Transitional Assistance Benefit Regulations (SOR/65-410)

22 (1) An insurance officer shall consider applications submitted to him under these Regulations and,

• (a) if he is of the opinion that a transitional assistance benefit period has been established, he shall so declare, or

• (b) if he is of the opinion that a transitional assistance benefit period has not been established, he shall

  • (i) declare that a transitional assistance benefit period has not been established on the ground that one or more of the requirements of these Regulations have not been complied with, or

  • (ii) refer the application, if practicable, within fourteen days from the day on which the application was submitted to him to a Board of Referees for its decision.

(2) Notwithstanding that a transitional assistance benefit period has been established, if an insurance officer is not satisfied that an employee has fulfilled all the other conditions of qualification for transitional assistance benefits or if he is of the opinion that the employee is or was disqualified from receiving transitional assistance benefits, he shall

• (a) declare the employee to be disqualified from receiving transitional assistance benefits for such days as he may determine, on the ground that

  • (i) the employee is disqualified under these Regulations, or

  • (ii) the employee does not fulfil one or more of any of the conditions or requirements of these Regulations; or

• (b) refer the application, if practicable, within fourteen days from the day on which the application was submitted to him, to a Board of Referees for its decision.

(3) Where an employee has been declared disqualified under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) for any days, there shall be deducted from the transitional assistance benefits otherwise payable to him in respect of the week in which such days fall, an amount equal to one-sixth of the product obtained by multiplying the total number of such days in the week by the weekly transitional assistance benefit of that employee, but if the amount so calculated is not a multiple of one dollar, the amount shall be rounded to the nearest dollar and a half dollar shall be rounded to a full dollar.