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War Veterans Allowance Act

Version of section 2 from 2004-01-01 to 2009-12-31:


Marginal note:Definitions

  •  (1) In this Act,

    adjudication

    décision

    adjudication means any decision, determination, refusal or award made under this Act pertaining to an allowance; (décision)

    allowance

    allocation

    allowance means an allowance payable under this Act; (allocation)

    base calendar year

    année civile de base

    base calendar year means the calendar year ending next before the current payment period; (année civile de base)

    blind

    aveugle

    blind has the meaning prescribed by regulations made under paragraph 25(q); (aveugle)

    Board

    Tribunal

    Board means the Veterans Review and Appeal Board established by section 4 of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act; (Tribunal)

    child

    enfant

    child means a child of

    • (a) a veteran,

    • (b) a veteran’s survivor who, having been a recipient, marries and

      • (i) whose spouse of that marriage dies, or

      • (ii) whose marriage ends in dissolution or legal separation, or

    • (c) a veteran’s survivor who, having been a recipient, acquires a common-law partner and

      • (i) whose common-law partner dies, or

      • (ii) who ceases to cohabit with that common-law partner,

    and includes an adopted child or a foster child of a veteran, and a child, adopted child or foster child of a veteran’s spouse or common-law partner; (enfant)

    common-law partner

    conjoint de fait

    common-law partner, in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual at the relevant time in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. For greater certainty,

    • (a) in the case of an individual’s death, the relevant time means the time of that death; and

    • (b) common-law partners cease to be common-law partners when they cease to cohabit; (conjoint de fait)

    Consumer Price Index

    indice des prix à la consommation

    Consumer Price Index, in relation to any adjustment quarter, means the average of the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act, for each month in that adjustment quarter; (indice des prix à la consommation)

    current fiscal year

    current fiscal year[Repealed, 1998, c. 21, s. 121]

    current payment period

    période de paiement en cours

    current payment period, in relation to a month, means the payment period that includes the month; (période de paiement en cours)

    Department

    ministère

    Department means the Department of Veterans Affairs; (ministère)

    dependent child

    enfant à charge

    dependent child means

    • (a) a child who has no spouse or common-law partner and is

      • (i) under the age of eighteen years,

      • (ii) under the age of twenty-five years and following and making satisfactory progress in a course of instruction approved by the Minister,

      • (iii) under the age of twenty-one years and prevented by physical or mental incapacity from earning a livelihood, or

      • (iv) over the age of twenty-one years and prevented by physical or mental incapacity from earning a livelihood, where the incapacity occurred before the child attained the age of twenty-one years, or after the age of twenty-one years and before the age of twenty-five years while following and making satisfactory progress in a course of instruction approved by the Minister, or

    • (b) a child referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) who has a spouse or common-law partner and is financially dependent on a recipient; (enfant à charge)

    first adjustment quarter

    premier trimestre de rajustement

    first adjustment quarter, in relation to a payment quarter, means,

    • (a) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of April, the period of three months commencing on the first day of November next before that first day of April,

    • (b) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of July, the period of three months commencing on the first day of February next before that first day of July,

    • (c) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of October, the period of three months commencing on the first day of May next before that first day of October, and

    • (d) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of January, the period of three months commencing on the first day of August next before that first day of January; (premier trimestre de rajustement)

    Minister

    ministre

    Minister means the Minister of Veterans Affairs; (ministre)

    orphan

    orphelin

    orphan means

    • (a) a child who is bereft by death of his or her parents,

    • (b) a child who is bereft by death of one parent and whose surviving parent has, in the opinion of the Minister, abandoned or deserted the child, or

    • (c) a child of

      • (i) divorced or separated parents, or

      • (ii) parents who are neither spouses nor common-law partners of each other

      who is bereft by death of a parent who, at the time of death, was receiving an additional allowance in respect of that child or would have been eligible to receive an additional allowance in respect of that child but for the level of that parent’s income, and

    which child, not being the child of any other recipient, is

    • (d) under the age of eighteen years,

    • (e) under the age of twenty-five years and following and making satisfactory progress in a course of instruction approved by the Minister,

    • (f) under the age of twenty-one years and prevented by physical or mental incapacity from earning a livelihood, or

    • (g) over the age of twenty-one years and prevented by physical or mental incapacity from earning a livelihood, where the incapacity occurred before the child attained the age of twenty-one years or after the age of twenty-one years and before the age of twenty-five years while following and making satisfactory progress in a course of instruction approved by the Minister; (orphelin)

    parent

    parent

    parent includes

    • (a) an adoptive or foster-parent, and

    • (b) a parent’s spouse or common-law partner; (parent)

    payment period

    période de paiement

    payment period means

    • (a) before April 1, 1998, the fiscal year,

    • (b) the fifteen-month period that begins on April 1, 1998 and ends on June 30, 1999, and

    • (c) after June 30, 1999, the twelve-month period that begins on July 1 of one year and ends on June 30 of the next year; (période de paiement)

    payment quarter

    trimestre de paiement

    payment quarter means a period of three months commencing on the first day of April, July, October or January in any payment period; (trimestre de paiement)

    payment review period

    payment review period[Repealed, 2000, c. 34, s. 69]

    personal information

    renseignements personnels

    personal information has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Privacy Act; (renseignements personnels)

    previous fiscal year

    previous fiscal year[Repealed, 1998, c. 21, s. 121]

    previous payment period

    période de paiement précédente

    previous payment period means the payment period ending next before the current payment period; (période de paiement précédente)

    recipient

    allocataire ou bénéficiaire

    recipient means any person to whom or on whose behalf payment of an allowance is authorized by this Act; (allocataire ou bénéficiaire)

    resistance group

    groupe de résistance

    resistance group means any force that was raised during World War I or World War II, as delimited by subsection 37(10), in a country after it was occupied by an enemy of His Majesty in that War and that operated against that enemy; (groupe de résistance)

    second adjustment quarter

    second trimestre de rajustement

    second adjustment quarter, in relation to a payment quarter, means,

    • (a) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of April, the period of three months commencing on the first day of August next before that first day of April,

    • (b) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of July, the period of three months commencing on the first day of November next before that first day of July,

    • (c) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of October, the period of three months commencing on the first day of February next before that first day of October, and

    • (d) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of January, the period of three months commencing on the first day of May next before that first day of January; (second trimestre de rajustement)

    surviving common-law partner

    conjoint de fait survivant

    surviving common-law partner, in relation to an individual, does not include, for greater certainty, a person who, at the time of the individual’s death, was a former common-law partner of that individual; (conjoint de fait survivant)

    surviving spouse

    époux survivant

    surviving spouse, in relation to an individual, does not include, for greater certainty, a person who, at the time of the individual’s death, was a divorced spouse of that individual; (époux survivant)

    survivor

    survivant

    survivor, in relation to an individual, means

    • (a) a surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner of that individual who is not a veteran and who has not remarried or married, as the case may be, or acquired a subsequent common-law partner,

    • (b) a surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner of that individual who is not a veteran, who has remarried or married, as the case may be, and whose spouse of that marriage dies or whose marriage ends in dissolution or legal separation, and

    • (c) a surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner of that individual who is not a veteran, who has acquired a subsequent common-law partner and whose subsequent common-law partner dies or who ceases to cohabit with that common-law partner; (survivant)

    veteran

    ancien combattant

    veteran means any former member of the North West Field Force and any of the following persons, more particularly described in section 37, namely,

    • (a) a veteran of the South African War,

    • (b) a Canadian veteran of World War I or World War II,

    • (b.1) a merchant navy veteran of World War I or World War II,

    • (c) an allied veteran,

    • (d) a Canadian dual service veteran,

    • (e) an allied dual service veteran,

    • (f) a Canadian Forces veteran, and

    • (g) a Canadian merchant navy veteran of the Korean War. (ancien combattant)

    widow

    widow, widower or surviving spouse[Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 317]

  • (2) [Repealed, 1995, c. 17, s. 68]

  • (3) [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 317]

  • R.S., 1985, c. W-3, s. 2
  • R.S., 1985, c. 7 (1st Supp.), s. 1, c. 12 (2nd Supp.), s. 9, c. 20 (3rd Supp.), s. 30
  • 1990, c. 43, s. 32
  • 1992, c. 24, s. 9
  • 1995, c. 17, s. 68, c. 18, s. 102
  • 1998, c. 21, ss. 121, 124
  • 1999, c. 10, s. 1
  • 2000, c. 12, s. 317, c. 34, ss. 69, 90(E), 94(F)

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