place to mov e an d no help with the mov e u ntil the last m A n emai l was received from the appellant on June 5, 20 1 m ove w a s very chao t ic, an d t he arrangemen ts w it h the movers were very nearly t ried to explain t h e need f or the advance e stimat es to th e eve n c ame to believe t h at post-dat ing the es t imates w ould p ersons who hel p ed him w ith the m ove. The a ppellant' s email wit h details of his reasons for appeal was sent to the ministry, and ministry resp onded b y confirming that the ministry's submission summary provided in the Record of the Ministry Decision Th e pane l de termines t he addition al e v i d en c e p ro vided b admissible under s.22( 4) of the Employment and assistance min ister at r econsideration and provides some detail s co costs. EIA102(05/06/17) I APPEAi # e ratio n : ration dated April 14, 2014. 3, 2 013 confirming month l y ren t of $700.00. 27 , 2014 for an April 1, 2014 re ntal start · the a ppellant that i ncluded 3 moving cos t estimates made a rr a ngement s w i th the first potential mo ver other two mov e rs . over in the total amount of $830.02 for cleani ng and o u rs of unspecifi ed labour fo r $120.00. nistry c o n f irme d t hat th e ap pell a n t is a sole ed in May, 2 013. The m inistry confi r m e d that t he 1 4. Th e ministry confirm ed the undated documen t ministr y con f irmed that the invo ice dated Ap ril 4, i nistry a cc ep t ed that the ap pellant was e n tit l ed to is mu n i cipa l i ty becaus e his she l t er c osts wou ld be appe l lan t's m on thly inc ome is $ 61 0 .00 , he m a y n ot l" ) r ece ive d the app el lant 's Notice of Appeal on but to pro cee d w it h o u t pre-approval a s h e had no oment. 4 o u tli n i n g his re asons f or app eal . He wrote tha t t he l a st minut e . Although he move rs, he d id "a v e ry p oor job of i t '' and indeed, be suffic ient. H e provided the na m e s o f the two on June 1 0 , 2 014 the in this matter will be the reconside ration . y t he ap pellant in support of his Notice of Appeal is Act as it is in support of the records before the ncerni ng th e issue of advance approval of m o ving
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The ministry has ac cepted th at t he ap pellant was entitled to consideration for a movin wi t hin his municipality because his shelter cos t s would be significantly t he ap pellant's mon t hl y income i s $6 1 0 .00, he may not h The ministry's continued o bjection, as outlined within the Reconsideration Decision, is that the incurred on April 4, 2014 were incurr e d with o ut the mi nister's pre-r equisite te r ms of the legislation. The appellant's posi tion (c ontained within his June 5, 2014 email and ar rang ements we re last minute, and although he t ried to c "messed up" but not ma l i c i ous ly or without understanding receiv e d by the Tribunal on May 15, 2014, he wrote t ha t h last moment, and so he had no option but to proceed w ithout ad The panel notes the ministry's determination tha t the appell (shelter c o sts re d u ced} and 57(3}(a ) (no other a v a ilab le r Sec tio n 57 ( 3) (b) o f t he EAR requi r es th at the reci pie n t of the mov appro val before incurri ng th ose cos ts. The appe lla nt h as t he move was last mi nut e a nd chao tic , h is efforts to have his mo ta ke p l ace. H i s i n vo ice for movi n g w a s submi tted after th appr oval . Gi v en t h e man d ator y nat ur e of section 5 7(3)(b) of t he EA det e rmi ning that the a p pel la nt d id not o btain p rio r app rova f o r which the a p pellant has re q ueste d re i mbursement in t mi nist ry ac ce pted th at ot her legislated crit er i a set out in section 57 were su p plement i s co n d it iona l up o n all o f the legisla t i v e cri ter Furthe r, m ov ing cos t s as d efine d w it hin t h e EA R are very a nd its per so n al ef fects from one place to a nother. T here fi n d s the m inistry was reasonable i n conc l ud ing th at c leaning definition of moving costs. The Panel finds the mini s t ry's decision that the appellant was not eligible for a moving supplement because he incurred the moving costs before receiv in g the minister's legislatio n in the circumstances of the appellant and confirms the reconsideration decision. EIA102(05/06/17) I APPEAL# g sup plement to move red uc ed . The ministry accepted that as a ve any other available r e sources to pay fo r his move. m oving costs prio r ap proval , contrary to th e manda to r y a n d t o t he Tribu nal} is that his move w a s chaotic o mply w ith the pre -approval requirement, he hi s respons ib il it ies. In his orig inal notice of appea l e had no place t o move and no-one to help until the v a n ce approva l of a movi ng supplement. ant satisfied th e requirements of section 57(1)(d) es our ces for the move). i n g supp l em ent receiv e the mi nis t er's wri t ten that he was awa re o f t his need, but be c ause v ing expen ses p re-app roved sim ply d id no t e move w as comp l eted and with out a dva nce R, the panel finds th at t h e mini s t ry was reasonable in l fr om t h e mi n i stry befor e incur ring t h e m oving co sts h e fo rm of a m oving supp l ement. Al t hough t h e m et, eligibi l i ty for a mo ving i a be ing met. spe ci f i c, cove ring the c o s t of mo v ing a f amil y u ni t is no re fer ence to cleanin g or du mp cos ts. The p an e l an d dump costs are not included within the ap proval i s a reasonable application o f the ap plicable
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