2. (1) The spouse of a recipient of a pension under the Old Age Security Act (Canada) is eligible for an allowance calculated in accordance with section 11, if the spouse, (a) is a person in need and resident in Ontario; (b) is not eligible for an allowance under subsection 7 (1) of the Act or under subsection (3) or (4) of this section or for a pension under the Old Age Security Act
(Canada); (c) has attained the age of sixty years; (d) is living, (i) in the same dwelling place as the recipient, (ii) apart from the recipient, where the recipient is a patient in an institution under the Mental Hospitals Act, a chronically ill person in a hospital under the Public Hospitals Act, a resident in a nursing home under the Nursing Homes Act or a resident in a home for the aged under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act or the Charitable Institutions Act and has been a patient or resident therein, as the case may be, for a continuous period of six months or more, or (iii) apart from the recipient, where the recipient is imprisoned in a penal institution and at the date of application has a term of imprisonment remaining to be served of six months or more; and (e) has liquid assets that together with those of the recipient do not exceed $5,000 in value.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 407/91, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 409/95, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 364/01, s. 2 (1). (2) The spouse of a recipient or of a former recipient of an allowance under the Act or a predecessor Act is eligible for an allowance calculated in accordance with section 11 if the spouse, (a) is a person in need and resident in Ontario; (b) is not eligible for an allowance under subsection 7 (1) of the Act or under any other subsection of this section; (c) has attained the age of sixty years or has one or more dependent children; (d) is a single person; and (e) has liquid assets that do not exceed $2,500 in value.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 2 (2); O. Reg. 407/91, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (2). (3) Where a person referred to in subsection (2) has one or more dependants, the amount of the liquid assets referred to in clause (2) (e) shall include the value of the liquid assets of the dependent children and shall be increased by $2,500 for the first dependent child and $500 for each additional dependent child.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 2 (3). (4) A person is eligible for an allowance calculated in accordance with section 11 if he or she, (a) is received and lodged as a resident within the meaning of the Homes for Special Care Act in a home for special care established, licensed or approved under that Act; or (b) has attained the age of eighteen years and resides in a facility designated under the Developmental Services Act, and the person, (c) is a person in need; (d) is not eligible for an allowance under subsection 7 (1) of the Act or under subsection (1) or (3) of this section; and (e) has liquid assets not in excess of the amounts set out in section 3.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 2 (4); O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (3); O. Reg. 364/01, s. 2 (2). (5) Revoked:  O. Reg. 364/01, s. 2 (3). (6) A person is eligible for an allowance calculated in accordance with section 11 if he or she, (a) is a person in need; (b) is resident in Ontario; (c) with the approval of the Director of the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Branch of the Ministry of Community and Social Services, is enrolled in an assessment or training program established under section 5 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Act; (d) is not eligible for a pension under the Old Age Security Act (Canada); and (e) has liquid assets not in excess of the amounts under section 3.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 2 (6); O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (5). (7) A person who is resident in Ontario and who is a person in need is eligible for an allowance and other benefits calculated in accordance with the Act and this Regulation if, (a) he or she is a parent of a dependent child who resides in the same dwelling place as him or her; (b) he or she has no spouse or is not residing in the same dwelling place as his or her spouse by reason of separation with no reasonable prospect of reconciliation; (c) he or she is not eligible for an allowance under any other subsection of this section or under subsection 7 (1) of the Act; and (d) his or her liquid assets do not exceed in value the amounts set out in subsection 3 (1).  O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (6); O. Reg. 436/93, s. 2; O. Reg. 409/95, s. 2 (3); O. Reg. 36/00, s. 2; O. Reg. 289/05, s. 2. (8) In subsection 2 (7), “parent” means a natural or adoptive parent or a person, other than a foster parent, who has demonstrated a settled intention to treat a child as a child of his or her family.  O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (7). (9) Revoked:  O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (8). (10) A person is not eligible for benefits under section 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 35, 35.1 or 36 but is otherwise eligible for an allowance calculated in accordance with section 11 if the person, (a) is a person in need; (b) is resident in Ontario; (c) has liquid assets not in excess of the amounts set out in section 3; (d) has attained the age of eighteen years; (e) is not eligible for an allowance under subsection 7 (1) of the Act or under any other subsection of this section; and (f) is a patient residing in or on a leave of absence from, (i) a facility designated as a psychiatric facility by section 1 of Regulation 744 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General), (ii) the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, or (iii) Homewood Health Centre.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 366, s. 2 (10); O. Reg. 407/91, s. 1 (4); O. Reg. 631/91, s. 2 (9). (11) A person who is resident in Ontario is eligible for an allowance and other benefits calculated in accordance with the Act and this Regulation if he or she is a person in need who has attained the age of sixty years but has not attained the age of sixty-five years.  O. Reg. 407/91, s. 1 (5).