Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Marginal note:Criteria for eligibility

• 25.1 (1) In order that a province may qualify for a full cash contribution under sections 24.2 and 24.5 and subsection 24.6(3) for a fiscal year, the laws of the province must not

  • (a) require or allow a period of residence in the province or Canada to be set as a condition of eligibility for social assistance or for the receipt or continued receipt of social assistance; or

  • (b) make or allow the amount, form or manner of social assistance to be contingent on a period of such residence.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) The criteria in subsection (1) are not contravened by a requirement of a health insurance plan of a province of a minimum period of residence in the province or waiting period that does not contravene paragraph 11(1)(a) of the Canada Health Act.