Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (S.C. 2005, c. 21)

Marginal note:Amount of benefit

26. The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the amount of the supplementary retirement benefit payable in respect of any class or classes of veterans or survivors.

Marginal note:Eligibility — veterans

27. The Minister may, on application made within the prescribed time, pay a Canadian Forces income support benefit to a veteran who has been in receipt of an earnings loss benefit under section 18 — or would, but for their level of income, have been in receipt of it — if

• (a) the veteran is no longer entitled to the earnings loss benefit;

• (b) the veteran meets the prescribed employment-related criteria; and

• (c) in the month in which the application is made, a calculation made under subsection 37(1) in respect of the veteran would result in an amount greater than zero.

Marginal note:Eligibility — survivors

28. The Minister may, on application made within the prescribed time, pay a Canadian Forces income support benefit to a veteran’s survivor if the veteran was in receipt of that benefit at the time of their death and if

• (a) the veteran dies as the result of an injury or a disease other than an injury or a disease described in paragraph 29(a);

• (b) the survivor meets the prescribed employment-related criteria; and

• (c) in the month in which the application is made, a calculation made under subsection 37(1) in respect of the survivor would result in an amount greater than zero.

Marginal note:Eligibility — survivors

29. The Minister may, on application, pay a Canadian Forces income support benefit to a member’s or a veteran’s survivor if

• (a) the member or veteran dies as a result of

  • (i) a service-related injury or disease, or

  • (ii) a non-service-related injury or disease that was aggravated by service; and

• (b) on the day on which the application is approved, the member or veteran, if alive, would be at least 65 years of age.

Marginal note:Eligibility — orphans

30. The Minister may, on application, pay a Canadian Forces income support benefit to a veteran’s orphan if

• (a) the veteran dies as a result of an injury or a disease other than an injury or a disease described in paragraph 31(a); and

• (b) the veteran was in receipt of that benefit at the time of their death.

Marginal note:Eligibility — orphans

31. The Minister may, on application, pay a Canadian Forces income support benefit to a member’s or a veteran’s orphan if

• (a) the member or veteran dies as a result of

  • (i) a service-related injury or disease, or

  • (ii) a non-service-related injury or disease that was aggravated by service; and

• (b) on the day on which the application is approved, the member or veteran, if alive, would be at least 65 years of age.