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  1. Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations - SOR/95-329 (Section 19)
    Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
    •  (1) Subject to section 15 of these Regulations, section 9 of the Canada Student Loans Regulations and section 6 of the Apprentice Loans Regulations, the Minister may, on application in the prescribed form containing the prescribed information, provide the first stage of a repayment assistance plan to a borrower for a period of six months if

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      • (d) no more than 120 months have elapsed

        • (i) in respect of student loans or guaranteed student loans made to the borrower as a full-time student, since the later of the day on which the borrower most recently ceased to be a full-time student under section 8 or, in the case of a borrower to whom only guaranteed student loans have been made, section 4.1 of the Canada Student Loans Regulations, and the day on which the restriction was removed under paragraph 16(1)(d), and

        • (ii) in respect of student loans made to the borrower as a part-time student, since the later of the day on which the borrower most recently ceased to be a full-time student under section 8 or a part-time student under section 12.3, as the case may be, and the day on which the restriction was removed under paragraph 16(1)(d); and

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    • (3) The monthly required payment is equal to

      • (a) the outstanding principal of the student loans, guaranteed student loans and provincial loans made to the borrower as a full-time student, amortized over a period of the greater of

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        • (ii) 120 months minus the number of months that have elapsed since the applicable day referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(i) plus the number of months since that day during which the borrower benefited from any special interest-free periods under section 19 or 20 or section 17 or 18 of the Canada Student Loans Regulations, as they read immediately before the coming into force of this section, or repayment assistance under this section;

      • (b) the outstanding principal of the student loans made to the borrower as a part-time student, amortized over a period of the greater of

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        • (ii) 120 months minus the number of months that have elapsed since the applicable day referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(ii), plus the number of months since that day during which the borrower benefited from any special interest-free periods under section 19 or 20 as they read immediately before the coming into force of this section, or repayment assistance under this section; and

      • (c) the monthly required payment calculated under paragraph 10(3)(a) or 12(3)(a), as the case may be, of the Apprentice Loans Regulations.

    • (4) A borrower shall receive no more than 60 months, in the aggregate, of special interest-free periods granted under section 19 or 20 or section 17 or 18 of the Canada Student Loans Regulations, as they read immediately before the coming into force of this section, and repayment assistance under this section

      • (a) in respect of any student loan or guaranteed student loan made to the borrower as a full-time student, since the applicable day referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(i); and

      • (b) in respect of any student loan made to the borrower as a part-time student, the applicable day referred to in subparagraph (1)(d)(ii).

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    • (6) The period is equal to the number of months remaining on the borrower’s repayment assistance plan as of March 31, 2020 and it begins on October 1, 2020.

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  2. Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations - SOR/95-329 (Section 15)
    Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
    •  (1) For the purposes of this section, applicable day means

      • (a) if the Minister is informed that the borrower has failed to consolidate risk-shared loans or guaranteed student loans made to them as a full-time student within six months after the month in which they ceased to be a full-time student and they do not fulfil the requirements of subsection 5(1) or 7(1) before a judgment is obtained against them and such that the beginning of the last confirmed period is on or before the last day of that six-month period, the day following the last day of that confirmed period;

      • (b) if the Minister is informed that the borrower has failed to make a required payment within the two-month period after the payment was required under their loan agreement, guaranteed student loan agreement, these Regulations or the Canada Student Loans Regulations and they do not fulfil the requirements of subsection 5(1), 7(1), 12.1(1) or 12.2(1), as the case may be, within that period, the day following the last day of that period;

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      • (i) if the borrower fails to comply with subsection 19.1(1) or 20.1(1), section 20.3 or subsection 24(3), the 30th day after the end of the applicable repayment assistance period or after the day of the notice, as the case may be;

      • (j) the last day of the confirmed period during which the borrower has been a full-time student for

        • (i) in the case of a full-time student with either a permanent disability or a persistent or prolonged disability or in the case of a full-time student to whom a guaranteed student loan has been made as a full-time student, whether or not that loan is outstanding, 520 weeks,

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      • (l) the day on which, as the case may be, the obligations referred to in section 11 of the Act or the rights referred to in section 11.1 of the Act or section 13 of the Canada Student Loans Act, are terminated.

    • (1.1) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(j), the number of weeks is the aggregate of the number of weeks corresponding to the borrower’s confirmed periods as a full-time student, or the equivalent, under the Act and the Canada Student Loans Act, less the number of weeks determined by the Minister for which the designated educational institution has provided that the borrower, despite subsections 7.1(3) and 8(2), was no longer a full-time student.

    • (2) Subject to subsections (5), (6) and (9),

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      • (b) if an event referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(a) to (j) occurs, the Minister shall terminate, effective on the applicable day referred to in that paragraph,

        • (i) in respect of all outstanding student loans made to the borrower as a full-time student, an interest-free period, and

        • (ii) in respect of an outstanding student loan made to the borrower as a part-time student, the period during which no amount on account of principal or interest is required to be paid by the borrower.

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    • (5) If an event referred to in paragraph (1)(b) occurs in respect of either a student loan or a guaranteed student loan made to a borrower as a part-time student, an event referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(h) to (k) has not occurred subsequent to the event referred to in paragraph (1)(b) and a judgment has not been obtained against the borrower in respect of an outstanding student loan or guaranteed student loan,

      • (a) the borrower shall be entitled to a new student loan, if a certificate of eligibility has been issued to the borrower as a full-time student in respect of that loan before the day referred to in paragraph (1)(b); and

    • (6) Where an event referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) occurs in respect of a student loan made to a borrower as a full-time student and, subsequent to that event, the borrower erroneously receives a certificate of eligibility and at least one disbursement authorized by that certificate of eligibility,

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    • (8) If an event referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(c) to (g) occurs in respect of either a student loan or a guaranteed student loan made to a borrower as a full-time student, before the last day of the last confirmed period of the program of studies in which the borrower is enrolled at the time the event occurs, the borrower is entitled, if otherwise eligible, to a new student loan or an interest-free period for that program of studies.

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  3. Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations - SOR/95-329 (Section 2)
    Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
    •  (1) In the Act and these Regulations,

      full-time student

      full-time student  means a person

      • (a) who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the designated educational institution as constituting a full course load,

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      • (c) who meets the requirements of subsection 5(1) or 7(1) or section 33, as the case may be; (étudiant à temps plein)

      nurse

      nurse  means a person who is entitled under the laws of a province to practise as a nurse and who is so practising; (infirmier)

      nurse practitioner

      nurse practitioner  means a person who is entitled under the laws of a province to practise as a nurse practitioner and who is so practising; (infirmier practicien)

      part-time student

      part-time student  means a person

      • (a) who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 20 per cent but less than 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the designated educational institution as constituting a full course load, and

      • (b) who meets the requirements of subsection 12(1), 12.1(1) or 12.2(1) or section 33, as the case may be; (étudiant à temps partiel)

      period of studies

      period of studies  means the length of time that a designated educational institution considers to be a normal school year for the program of studies in which the qualifying student or the borrower is enrolled and that, where the period between the day on which that person ceased to be a full-time student pursuant to section 8 or a part-time student pursuant to section 12.3, as the case may be, and the first day of the first confirmed period of the current school year is less than six months, includes that period; (période d’études)

      severe permanent disability

      severe permanent disability means any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — that prevents a person from performing the daily activities necessary to participate in the labour force in a manner that is substantially gainful, as defined in section 68.1 of the Canada Pension Plan Regulations, and is expected to remain with the person for their expected life; (invalidité grave et permanente)

      under-served rural or remote community

      under-served rural or remote community  means any census subdivision — as defined in the Statistics Canada document entitled Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2011 — that

      • (a) does not have census tracts, as described in that document; and

    • (2) In these Regulations,

      apprentice loan

      apprentice loan  has the same meaning as in subsection 1(1) of the Apprentice Loans Regulations; (prêt aux apprentis)

      consolidated guaranteed student loan agreement

      consolidated guaranteed student loan agreement  has the same meaning as subsection 2(2) of the Canada Student Loans Regulations; (contrat de prêt garanti consolidé)

      direct loan

      direct loan  means a debt obligation incurred by a qualifying student on entering into a direct loan agreement and which is owed to Her Majesty in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister; (prêt direct)

      guaranteed student loan

      guaranteed student loan  has the same meaning as under the Canada Student Loans Act; (prêt garanti)

      guaranteed student loan agreement

      guaranteed student loan agreement  has the same meaning as under the Canada Student Loans Regulations; (contrat de prêt garanti)

      part-time guaranteed loan agreement

      part-time guaranteed loan agreement  has the same meaning as in subsection 2(2) of the Canada Student Loans Regulations; (contrat de prêt garanti à temps partiel)

      risk-shared loan

      risk-shared loan  means a debt obligation incurred by a qualifying student on entering into a risk-shared loan agreement and which is owed to a lender or Her Majesty in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister; (prêt à risque partagé)

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  4. Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations - SOR/95-329 (Section 20)
    Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
    •  (1) Subject to section 15 of these Regulations, section 9 of the Canada Student Loans Regulations and section 6 of the Apprentice Loans Regulations, the Minister may, on application in the prescribed form containing the prescribed information, provide the second stage of a repayment assistance plan to a borrower for a period of six months if

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      • (b) the borrower

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        • (ii) has received 60 months, in the aggregate, of the periods referred to in subsection 19(4) or at least 120 months has elapsed,

          • (A) in respect of any student loan or guaranteed student loan made to the borrower as a full-time student, since the applicable day referred to in subparagraph 19(1)(d)(i), and

          • (B) in respect of any student loan made to the borrower as a part-time student, since the applicable day referred to in subparagraph 19(1)(d)(ii); and

    • (2) The monthly affordable payment is equal to

      • (a) in the case of a borrower who has either a permanent disability or a persistent or prolonged disability

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        • (ii) the borrower’s monthly family income multiplied by the lesser of the amounts determined by the following formulae:

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          1.5[(W – Y) / 100Z+0.01]A

          where

          A 
          is, in relation to apprentice loans as well as student loans, guaranteed student loans, provincial loans and apprentice loans, the ratio of the borrower’s outstanding principal for which instalments are due to the sum of that amount and the outstanding principal for which instalments are due for any loan of the same type to a spouse or common-law partner of the borrower,
    • (3) The monthly required payment is equal to

      • (a) the outstanding principal of the student loans, guaranteed student loans and provincial loans made to the borrower as a full-time student, amortized over a period of the greater of six months and

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      • (b) the outstanding principal of the student loans made to the borrower as a part-time student amortized over a period of the greater of six months and

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      • (c) the monthly required payment calculated under paragraph 10(3)(a) or 12(3)(a), as the case may be, of the Apprentice Loans Regulations.

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  5. Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations - SOR/95-329 (Section 16)
    Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations
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    • (2) Subject to subsection (5), where a borrower is subject to a measure taken in accordance with subsection 15(2) due to the occurrence of an event referred to in any of paragraphs 15(1)(c) to (g), the borrower has the rights referred to in subsection (1) if

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      • (b) the borrower has complied with paragraph (1)(c) or (d), as the case may be, in the case where the borrower’s consumer proposal has been annulled or deemed annulled or the borrower is no longer subject to a provincial law relating to the orderly payment of debts for a reason other than full compliance with that law, and an event referred to in paragraph 15(1)(c), (d) or (f) has not occurred;

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    • (4) Where a borrower, who has been the subject of a measure taken in accordance with subsection 15(2), (3) or (4), has received a risk-shared loan as a minor and has refused to ratify that loan and the Minister has made a payment to the lender pursuant to subparagraph 5(a)(ix) of the Act in respect of that loan, the borrower shall have the rights referred to in subsection (1) if

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      • (b) the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (3) are met, as is applicable in the circumstances.

    • (4.1) Where a borrower, who has been the subject of a measure taken in accordance with subsection 15(2), (3) or (4), has received a direct loan as a minor and has refused to ratify that loan, the borrower shall have the rights referred to in subsection (1) if

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      • (b) the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (3) are met, as is applicable in the circumstances.

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