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

PART VII.1

VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (WORLD WAR I)

Marginal note:Application of Pension Act

  • 42.1 (1) The Pension Act applies to and in respect of Canadian members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross during World War I as though their service as such had been service as a member of the forces within the meaning of that Act.

  • Marginal note:Meaning of "Canadian member"

    (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person was a Canadian member if, at the commencement of the person’s service as a member, the person was

    • (a) a Canadian citizen;

    • (b) a Canadian national as defined in section 2 of the Canadian Nationals Act, chapter 21 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927; or

    • (c) a British subject domiciled in Newfoundland.

  • 2000, c. 34, s. 6.

PART VIII

VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT (WORLD WAR II)

Marginal note:Definitions

43. In this Part,

“member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment”

« membre du détachement des auxiliaires volontaires »

“member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment” means a member of the Nursing Auxiliary Canadian Red Cross Corps or the Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Canada who, with the approval of the Adjutant-General, served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps during the War;

“serious or prolonged disability”

« invalidité grave ou prolongée »

“serious or prolonged disability” does not include a disability of a degree less than twenty per cent estimated in the manner provided by subsection 35(2) of the Pension Act;

“war service injury”

« blessure de service de guerre »

“war service injury” means an injury arising out of and in the course of duties as a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment.

  • R.S., c. C-20, s. 48.
Marginal note:Rates of pensions and allowances

44. Subject to this Part, pensions and allowances shall be awarded in accordance with Schedules I, II and III of the Pension Act in respect of serious or prolonged disability or death caused by a war service injury.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-31, s. 44;
  • 1999, c. 10, s. 32.
Marginal note:Improper conduct

45. No pension shall be awarded under this Part in respect of a war service injury sustained by reason of the wilful negligence or improper conduct of the member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment by or in respect of whom pension is claimed.

  • R.S., c. C-20, s. 50.