Children’s Special Allowances Act

Marginal note:Monthly special allowance

• 3 (1) Subject to this Act, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, for each month, a special allowance in the amount determined for that month by or pursuant to section 8 in respect of each child who

  • (a) resides in an institution, a group foster home, the private home of foster parents or in the private home of a guardian, tutor or other individual occupying a similar role for the month, under a decree, order or judgment of a competent tribunal and is maintained by

    • (i) a department or agency of the government of Canada or a province, or

    • (ii) an agency appointed by a province, including an authority established under the laws of a province, or by an agency appointed by such an authority, for the purpose of administering any law of the province for the protection and care of children;

  • (b) is maintained by an institution licensed or otherwise authorized under the law of the province to have the custody or care of children; or

  • (c) resides in an institution, a group foster home, the private home of foster parents or in the private home of a guardian, tutor or other individual occupying a similar role for the month, under the laws of an Indigenous governing body and is maintained by

    • (i) the Indigenous governing body,

    • (ii) a department or agency of the Indigenous governing body, or

    • (iii) an agency appointed by the Indigenous governing body, including an authority established under the laws of the Indigenous governing body, or by an agency appointed by such an authority, for the purpose of administering any law of the Indigenous governing body for the protection and care of children.

• Marginal note:Use of special allowance

  (2) A special allowance shall be applied exclusively toward the care, maintenance, education, training or advancement of the child in respect of whom it is paid.