Canada Disability Benefit Regulations

Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

Act

Act means the Canada Disability Benefit Act. (Loi)

allocation

allocation  means the benefit portion that consists of the payments that are to be made to a beneficiary as calculated in accordance with section 6. (allocation)

applicant

applicant means a person who has applied for a benefit or on whose behalf an application for a benefit has been made. (demandeur)

beneficiary

beneficiary means a person to whom payment of a benefit has been approved or on whose behalf a benefit has become payable. (prestataire)

benefit

benefit means a Canada disability benefit payable under the Act. (prestation)

cohabiting spouse or common-law partner

cohabiting spouse or common-law partner has the same meaning as in section 122.6 of the Income Tax Act. (époux ou conjoint de fait visé)

DTC-eligible individual

DTC-eligible individual  has the same meaning as in subsection 146.4(1) of the Income Tax Act. (particulier admissible au CIPH)

payment period

payment period means the period beginning on July 1 of a calendar year and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year. (période de paiement)

release

release, in relation to a person who has been incarcerated, means release from custody on earned remission, at the expiry of a sentence, or on parole or statutory release that has not been terminated or revoked. (libération)

supplemental amount

supplemental amount  means the benefit portion the amount of which is set out in section 6.1. (somme supplémentaire)