Point in Time - Early Learning and Child Care Act

"Point in Time" Regulation Content

Early Learning and Child Care Act

Early Learning and Child Care Regulation

B.C. Reg. 189/2024

SECTION	EFFECTIVE DATE
NOTE: Links below go to regulation content as it was prior to the changes made on the effective date. (PIT covers changes made from September 19, 2009 to "current to" date of the regulation.)
Section 1	April 3, 2025
Section 3	April 3, 2025
Section 7	April 3, 2025

Section 1 definitions of "dependant" and "dependent child" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 44/2025, effective April 3, 2025.

"dependant", in relation to a parent, means either of the following:

(a) a spouse of the parent who resides with the parent;

(b) a dependent child of the parent who resides with the parent;

"dependent child" means a child, other than a child who is 18 years of age and is a person with disabilities, who

(a) resides in the parent's place of residence, and

(b) relies on the parent for the necessities of life;

Section 3 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 44/2025, effective April 3, 2025.

Meaning of "spouse"

3 For the purposes of this regulation, a person is the spouse of a parent if

(a) the person and the parent are married to each other,

(b) the person and the parent, together, acknowledge to the minister that they are residing together in a marriage-like relationship, or

(i) has been residing with the parent for at least the previous 3 consecutive months or 9 of the previous 12 months, and

(ii) has a relationship with the parent that the minister is satisfied demonstrates the following characteristics consistent with a marriage-like relationship:

(A) financial dependence or interdependence;

(B) social and familial interdependence.

Section 7 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 44/2025, effective April 3, 2025.

(2) A child care benefit may be paid for child care provided in a child's home only if the child care is provided by a person

(a) who is not a relative of the child or a dependant of the child's parent, and

(b) who does not reside in the child's home.