S-3.2 - Act respecting income security for Cree hunters and trappers who are beneficiaries under the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec

Section 28.1 Disposition versions

1988-12-23

28.1. The Board may also by by-law

(a)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph a of section 10, the amount of income of the beneficiary unit from the sale of furs; this amount may vary according to categories of beneficiaries determined by the by-law, the income of the beneficiary unit and the territories where harvesting and related activities are carried out or the manner in which such activities are carried out;

(b)  determine the other sources of income to be excluded pursuant to subparagraph e of the first paragraph of section 10;

(c)  determine conditions for the payment of maternity benefits and factors to be considered in establishing, for the purposes of section 11.2, if a woman would ordinarily have participated in harvesting and related activities, had it not been for her pregnancy, the aftereffects of her pregnancy or the care required by her child;

(d)  determine the amount of the daily allowance, which cannot exceed the amount set out in section 11, and the maximum number of days for which a beneficiary unit may receive maternity benefits, which cannot exceed 120;

(e)  determine the terms and conditions and the criteria according to which any overpayment referred to in section 13 is reimbursed.

Such by-laws must be adopted by unanimous decision of the Board and be submitted for approval to the Government.

1988, c. 60, s. 11.