Veterans Well-being Act

Marginal note:Eligibility — veterans

• 5.2 (1) The Minister may, on application, pay an education and training benefit to a veteran in accordance with section 5.3 or 5.5 if the veteran

  • (a) served for a total of at least six years in the regular force, in the reserve force or in both; and

  • (b) was honourably released from the Canadian Forces on or after April 1, 2006 or was transferred from the regular force or another subcomponent of the reserve force to the Supplementary Reserve on or after that date.

• Marginal note:Maximum cumulative amount

  (2) The maximum cumulative amount that the Minister may pay to a veteran is $40,000 or, if the veteran served for a total of at least 12 years in the regular force, in the reserve force or in both, $80,000.

• (3) [Repealed, 2019, c. 29, s. 319]