Civilian War-related Benefits Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-31)

Act current to 2012-05-02 and last amended on 2005-07-20. Previous Versions

Civilian War-related Benefits Act

R.S.C., 1985, c. C-31

An Act respecting war pensions and allowances for civilians

SHORT TITLE

Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Civilian War-related Benefits Act.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-31, s. 1;
  • 1992, c. 24, s. 2;
  • 1999, c. 10, s. 19.

INTERPRETATION

Marginal note:Definitions

  • 2. (1) In Parts I to X,

    “Commission”

    “Commission”[Repealed, 1995, c. 18, s. 79]

    “Minister”

    « ministre »

    “Minister” means the Minister of Veterans Affairs or such other member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as may be designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act;

    “War”

    « guerre »

    “War” means the war waged by His Majesty and His Majesty’s Allies against Germany and Germany’s Allies, which for the purposes of this Act shall be deemed to have commenced on September 1, 1939 and to have terminated on April 1, 1947.

  • Marginal note:References to pension and allowance rates

    (2) A reference in this Act to any rate or rates set out in Schedule I, II or III of the Pension Act shall be construed as a reference to that rate or those rates as increased by virtue of Part V of that Act.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-31, s. 2;
  • 1995, c. 18, s. 79;
  • 1999, c. 10, s. 20;
  • 2000, c. 34, s. 94(F).
Marginal note:Persons considered to be members of certain groups

2.1 A person who served in a theatre of actual war, within the meaning of paragraph 37(8)(b) or (c) of the War Veterans Allowance Act, with a group or organization mentioned in Part II.1, III, VII.1 or X or paragraph (e), (f), (h) or (i) of the definition "civilian" in subsection 56(1) in an auxiliary, reserve, junior, support or ground crew capacity, whether or not the person was enrolled as a member of that group or organization, shall, for the purposes of that Part or paragraph, be considered to have been a member of that group or organization if the person functioned closely with, or functioned alongside, that group or organization under conditions of service that were substantially similar to wartime conditions of service of a member of the forces.

  • 2000, c. 34, s. 1.
Marginal note:Claims to be dealt with as claims under Pension Act

3. All claims for pensions, allowances and compensation under Parts I to X shall be dealt with and adjudicated on in like manner as claims under the Pension Act and all the provisions of the Pension Act not inconsistent with Parts I to X, with such modifications as the circumstances require, apply to every claim under Parts I to X.

  • R.S., c. C-20, s. 3.