Seniors Income Plan Regulations, S-25.1 Reg 3

1 SENIORS INCOME PLAN S-25.1 REG 3 The Seniors Income Plan Regulations being Chapter S-25.1 Reg 3 (effective February 21, 2002) as amended by Saskatchewan Regulations 123/2005; an Errata notice published in The Saskatchewan Gazette on January 20, 2006; 118/2008, 42/2012, 37/2013, 35/2014, 53/2015, 74/2021 and 53/2022 and 39/2023. NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 S-25.1 REG 3 SENIORS INCOME PLAN Table of Contents 1 Title 2 Interpretation 3 Basis of entitlement 4 Maximum benefit 5 Reduction 6 Minimum payment 7 Admissions and discharges 7.1 Repealed 8 Payment of benefits 9 Underpayment of benefits 10 R.R.S. c.S-25.1 Reg 2 repealed 11 Coming into force 3 SENIORS INCOME PLAN S-25.1 REG 3 CHAPTER S-25.1 REG 3 The Saskatchewan Income Plan Act Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Seniors Income Plan Regulations. 19 Dec 2008 SR 118/2008 s3. Interpretation 2 In these regulations: (a) “Act” means The Saskatchewan Income Plan Act; (b) “allowance” means the allowance authorized to be paid pursuant to Part III of the Old Age Security Act (Canada); (c) “beneficiary” means a person to whom payment of a benefit has been approved; (d) “common-law partner” means a common-law partner as defined in the Old Age Security Act (Canada); (e) “payment period” means the period commencing on July 1 of one year and ending on June 30 of the next year; (f) “pensioner” means a person who is in receipt of a pension and a supplement; (g) “resident of a facility” means: (i) a person who resides in a facility designated as a special-care home pursuant to The Facility Designation Regulations; or (ii) a patient who: (A) is in a facility designated as a hospital or health centre pursuant to The Facility Designation Regulations or is in a hospital operated by the Athabasca Health Authority; and (B) by reason of receiving long-term care, is being assessed a resident charge; (h) “single person” means a person without a spouse or common-law partner. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s2; 8 Jne 2012 SR 42/2012 s3. 4 S-25.1 REG 3 SENIORS INCOME PLAN Basis of entitlement 3(1) Subject to subsection (2) and sections 7 and 9, the minister shall base the entitlement of a beneficiary to a benefit on the amount of the supplement to which the beneficiary is entitled for that month. (2) Repealed. 8 Jne 2012 SR 42/2012 s4. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s3; 19 Dec 2008 SR 118/2008 s4; 8 Jne 2012 SR 42/2012 s4. Maximum benefit 4(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 5, the maximum benefit payable is: (a) $360 per month to: (i) a single person who is a pensioner; or (ii) a person who is a pensioner and whose spouse or common-law partner is not a pensioner; (b) $325 per month to a person if both that person and that person’s spouse or common-law partner are pensioners. (2) Subject to section 5, the maximum benefit payable is $50 per month to a person: (a) who is a pensioner; and (b) who is a resident of a facility. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s4; 19 Dec 2008 SR 118/2008 s5; 8 Jne 2012 SR 42/2012 s5; 7 Jne 2013 SR 37/2013 s3; 30 May 2014 SR 35/2014 s3; 5 Jne 2015 SR 53/2015 s3; 25 Jne 2021 SR 74/2021 s3; 8 Jly 2022 SR 53/2022 s3; 26 May 2023 SR 39/2023 s3. Reduction 5(1) In this section, a reference to a table is a reference to a table set out in the Old Age Security Pension Guaranteed Income Supplement Allowance Table of Rates, published pursuant to the Old Age Security Act (Canada), that is in force at the relevant time. (2) Subject to section 6, if a person receives less than the maximum supplement, the minister shall: (a) reduce the maximum benefit payable pursuant to subsection 4(1) to the person: (i) by $1.90 for every $1 reduction made to the person’s supplement in accordance with Table 1 in the case of a single person; 5 SENIORS INCOME PLAN S-25.1 REG 3 (ii) by $2.10 for every $1 reduction made to the person’s supplement in accordance with Table 2 in the case of a person whose spouse or common-law partner is a pensioner; (iii) by $6.55 for every $1 reduction made to the person’s supplement in accordance with Table 3 in the case of a person whose spouse or common-law partner is not a pensioner or is not in receipt of an allowance; (iv) in the case of a person whose spouse or common-law partner is in receipt of an allowance that is less than the maximum allowance: (A) by $1.90 for every $3 reduction made to the allowance of the spouse or common-law partner in accordance with Table 4; and (B) by $1.90 for every reduction of less than $3 made to the allowance of the spouse or common-law partner in accordance with Table 4. 19 Dec 2008 SR 118/2008 s6; 8 Jne 2012 SR 42/2012 s6; 7 Jne 2013 SR 37/2013 s4; 30 May 2014 SR 35/2014 s4; 5 Jne 2015 SR 53/2015 s4; 25 Jne 2021 SR 74/2021 s4; 8 Jly 2022 SR 53/2022 s4; 26 May 2023 SR 39/2023 s4. Minimum payment 6(1) If a beneficiary is a resident of a facility and the amount of the benefit to which the beneficiary would be entitled for a month, as determined in accordance with these regulations, is greater than zero but less than $5 per month, the minimum payment to that beneficiary is $5 per month. (2) If a beneficiary is not a resident of a facility and the amount of the benefit to which the beneficiary would be entitled for a month, as determined in accordance with these regulations, is greater than zero but less than $15 per month, the minimum payment to that beneficiary is $15 per month. 25 Jne 2021 SR 74/2021 s5. Admissions and discharges 7 The minister shall adjust a beneficiary’s benefit payable as of the second month following the month in which the change occurred where: (a) the beneficiary: (i) becomes a resident of a facility; or (ii) ceases to be a resident of a facility; and (b) as a result of the change in the beneficiary’s status described in clause (a), there is a change in the beneficiary’s eligibility pursuant to section 4. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s7. 6 S-25.1 REG 3 SENIORS INCOME PLAN 7.1 Repealed. 19 Dec 2008 SR 118/2008 s8. Payment of benefits 8 The minister may pay benefits: (a) by direct electronic deposit to the same account in a financial institution to which the beneficiary’s supplement is paid; or (b) by cheque. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s8. Underpayment of benefits 9(1) Subject to subsection (2), where the department discovers that a beneficiary was entitled to receive a benefit which was not paid, or that a beneficiary’s entitlement to a supplement was incorrectly assessed, resulting in an underpayment of benefits, the minister shall calculate and pay the amount of the benefits owing to the beneficiary from the date that the beneficiary was entitled to receive the benefit or the adjusted benefit, as the case may be. (2) The minister is not required to calculate and pay, and the beneficiary is not entitled to receive, benefits owing pursuant to subsection (1) from a date earlier than the beginning of the payment period in which the entitlement or the incorrect assessment was discovered by the department. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s9. R.R.S. c.S-25.1 Reg 2 repealed 10 The Saskatchewan Income Plan Regulations, 1992 are repealed. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s10. Coming into force 11 These regulations come into force on the day on which they are filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 1 Mar 2002 cS-25.1 Reg 3 s11. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE KING’S PRINTER Copyright©2023