Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2. (1) In this Act

  “child”

  « enfant »

  “child” means a child or stepchild of — or an individual adopted either legally or in fact by — an officer who at the time of the officer’s death was dependent on the officer for support;

  “force”

  « forces »

  “force” means the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the permanent militia corps, and includes the permanent staff of the militia;

  “militiaman”

  « milicien »

  “militiaman” means a non-commissioned officer or private of the force;

  “Minister”

  « Ministre »

  “Minister” means the Minister of National Defence or such other Minister as the Governor in Council may from time to time determine;

  “officer”

  « officier »

  “officer” means a commissioned officer, a subordinate officer or a warrant officer of the force;

  “permanent staff”

  « état-major permanent »

  “permanent staff” includes officers of the headquarters staff, officers of the district staff, and officers in charge of military stores;

  “rank”

  « grade »

  “rank” means substantive rank or appointment, but does not include brevet, honorary, local or temporary rank, except in the case of temporary brigadier-generals; and non-combatant officers, such as quartermasters, commissaries of ordnance, and others who have honorary rank, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be considered to have substantive rank corresponding to their honorary rank;

  “service”

  « service »

  “service” means service on the force;

  “survivor”

  « survivant »

  “survivor”, in relation to an officer, means

  • (a) a person who was married to the officer at the time of the officer’s death, or

  • (b) a person referred to in subsection 32(1).

• (2) [Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 207]