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• 14 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a veteran and the veteran’s spouse or common-law partner, or the veteran’s survivor or orphan, as the case may be, has applied for or is in receipt of an allowance and would also be eligible for an old age security benefit if they applied for one, the current monthly benefit deemed to be payable, for the purposes of subparagraph 4(3)(c)(i) of the Act, shall be the amount of the old age security benefit that they would be eligible to receive, starting in the fourth month after the old age security benefit became payable.

• (2) Where a veteran and the veteran’s spouse or common-law partner, or the veteran’s survivor or orphan, as the case may be, has duly applied for an old age security benefit and receipt of it is delayed by circumstances beyond their control, the Minister shall assess the old age security benefit as a current monthly benefit payable for the purposes of subparagraph 4(3)(c)(i) of the Act effective the first day of the month in which payment of it is received.

• (3) Where a veteran and the veteran’s spouse or common-law partner, or the veteran’s survivor or orphan, as the case may be, who would be eligible for an allowance if they were not receiving an old age security benefit, wishes to take up residence outside Canada for a period longer than six months and the old age security benefit, in whole or in part, would be discontinued following departure from Canada, they may, as of the first day of the month that is three months prior to the anticipated date of departure, elect in writing to forego the old age security benefit, in whole or in part, in order to be in receipt of an allowance prior to leaving Canada.

• (4) The old age security benefit, or the part of it, that is foregone under subsection (3) shall not be regarded as a current monthly benefit deemed to be payable for the purposes of subparagraph 4(3)(c)(i) of the Act.

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• 10 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where an allowance is awarded to an applicant, the applicant is entitled to receive the allowance

  • (a) where the application was made as described in paragraph 3(1)(a), from the first day of the month in which the application was made; or

  • (b) where the application was made as described in paragraph 3(1)(b), from the first day of the month in which the notice was filed with the Department.

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• (4) For the purpose of determining the amount of allowance that a recipient is entitled to receive when a change in the circumstances of the recipient results in a change in the class of the recipient as set out in column I of the schedule to the Act or the income factor of the recipient as set out in column II of the schedule to the Act, the change shall take effect from

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• (5) Where in any month a person ceases to be eligible for an allowance, the allowance shall be paid as if the person was eligible for the allowance for the whole of that month.

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15 For the purposes of subsection 4(8) of the Act, an applicant or recipient and their spouse or common-law partner are not residing together if

• (a) as the result of a physical or emotional condition of the applicant or recipient or their spouse or common-law partner, or of a dependent child, the couple is unable to reside together; or

• (b) the applicant or recipient and their spouse or common-law partner are unable to reside together as the result of circumstances beyond their control and the couple has been classified as recipients of any old age security benefit at the single rate.

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• 12 (1) When the income factors specified in column II of the schedule to the Act are adjusted quarterly under section 19 of the Act,

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  • (b) the quotient obtained from the ratio referred to in paragraph 19(1)(b) of the Act shall be expressed as a decimal fraction in accordance with subsection (3).

• (2) Where a product referred to in paragraph (1)(a) contains a fractional part of a dollar, that fraction shall be expressed as a decimal fraction of three digits after the decimal point and

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• (3) Where a quotient referred to in paragraph (1)(b) contains a fraction that is less than one, that fraction shall be expressed as a decimal fraction of four digits after the decimal point and

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• 11 (1) Every recipient shall immediately notify the Minister of any change in the circumstances of the recipient or the recipient’s spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, that results in a change in the class of the recipient as set out in column I of the schedule to the Act or the income factor of the recipient as set out in column II of that schedule.

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