15. (1) Despite sections 11 and 31, where the amount of any payment is determined under section 12 or 31 to be more than zero and less than $2.50 in any month, the amount may be increased to $2.50.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 15 (1). (2) Despite section 11, where the amount of the allowance payable to a recipient would be reduced to zero under section 13 by reason of income that includes income from a training allowance paid under a training program that is approved by the Director, the amount of the allowance shall be continued at $2.50 per month so long as the beneficiary continues to be approved by the Director for the training program.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 15 (2). (3) Despite section 11, where the amount of the allowance payable to a recipient who is, (a) a surviving spouse; (b) sixty years of age and over but under sixty-five years of age; and (c) eligible on the 1st day of September, 1985 or who would be eligible on the 1st day of September, 1985 if an application had been made on that date for a spouse’s allowance payable to a surviving spouse under the Old Age Security Act
(Canada), would be reduced to zero under section 13 by reason of income that includes income from a spouse’s allowance payable to a surviving spouse under the Old Age Security Act
(Canada), the amount of the allowance shall be continued at $2.50 per month so long as the recipient remains otherwise eligible for an allowance until the recipient attains sixty-five years of age.  O. Reg. 289/05, s. 4. (4) Despite section 11, where the amount of the allowance payable in the month of January, 1987 to a recipient would be reduced to zero under section 13 by reason of income that includes income from a disability benefit under the Canada Pension Plan or the Quebec Pension Plan
(Quebec), the amount of the allowance shall be continued at $2.50 per month so long as the recipient remains otherwise eligible for an allowance.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 15 (4). (5) Revoked:  O. Reg. 114/98, s. 3 (1). (6) Despite section 11, the amount of the allowance of a person referred to in subsection (6.1) shall be $2.50 per month for any month in which, (a) the person is not entitled to an allowance under section 11 because his or her income exceeds his or her budgetary requirements but the person is otherwise entitled to an allowance; (b) the person’s income calculated under section 13 is less than the sum of, (i) the person’s budgetary requirements calculated under section 12 or 31, as the case may be, and (ii) the value of any benefits the person would have received under sections 21, 22 and 24 and subsections 30 (4) and (4.1) if the person were entitled to an allowance under section 11.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 15 (6); O. Reg. 114/98, s. 3 (2); O. Reg. 138/05, s. 1. (6.1) Subsection (6) applies only to a person who meets all of the following criteria: 1. The person is not a person to whom section 31 applies. 2. The person received an allowance for the month of March, 1998 under subsection (5), as it read on March 31, 1998 or under subsection (6). 3. In the case of the payment of an allowance for the month of May, 1998 or any subsequent month, the person received an allowance under subsection (6) for the preceding month.  O. Reg. 114/98, s. 3 (3). (7) Despite subsection 17 (10), a person who receives an allowance under subsection (6) is not eligible to receive a benefit under section 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35 or 36 or subsection 30 (1) or (3).  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 15 (7); O. Reg. 114/98, s. 3 (4).