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ONTARIO REGULATION 160/00

made under the

Family Responsibility and support arrears enforcement act, 1996

Made: March 3, 2000
Filed: March 6, 2000

Fees charged by director

1.In this Regulation,

“confirmation of identity letter” means a letter issued by the Director stating that a named person is not the same person as another named person against whom the Director has caused a writ of seizure and sale to be issued and filed with a sheriff; (“lettre de confirmation d’identité”)

“Director’s statement of arrears” means the Director’s statutory declaration setting out the amount of support arrears owed by a payor that have accrued while the support order (including any related support deduction order) is filed in the Director’s office; (“état de l’arriéré dressé par le directeur”)

“direct payment” means a payment that is made by the payor directly to the recipient without passing through or being recorded by the Family Responsibility Office. (“versement direct”)

2.(1)Fees charged by the Director are payable as shown in the following Table, subject to section 3:

TABLE
Action Taken or Service Provided / Fee
Issuing Director’s statement of arrears / $25.00
Processing post–dated cheque / 10.00
Issuing confirmation of identity letter / 150.00
Adjusting arrears records as a result of a direct payment / 100.00
Step taken by Director to enforce a support order (including any related support deduction order) in response to persistent or wilful default:
— under section 37 of Act
— under section 41 of Act
— under section 42 of Act
— under section 45 of Act
— under Rule 29 of Family Law Rules
— under Part III of Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act (Canada) / 400.00

(2)If the Director takes more than one step during a nine–month period to enforce a support order (including any related support deduction order) in response to persistent or wilful default, the total fee for those steps shall not exceed $400.

3.(1)No fee is payable for issuing the first Director’s statement of arrears in respect of a support order (including any related support deduction order) that is requested by any of the following:

1.The payor or a lawyer or other person authorized by the payor to act on the payor’s behalf.

2.The recipient or a lawyer or other person authorized by the recipient to act on the recipient’s behalf.

3.A person or body listed in subsection 14 (1) of the Act.

(2)No fee is payable for issuing a Director’s statement of arrears that is requested by a support enforcement agency in a reciprocating state under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Orders Act.

(3)No fee is payable for adjusting an arrears record as a result of a direct payment that is made before the Director first registers the support order or within three months after the Director first registers it.

4.This Regulation comes into force on April 1, 2000.

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