Canada Recovery Benefits Act

Marginal note:Maximum number of weeks for a person

• 23 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the maximum number of weeks in respect of which a Canada recovery caregiving benefit is payable to a person is 42 or, if another maximum number of weeks is fixed by regulation, that maximum number.

• Marginal note:Maximum number of weeks for household members

  (2) The maximum number of weeks in respect of which a Canada recovery caregiving benefit is payable to all of the persons residing in the same household is 42 or, if another maximum number of weeks is fixed by regulation for the purpose of subsection (1), that maximum number.

• Marginal note:One member per week

  (3) If two or more persons reside in the same household, only one of them may be paid a Canada recovery caregiving benefit for any particular week.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (4) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, fix a maximum number of weeks for the purpose of subsection (1).