{"id":27409,"date":"2021-11-01T09:31:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaat.ca\/?page_id=27409"},"modified":"2023-02-16T11:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T19:37:15","slug":"legal-basis-for-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.eaat.ca\/legal-basis-for-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Basis for Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-image uagb-block-e4e9b1fc\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Legal Basis for Appeal<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-07909bf1\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Tribunal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group menu-tribunal-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><strong>About the Tribunal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/About-the-Tribunal\/\">About the Tribunal<\/a><\/li><li><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/legal-basis-for-appeal\/\" href=\"\/legal-basis-for-appeal\/\">Legal Basis for Appeal<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/mandate-mission-organizational-values\/\">Mandate, Mission,  Organizational Values <\/a><\/li><li><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/tribunal-chair-and-vice-chair\/\" href=\"\/tribunal-chair-and-vice-chair\/\">Who We Are<\/a><\/li><li><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/member-remuneration\/\" href=\"\/member-remuneration\/\">Remuneration<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/annual-report\/\">Annual Report<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/Privacy-and-Freedom-of-Information-Policy\/\">Privacy and Freedom of Information Policy<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reconciliation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/pathway-to-reconciliation\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"\/pathway-to-reconciliation\/\">Pathway to Reconciliation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decisions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/decisia.lexum.com\/bceaat\/en\/nav.do\">Tribunal Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/judicial-review-of-decisions\/\">Judicial Review of Decisions<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Tribunal hears appeals from three pieces of legislation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/02040_01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employment and Assistance Act<\/a><\/em>;<\/li><li>the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/02041_01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act<\/a><\/em>;<\/li><li>the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/96026_01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Care Subsidy Act<\/a><\/em>:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are not sure whether you can appeal, complete a  <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.eaat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/NOA-2022-Final.pdf\">Notice of Appeal form (PDF)<\/a> and send it to the Tribunal. The Tribunal will look at your form and will let you know whether you can appeal. The <a href=\"http:\/\/eaat.ca\">Home Page<\/a> and <a href=\"\/how-to-appeal\/\">How to Appeal<\/a> page have instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Employment and Assistance Act<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tribunal can hear appeals of reconsideration decisions that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Result in a refusal to provide income assistance, hardship assistance or a supplement;<\/li><li>Result in a discontinuance of income assistance or a supplement;<\/li><li>Result in a reduction of income assistance or a supplement; or<\/li><li>Result in the lessor of the maximum amount of a supplement or the cost of the least expensive appropriate supplement.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/02040_01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employment and Assistance Act<\/a><\/em>, section 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may want to refer to sections 18 and 27 that place some restrictions on what may be appealed.  Finally, section 81 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/263_2002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employment and Assistance Regulation<\/a> lists certain types of decisions that cannot be appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tribunal can hear appeals of reconsideration decisions that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Result in a refusal to provide disability assistance, hardship assistance or a supplement;<\/li><li>Result in a discontinuance of disability assistance or a supplement;<\/li><li>Result in a reduction of disability assistance or a supplement; or<\/li><li>Result in the lessor of the maximum amount of a supplement or the cost of the least expensive appropriate supplement.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/02041_01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act<\/a><\/em>, section 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also want to refer to sections 17 and 18 that place some restrictions on what may be appealed.&nbsp; Finally, section 73 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/265_2002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation<\/a> lists certain types of Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction decisions that cannot be appealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Child Care Subsidy Act<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tribunal can hear appeals of reconsideration decisions that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Result in a refusal to pay a child care subsidy; or<\/li><li>Result in a discontinuance or reduction of a child care subsidy.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca\/civix\/document\/id\/complete\/statreg\/96026_01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Child Care Subsidy Act<\/a><\/em>, section 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also want to refer to sections 6.1 and 7 that place some restrictions on what may be appealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - 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