Regulations
14. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) prescribing classes of assistance and the items to be included in any such class and the manner of computing the amount or cost thereof and providing for contributions to or reimbursement of sums expended therefor and prescribing the maximum amounts or percentages thereof; (b) prescribing classes of persons who are eligible for assistance and fixing standards of eligibility; (c) defining persons in need or prescribing classes of such persons; (d) defining residence for the purposes of establishing eligibility for assistance, liability to provide assistance, a right to a contribution to the cost of assistance or a right to reimbursement of the whole or any part of the cost of assistance, or for any other purposes of this Act and prescribing the circumstances in which any such definition is applicable; (e) supplementing the liabilities mentioned in section 7, prescribing the circumstances under which there is a liability to provide assistance, a right to a contribution or a right to reimbursement and providing procedures therefor and for determining the maximum amounts of percentages thereof; (f) prescribing classes of municipalities to which grants or subsidies may be paid by the Province; (g) prescribing classes of grants and subsidies from the Province, the methods of determining the amounts of any grant or subsidy, providing for the manner in which and the intervals at which payments shall be made, for the suspension or withholding of the grants and subsidies or any part thereof and for making any deductions from any such grant or subsidy; (h) providing for the recovery by the Province from a municipality of any amounts of assistance paid by the Province for which the municipality is liable or for the recovery by the Province or a municipality from a recipient of assistance or from his or her estate of amounts of assistance paid by the Province or municipality, and prescribing the circumstances and manner in which any such recovery may be made; (i) adding to the classes of persons who are recipients of governmental benefits; (j) providing for the payment of supplementary aid to recipients of governmental benefits, prescribing the circumstances under which and by whom it is payable, and providing for contributions to or reimbursement of amounts expended therefor and prescribing the maximum amounts or percentages thereof; (k) prescribing the amounts of money that may be paid by the Province in respect of the burial of indigent persons who were residing in territory without municipal organization; (l) governing the manner of making application for assistance; (m) providing for the making of investigations for the purposes of this Act of applicants for or recipients of assistance; (n) prescribing the material or proof of any fact, including evidence under oath or affirmation that is to be furnished before assistance is provided or while assistance is being provided; (o) prescribing the manner in which and the intervals at which assistance is to be provided; (p) prescribing additional powers and duties of the Director, regional welfare administrators and municipal welfare administrators; (q) prescribing the records to be kept and the claims and returns to be made to the Minister by municipalities and prescribing the times within which and the manner in which such claims or returns shall be made; (r) providing for the whole or part of the cost of providing medical and dental services to recipients of assistance and their dependants or any class thereof; (s) defining expressions for the purposes of the regulations; (t) prescribing forms and providing for their use; (u) respecting any matter considered necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and purpose of this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. G.6, s. 14.