Marginal note:Group insurance program

• 66. (1) The Minister may

  • (a) establish or enter into a contract to acquire a group insurance program compa­rable to the Public Service Health Care Plan established by the Treasury Board;

  • (b) subject to the approval of the Treasury Board, set any terms and conditions in respect of the program, including those respecting the premiums or the contributions payable, the benefits and the management and control of the program;

  • (c) make the contributions and pay the premiums or the benefits, as required; and

  • (d) undertake and do all things that the Minister considers appropriate for the purpose of implementing and maintaining the program.

• Marginal note:Eligibility

  (2) A member, a veteran or a member’s or a veteran’s survivor may elect to participate in a group insurance program referred to in subsection (1) if they meet the prescribed eligibility requirements.

Marginal note:Designation by Minister

• 67. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may designate any person to exercise any power or perform any duty or function that may be exercised or performed by the Minister under this Act.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (2) If the Minister designates a person to make a decision under this Act, the Minister may not designate the same person to review the decision.

Definition of “conditions of elevated risk”

68. In paragraphs 69(1)(c) and 70(1)(c), “conditions of elevated risk” means a level of risk higher than that normally associated with service in peacetime.

Marginal note:Special duty areas

• 69. (1) The Minister of National Defence, after consulting the Minister, may by order designate an area as a special duty area if

  • (a) the area is outside Canada;

  • (b) members have been deployed, or will be deployed, to that area as part of an operation of a type referred to in section 71; and

  • (c) the Minister of National Defence is of the opinion that that deployment has exposed, or may expose, those members to conditions of elevated risk.

• Marginal note:Period of designation

  (2) The designation takes effect on the day on which the order is made, or on any earlier day — but not earlier than January 1, 1949 — or on any later day that may be fixed by the order. The order may fix a day on which the designation ceases to be in effect.

Marginal note:Special duty operations

• 70. (1) The Minister of National Defence, after consulting the Minister, may by order designate as a special duty operation any operation, or any component of it, if

  • (a) the operation is of a type referred to in section 71;

  • (b) members have been deployed, or will be deployed, as part of that operation; and

  • (c) the Minister of National Defence is of the opinion that that deployment has exposed, or may expose, those members to conditions of elevated risk.

• Marginal note:Period of designation

  (2) The designation takes effect on the day on which the order is made, or on any earlier day — but not earlier than September 11, 2001 — or on any later day that may be fixed by the order. The order may fix a day on which the designation ceases to be in effect.