Veterans’ Land Act (R.S.C. 1970, c. V-4)

Marginal note:Veteran indebted to Director of Soldier Settlement

30. Except with the approval of the Minister, sales, advances or grants authorized by this Part shall not be made to persons indebted to the Director of Soldier Settlement.

Marginal note:Time limit on obtaining benefits

• 31. (1) No veteran is eligible to participate in the benefits of this Part who is not certified by the Director to be qualified to participate in the benefits of this Act on or before the 31st day of October 1968.

• Marginal note:Terminal dates for sale, advance, loan or grant

  (2) No application for a sale, advance, loan or grant under Part I or III shall be accepted by the Director after the 31st day of March, 1975 from a veteran who has not a subsisting contract with the Director on the day of receipt of such application by the Director, and no application for a sale, advance, loan or grant under Part I or III shall be accepted by the Director after the 31st day of March 1977.

• Marginal note:Commencement of construction or improvement

  (3) Where an agreement to make an advance, loan or grant has been entered into by the Director for the purpose of financing construction of a building or other improvement on land, no such advance, loan or grant shall be paid to or on behalf of the veteran unless, in the opinion of the Director, the construction or improvement has been commenced

  • (a) in the case of an advance, loan or grant an application for which could not be accepted after the 31st day of March, 1975, on or before the 31st day of March, 1976; and

  • (b) in the case of an advance, loan or grant an application for which could not be accepted after the 31st day of March 1977, on or before the 31st day of March 1978.

Marginal note:Certification of veteran

• 32. (1) A veteran may be certified by the Director to be qualified to participate in the benefits of this Act notwithstanding that

  • (a) the veteran has received an allowance under the Veterans Rehabilitation Act that may be repaid to the Minister under paragraph 10(2)(c) of that Act, or

  • (b) the veteran has received a re-establishment credit under the War Service Grants Act that may be repaid by a compensating adjustment under subsection 16(1) of that Act,

  and that such allowance or re-establishment credit has not been repaid.

• Marginal note:Payment by Director

  (2) Upon approval by the Director of an application by a veteran described in subsection (1) for any sale, grant or loan under Part I or III the Director may

  • (a) repay the amount of the allowance paid to the veteran under the Veterans Rehabilitation Act together with the costs referred to in paragraph 10(2)(c) of that Act, or

  • (b) pay the compensating adjustment under subsection 16(1) of the War Service Grants Act and such payment shall be deemed to have been made on the 31st day of October 1968 for the purposes of subsection 16(2) of that Act,

  and shall add the sum so paid to the recoverable portion of the sale price or loan or to the grant under section 45 or 46, but no such sum may increase the cost to the Director of property sold under section 11, the amount of the grant under section 45 or 46 or the amount of the loan under Part III beyond the maximum cost to the Director, or maximum grant or loan provided for in the section or subsection under which the sale, grant or loan is made.

• Marginal note:Repayment to Director

  (3) Any payment made by the Director under subsection (2) that is not included in a grant under section 45 or 46, or that is included in a grant under section 45 or 46 that becomes repayable, shall be repaid by the veteran to the Director with interest at the rate in effect for the purpose of this subsection at the time of the payment by the Director on such terms, at such times and in such manner as the Director may require.