91. The Government may, by regulation,(1) determine, for each program, in which cases a child is deemed not to be the dependant of a person;
(2) determine, for each program, in which cases a child is the dependant of an adult other than his father or mother and designate such adult;
(3) determine, for each program, in which cases a person continues to be, ceases to be, or becomes a member of a family;
(4) prescribe a scale of needs for adults establishing monthly amounts for the purposes of the last resort assistance program and the amounts of the additional amounts for dependent children, and determine the cases in which and conditions on which such amounts are granted;
(4.1) prescribe, for the purposes of the last resort assistance program, that the scales of needs for adults increased, where applicable, by the amount of the additional amounts for dependent children, are reduced in respect of lodging by an amount established according to the method and to the extent prescribed by regulation;
(5) prescribe, for each last resort assistance program, the amounts of the special benefits intended to provide for certain specific needs and determine subject to what conditions and in which cases they are granted;
(6) define, for the purposes of section 7, what constitutes the attendance of an educational institution providing vocational instruction at the secondary level or instruction at the college or university level;
(6.1) determine, for the purposes of paragraph 6 of section 7, the amount required for computing the benefits for the month of the application, and determine liquid assets and increases of certain of such assets that are excluded therefrom;
(7) determine in which cases an adult who is incarcerated in a penitentiary or detained in a house of detention or any other prison, or who is required to reside in a half-way house is not ineligible for benefits under a last resort assistance program;
(7.1) determine the additional amounts for dependent children from which are subtracted the family allowances received under the Act respecting family benefits (chapter P-19.1), the cases in which and conditions on which such allowances are deemed to have been received by the family, and prescribe their exclusion from the application of certain provisions relating to income;
(8) exclude, for the purpose of computing the benefits granted under the last resort assistance programs, all or part of the income from work or from property, of the earnings, pecuniary benefits, liquid assets and property; such exclusion may vary according to the resources, the property or the programs;
(9) prescribe, for the purpose of computing the benefits, the methods used to compute the income, earnings and pecuniary benefits and prescribe in which cases such income, earnings and pecuniary benefits may be spread and the time they are deemed to be received and determine standards for the application of arrears in support payment;
(10) determine, for each last resort assistance program, the period during which unrealized unemployment benefits are considered in computing the amount of the benefits;
(11) determine, for each program, the elements constituting liquid assets;
(12) determine, for each last resort assistance program, the method used to establish the value of the property and determine the percentage applicable to that value;
(13) prescribe, for each last resort assistance program, the method used to compute the amount of the benefits granted for the month of the application;
(14) prescribe, for the purposes of the financial support program, the amount to be added to the benefits if an adult avails himself of a measure provided for in section 23;
(15) determine in which cases a dwelling is shared and prescribe the method used to compute the amount to be subtracted for the purpose of computing the benefits of an independent adult or family sharing a dwelling;
(16) determine the amount of parental contribution to be considered in computing the benefits of an adult from the net incomes, within the meaning of section 28 of the Taxation Act (chapter I-3), of his father and mother for the last taxation year and prescribe in which cases the Minister may determine the amount of the contribution by substituting for the net incomes those of the current year or the net income of only one parent;
(16.0.1) determine, for the purposes of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 16, in which cases and subject to what conditions the scale based on unavailability applies;
(16.1) determine the cases in which the scale based on unavailability applies;
(17) (subparagraph repealed);
(18) determine, for each last resort assistance program, under which circumstances and on which conditions a beneficiary may continue to receive benefits after ceasing to be eligible therefor;
(19) prescribe the terms and conditions for the payment of benefits granted under a last resort assistance program;
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(19.1) determine the cases in which and the extent to which the provisions of the Acts referred to in the second paragraph of section 24 do not apply;(20) determine the rules to be observed by a person or body that administers the benefits of a beneficiary;
(21) determine, for the purposes of sections 33 and 66, in which cases the Minister must impose the measure determined therein;
(22) determine the recoverable amounts or parts of recoverable amounts which the debtor is not bound to reimburse;
(22.1) prescribe, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 35, the cases in which and the terms and conditions subject to which interest is to be added;
(22.2) determine, for the purposes of the fourth paragraph of section 39, in which cases and subject to what conditions a debtor of support is liable for the payment of costs and fix the amount of the costs and the terms of payment;
(23) determine the periods and the terms and conditions of reimbursement of recoverable amounts;
(24) determine the cases where the debtor is required to pay interest, and fix the rate thereof;
(24.1) prescribe, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 42, the cases in which a debtor is required to pay a recovery charge, and fix the amount thereof;
(24.2) determine the cases in which, and the terms and conditions on which, the Minister is required to pay interest, and fix the rate thereof;
(25) determine the monthly amount up to which the Minister may effect compensation for a debt out of any benefits;
(26) determine the method used to establish the value of the property of the adult, his spouse and dependent children and determine the maximum amount of that value, combined with that of the liquid assets, that may be available to them to be eligible for benefits under the parental wage assistance program;
(27) determine, for the purposes of section 46, the method of computing income from a business;
(28) determine the minimum amount of income from an office or employment and from a business that the adult and his spouse must have earned in any month for that month to be a month of eligibility;
(29) (subparagraph repealed);
(30) prescribe a scale of family needs establishing the annual amounts that are allocated for the purposes of the parental wage assistance program, which may vary according as the family shares a dwelling or not;
(31) fix percentages for the purposes of sections 48 and 48.2;
(31.1) determine with respect to the adult or his spouse, on the basis of the amounts received by each as work income replacement described in the second paragraph of section 48.2, the amount excluded for the purposes of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 48.2;
(31.1.1) fix the amount of last resort assistance benefits for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 48.2 and the fourth paragraph of section 49;
(31.2) (subparagraph repealed);
(32) (subparagraph repealed);
(33) (subparagraph repealed);
(33.0.1) prescribe, for the purposes of section 48.5, the criteria and methods to be used to calculate the increase in the benefits;
(33.1) prescribe a scale of excluded work income for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 49;
(33.2) determine, for the purposes of subparagraph 4 of the third paragraph of section 49, the maximum amount to be subtracted from the total income of the adult’s family;
(34) determine the maximum amount of a dependent child’s income that can be subtracted from the total income of a family under the parental wage assistance program;
(35) (subparagraph repealed);
(36) determine, for the purposes of section 52, the minimum amount of the estimated benefits of an adult which allows him to receive advance payments;
(37) prescribe, for the purposes of section 52, the conditions on which advance payments may be made;
(38) prescribe, for the purposes of section 55, to what extent the amount of an advance payment due to an adult may be allocated to the payment of any sum exigible from the adult under this Act;
(39) fix, for each program, intervals for producing statements and returns;
(40) prescribe administrative standards regarding the programs provided for in this Act.