Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations (SOR/92-620)

122. Subject to sections 123 to 140, the Minister or authorized person may pay compensation to

• (a) an inmate or a person on day parole, in respect of a disability or the aggravation of an existing disability that is attributable to the participation of the inmate or person in an approved program,

  • (i) after the inmate or person is released from custody on full parole, on statutory release or on the expiration of the inmate's or person's sentence, or

  • (ii) where the person on day parole is employed on a full-time basis other than by the Service; and

• (b) a dependant in respect of the death of an inmate or a person on day parole that is attributable to the participation of the inmate or person in an approved program.

123. The Minister or authorized person may pay compensation in the amount required for medical care for a disability.

• 124. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Minister or authorized person shall not pay compensation unless the incident giving rise to the claim for compensation is reported to the Service by the claimant within three months after its occurrence, which report shall include

  • (a) the place and date of the incident;

  • (b) a full description of the incident; and

  • (c) the names and addresses of all known witnesses.

• (2) Where the claimant does not submit a report within the period referred to in subsection (1), the Minister or authorized person may extend the period referred to in that subsection where the delay is due to circumstances beyond the claimant's control and will not impede the Service's ability to investigate the claim.

• (3) A claimant is not required to make a report referred to in subsection (1) if the Service already has in its possession a report of the incident giving rise to the claim.

• 125. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister or authorized person shall not pay compensation unless a claim for compensation is submitted

  • (a) in the case of the death of an inmate or a person on day parole, within three months after the death; and

  • (b) in the case of a disability, before the date on which, after the incident giving rise to the claim, the inmate or person on day parole is first released on full parole, on statutory release or on the expiration of the inmate's or person's sentence.

• (2) The Service may extend a period referred to in subsection (1) for a period of not more than two years after the death or the occurrence of the incident giving rise to the claim where the delay is due to circumstances beyond the claimant's control and will not impede the Service's ability to investigate the claim.

126. Every claim for compensation shall be in writing, signed by the claimant or a person legally authorized to act on behalf of the claimant, and set out the following information:

• (a) the name of the inmate or person on day parole in respect of whom the claim is made;

• (b) in the case of a claim for a disability,

  • (i) the date of the incident giving rise to the claim, and

  • (ii) the nature and location of any medical care provided to the inmate or person on day parole; and

• (c) in the case of a claim in respect of the death of an inmate or a person on day parole, the names and addresses of all known dependants.