1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009
The Honourable Stephen McNeil
Annapolis
First Reading: October 21, 2009
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
This Bill amends the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act to provide that the Minister cannot consider the caregiver allowance when determining the eligibility of a person for assistance or the level of assistance for that person under the Act or any other enactment.
1 Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2000, the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 7 the following Section:
(a) chargeable income pursuant to subsection 47(2) of the Employment Support and Income Assistance Regulations nor as an applicable asset pursuant to Section 54 of those regulations; or
(b) income, assets or other resources under any other enactment,
in determining the eligibility of a person for income assistance or employment services or the level of income assistance to that person under this Act or any other enactment administered by the Minister.