The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Acting Minister of Community Services dated September 14, 2006, and pursuant to Section 21 of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2000, the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act, is pleased, effective on and after September 21, 2006, to amend the Employment Support and Income Assistance Regulations, N.S. Reg. 25/2001, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2001-138, dated March 23, 2001, by adding the following Section immediately after Section 52:
52A Up to $3000 per fiscal year of the combined wages of a recipient or recipient's spouse participating in the Harvest Connection program, a program under Section 6 of the Act, that are earned from one or both of the following is not chargeable income:
(a) seasonal harvesting of field-produced horticulture;