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AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REGULATIONS

SOR/99-290
23 June 1999 (s.34)

AMENDMENTS

1.(1) Subsections 34 (2)¹ and (2.1)¹ of the Employment Insurance Regulations² are replaced by the following:

(2) For the purposes of this section, a child tax benefit is deemed to be an overpayment under Subdivision a.1 of Division E of Part 1 of the Income Tax Act.

(2) Subsection 34 (5)³ of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(5) "The family supplement is the amount determined in accordance with the following table, taking into account the family income, and the number and ages of the children for which the claimant or the claimant's cohabiting spouse receives a child tax benefit.

TABLE

(3) Subsection 34(7)² of the Regulations will be replaced by the following:

(7) Where the application of subsection (5) in respect of benefit periods established before August 1, 1999, results in a reduction of the amount of the family supplement payable to the claimant for a week of unemployment falling on or after August 1, 1999, the amount of the family supplement so calculated will be increased for each child for whom the claimant is entitled to receive a child tax benefit by an additional amount determined in accordance with the following table, taking into account the family income and the number and ages of the children, for the duration of the benefit period: