O. Reg. 369/24: DESIGNATION OF GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND DELIVERY AGENTS

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ontario regulation 369/24

made under the

Ontario Works Act, 1997

Made: September 19, 2024
Filed: September 23, 2024
Published on e-Laws: September 23, 2024
Published in The Ontario Gazette: October 12, 2024

Amending O. Reg. 136/98

(DESIGNATION OF GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND DELIVERY AGENTS)

1. The title of Ontario Regulation 136/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

DESIGNATION OF GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, DELIVERY AGENTS AND DELIVERY PARTNERS

2. Section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. (1) The territories, as constituted from time to time, of the municipalities and district social services administration boards set out in Column 1 of Schedule 1, are designated as geographic areas.

(2) The entity set out opposite to each geographic area in Column 2 of Schedule 1 is designated as the delivery agent for that geographic area, and the entity, if any, set out opposite to each geographic area in Column 3 of Schedule 1 is designated as the delivery partner for that geographic area.

3. Section 2.3 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “in the Ministry at the Ontario Works Branch, 5th Floor, 375 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2J5” and substituting “from the Ministry”.

4. (1) Clause 4 (a) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(a) the other entity is another delivery agent, a delivery partner, a municipality, a band, a district social services administration board or the aboriginal tribal council known as the “Kenora Chiefs Advisory Inc.”;

(2) Section 4 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2) If the Ministry is the delivery agent in a geographic area, the limitation set out in subsection (1) does not apply.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

5. Each delivery partner is authorized to perform the powers and duties of an administrator that relate to the administration of the Act and the provision of assistance in the delivery partner’s geographic area, except for,

(a) powers and duties relating to appeals to Divisional Court; and

(b) the power under section 46 of the Act to delegate the administrator’s powers and duties to employees of a delivery agent.

6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a delivery partner may enter into an agreement with regard to any matter relating to the performance of the delivery partner’s powers and duties in the delivery partner’s geographic area.

(2) A delivery partner may enter into an agreement giving another entity authority to determine eligibility for assistance only if,

(a) the other entity is another delivery agent, a delivery partner, a municipality, a band, a district social services administration board or the aboriginal tribal council known as the “Kenora Chiefs Advisory Inc.”;

(b) the agreement requires the entity to comply with any duties of the delivery partner under the Act with respect to that authority; and

(c) the agreement authorizes the delivery partner to cancel the agreement if the entity does not comply with those duties.

7. (1) Each delivery partner shall provide to the Director information relevant to the performance of its powers and duties under the Act that is requested by the Director, including information about present and former applicants and recipients under the Act, the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997, the Family Benefits Act or the General Welfare Assistance Act.

(2) The information shall be provided in the form and manner requested by the Director.

8. (1) Information collected by a delivery partner for the purposes of the Act may be used by the delivery partner and the delivery agent for the purposes of and in accordance with the Act.

(2) Personal information collected by a delivery partner for the purposes of this Act may be used by the delivery partner and the delivery agent only for the purpose for which it was collected or for a consistent purpose or as authorized under the Act.

(3) Each delivery partner shall keep information collected under the Act in the form and electronic system required by the Director.

9. Each delivery partner shall be subject to the powers of the Director set out in section 48 of the Act.

10. (1) Each delivery partner may establish a local fraud control unit.

(2) Subsections 57 (3) and (4) of the Act apply to a local fraud control unit established under subsection (1).

11. (1) Each delivery partner is,

(a) responsible for the payment or provision of discretionary benefits in the delivery partner’s geographic area in accordance with subsection 57.2 (3) and section 59 of Ontario Regulation 134/98 (General) made under the Act; and

(b) entitled to recover amounts in accordance with subsection 59 (5) of Ontario Regulation 134/98.

6. Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Schedule 1

Item	Column 1 Geographic area	Column 2 Delivery agent	Column 3 Delivery partner, if any
1.	City of Cornwall and United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry	City of Cornwall
2.	City of Greater Sudbury	City of Greater Sudbury
3.	City of Hamilton	Ministry	City of Hamilton
4.	City of Kawartha Lakes and County of Haliburton	Ministry	City of Kawartha Lakes
5.	City of Kingston and the geographic area of the Frontenac Management Board, as set out in paragraph 3.3 (b) of an Order made under section 25.2 of the Municipal Act on January 7, 1997 and published in The Ontario Gazette dated February 15, 1997	City of Kingston
6.	City of London and County of Middlesex	City of London
7.	City of Ottawa	City of Ottawa
8.	City of St. Thomas and County of Elgin	City of St. Thomas
9.	City of Toronto	City of Toronto
10.	City of Windsor, County of Essex and Township of Pelee	City of Windsor
11.	County of Brant and City of Brantford	Ministry	City of Brantford
12.	County of Bruce	County of Bruce
13.	County of Dufferin	County of Dufferin
14.	County of Grey	County of Grey
15.	County of Hastings, City of Belleville and City of Quinte West	County of Hastings
16.	County of Huron	County of Huron
17.	County of Lambton	County of Lambton
18.	County of Lanark and Town of Smiths Falls	County of Lanark
19.	County of Lennox and Addington and County of Prince Edward	County of Lennox and Addington
20.	County of Northumberland	Ministry	County of Northumberland
21.	County of Oxford	County of Oxford
22.	County of Perth, City of Stratford and Town of St. Marys	City of Stratford
23.	County of Peterborough and City of Peterborough	Ministry	City of Peterborough
24.	County of Renfrew, including the City of Pembroke	County of Renfrew
25.	County of Simcoe, City of Barrie and City of Orillia	County of Simcoe
26.	County of Wellington and City of Guelph	County of Wellington
27.	District Municipality of Muskoka	Ministry	District Municipality of Muskoka
28.	Municipality of Chatham-Kent	Municipality of Chatham-Kent
29.	Norfolk County and Haldimand County	Ministry	Norfolk County
30.	Regional Municipality of Durham	Regional Municipality of Durham
31.	Regional Municipality of Halton	Regional Municipality of Halton
32.	Regional Municipality of Niagara	Ministry	Regional Municipality of Niagara
33.	Regional Municipality of Peel	Ministry	Regional Municipality of Peel
34.	Regional Municipality of Waterloo	Regional Municipality of Waterloo
35.	Regional Municipality of York	Ministry	Regional Municipality of York
36.	United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, City of Brockville, Town of Gananoque and Town of Prescott	United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
37.	United Counties of Prescott and Russell	United Counties of Prescott and Russell
38.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the Algoma District Services Administration Board	Algoma District Services Administration Board
39.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the District of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board	District of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board
40.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board	District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board
41.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board	District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board
42.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board	District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board
43.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board	District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board
44.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board	District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board
45.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the Kenora District Services Board	Kenora District Services Board
46.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board	Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board
47.	The district described in Ontario Regulation 278/98 for the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board	Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board

 

Commencement

7. This Regulation comes into force on the later of October 1, 2024 and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Le ministre des Services à l'enfance et des Services sociaux et communautaires,

Michael Parsa

Minister of Children, Community and Social Services

Date made: September 19, 2024
Pris le : 19 septembre 2024

 

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