Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (Unproclaimed Section Only)

FINANCIAL STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2025 Chapter 9 HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Income and Employment Supports Act Amends SA 2003 cI‑0.5 6 (1) The Income and Employment Supports Act is amended by this section. (2) Section 5.1 is repealed and the following is substituted: Amount of income support payments — learners 5.1 (1) This section applies to the following income support payments provided to a learner household unit: (a) the core essential payment portion of the core income support payment; (b) the core shelter payment portion of the core income support payment; (c) subject to the Schedule, supplementary income support payments. (2) The amount of an income support payment referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is as follows: (a) effective January 1, 2025, the amount set out or determined in accordance with the Schedule; (b) effective January 1, 2026, an amount adjusted annually in accordance with the Schedule. Amount of income support payments — barriers to full employment/expected to work or working 5.2 (1) This section applies to the following income support payments provided to a barriers to full employment household unit or an expected to work or working household unit: (a) the core essential payment portion of the core income support payment; (b) the core shelter payment portion of the core income support payment; (c) subject to the regulations, supplementary income support payments. (2) The amount of an income support payment referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is the amount set out or determined in accordance with the regulations. (3) Section 18 is amended (a) by adding the following after clause (a): (a.01) respecting the amounts of core income support payments and supplementary income support payments and the manner in which the amounts of the payments are to be determined; (b) by repealing clause (a.1) and substituting the following: (a.1) respecting adjustments to the amounts of core income support payments and supplementary income support payments, including regulations respecting the amounts of adjustments, the timing of adjustments and the manner in which the amounts of adjustments are to be determined; (4) The Schedule is amended (a) by repealing section 1(b), (e), (f) and (j); (b) in section 2 by striking out “or 5.1(2.1)(b)”; (c) by repealing sections 4 and 6; (d) by repealing Table 1 and substituting the following: Table 1 Maximum Monthly Core Essential Payment Table under Section 5.1(2)(a) of this Act Number of persons in household unit Amount for learner (full‑time) household unit: EI learner, non ‑ EI learner and apprentice learner 1 adult $ 536 2 adults $ 851 1 adult and children 1 $ 920 2 $ 990 3 $ 1060 4 $ 1130 5 $ 1200 6 $ 1270 each additional child $ 100 2 adults and children 1 $ 1235 2 $ 1305 3 $ 1375 4 $ 1445 5 $ 1515 6 $ 1585 each additional child $ 100 (e) by repealing section 8; (f) in section 10 (i) in subsection (1) by adding “to be provided to a learner household unit” after “supplementary income support payment or allowance”; (ii) in subsection (2) by striking out “section 5.1(2.1)(a)” and substituting “section 5.1(2)(a)”; (iii) in subsection (3) by striking out “Section 5.1(2.1)(b)” and substituting “Section 5.1(2)(b)”. (5) This section comes into force on Proclamation.