5 (1) A student may, in the form and manner established by the Minister, apply for a Canada emergency student benefit for any four-week period falling within the period prescribed by regulation.
(2) A student who applies on the basis that they are seeking work, whether as an employee or in self-employment, but are unable to find it must, in their application, attest to the fact that they are seeking work.
(3) No student is permitted to file an application after September 30, 2020, and the Minister must not pay a Canada student emergency benefit to a student who files an application after that day.
6 (1) A student is eligible for a Canada emergency student benefit if
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(b) they do not, in respect of any part of that four-week period, receive
(iii) allowances, money or other benefits that would be paid to the student under a provincial plan because of pregnancy or in respect of the care by the student of one or more of their new-born children or one or more children placed with them for the purpose of adoption,
(3) The Minister is to make available to eligible students information about employment opportunities through a government-managed job posting system.
7 (1) The amount of a Canada emergency student benefit for a week is the amount determined for that week under the regulations.
(2) With the consent of the Minister of Finance, the Minister may make regulations respecting the amount of a Canada emergency student benefit for a week specified in the regulations.
(3) Regulations made under subsection (2) may distinguish among different classes of students.
8 (1) The maximum number of weeks for which a student may receive Canada emergency student benefits is the number of weeks that is determined under the regulations.
4 The Minister must pay a Canada emergency student benefit to a student who makes an application under section 5 and who is eligible for the benefit.
