12.1. Where the parents of a child cohabit and at least one of them is a recipient under the Basic Income Program, the child is a dependant(1) of the parent who is a recipient under the program, where only one of them is a recipient under the program; or
(2) of the parent whom they jointly designate, where they are both recipients under the program.
If the parents referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph have 2 or more children born of their union, only one of them may be designated as having the children as dependants.
Such designation may be jointly modified at the beginning of each new reference period.
The parent so designated must inform the Minister. A parent designated in accordance with the third paragraph must inform the Minister before the beginning of the reference period.
1140-2022O.C. 1140-2022, s. 31.