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A-17 - Act respecting family assistance allowances

Section 2
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2. A family is composed of spouses and of the children cared or provided for by at least one of the spouses, or of a person without a spouse and the children he or she cares or provides for. The conditions on which a person shall be considered, for the purposes of this Act, to be caring or providing for a child shall be determined by regulation.
A person or family to whom a child is entrusted under the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1) or the Young Offenders Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter Y-1) shall not be considered as a family within the meaning of this Act in respect of the child.
For the purposes of this Act, in establishing the rank of children in a family, account shall be taken only of those children who give entitlement to a family allowance, from the eldest to the youngest.
1973, c. 36, s. 2; 1986, c. 103, s. 2; 1989, c. 4, s. 2; 1992, c. 21, s. 85; 1994, c. 23, s. 23.
2. A family is composed of spouses and of the children cared or provided for by at least one of the spouses, or of a person without a spouse and the children he or she cares or provides for. The conditions on which a person shall be considered, for the purposes of this Act, to be caring or providing for a child shall be determined by regulation.
A person or family to whom a child is entrusted under the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2), the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree and Inuit Native persons (chapter S-5), the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1) or the Young Offenders Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter Y-1) shall not be considered as a family within the meaning of this Act in respect of the child.
For the purposes of this Act, in establishing the rank of children in a family, account shall be taken only of those children who give entitlement to a family allowance, from the eldest to the youngest.
1973, c. 36, s. 2; 1986, c. 103, s. 2; 1989, c. 4, s. 2; 1992, c. 21, s. 85.
2. A family is composed of spouses and of the children cared or provided for by at least one of the spouses, or of a person without a spouse and the children he or she cares or provides for. The conditions on which a person shall be considered, for the purposes of this Act, to be caring or providing for a child shall be determined by regulation.
A person or family to whom a child is entrusted under the Act respecting social services and health services (chapter S-5), the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1) or the Young Offenders Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter Y-1) shall not be considered as a family within the meaning of this Act in respect of the child.
For the purposes of this Act, in establishing the rank of children in a family, account shall be taken only of those children who give entitlement to a family allowance, from the eldest to the youngest.
1973, c. 36, s. 2; 1986, c. 103, s. 2; 1989, c. 4, s. 2.
2. According to the rules established in this Act, an allowance shall be granted for each month to the mother of every child; if there is no mother, the allowance shall be granted to the father of that child; if there is neither father nor mother and unless otherwise provided by regulation, it shall be granted to the individual who wholly or substantially maintains such child.
Such allowance may be paid to an administrator in the cases determined by regulation.
1973, c. 36, s. 2; 1986, c. 103, s. 2.
2. According to the rules established in this act, a family allowance shall be granted for each month to the mother of every child; if there is no mother, the allowance shall be granted to the father of that child; if there is neither father nor mother and unless otherwise provided by regulation, it shall be granted to the individual who wholly or substantially maintains such child.
Such allowance may be paid to an administrator in the cases determined by regulation.
1973, c. 36, s. 2.
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