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Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  adjudication

  adjudication  means any decision, determination, refusal or award made under this Act pertaining to an allowance; (décision)

  allowance

  allowance  means an allowance payable under this Act; (allocation)

  Board

  Board  means the Veterans Review and Appeal Board established by section 4 of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act; (Tribunal)

  Consumer Price Index

  Consumer Price Index , in relation to any adjustment quarter, means the average of the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act, for each month in that adjustment quarter; (indice des prix à la consommation)

  personal information

  personal information  has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Privacy Act; (renseignements personnels)

  recipient

  recipient  means any person to whom or on whose behalf payment of an allowance is authorized by this Act; (allocataire ou bénéficiaire)

  veteran

  veteran  means any former member of the North West Field Force and any of the following persons, more particularly described in section 37, namely,

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• Marginal note:Surviving spouse of allied veteran

  (2) For the purposes of this Act, the definition survivor in subsection (1) includes a person who has resided in Canada for a total period of at least 10 years and who was the spouse or common-law partner of an individual at the time of the individual’s death and the individual

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Marginal note:Continuation of allowance

• 6.2 (1) Subject to this Act, an allowance payable under section 4 or awarded under section 5, on or before February 27, 1995, to or in respect of a person who is an allied veteran within the meaning of paragraph 37(4)(b) or an allied dual service veteran within the meaning of paragraph 37(6)(b), as those paragraphs read immediately before that day, shall continue to be paid during the lifetime of the recipient and shall cease with the payment for the month in which the recipient dies.

• Marginal note:Continuation of right to allowance

  (2) Subject to this Act but notwithstanding subsections 4(4) and (5), a survivor or orphan of an allied veteran or an allied dual service veteran to whom payment of an allowance was continued by subsection (1) may, on or after February 27, 1995, apply for and be paid an allowance under section 4 or be awarded an allowance under section 5, and any allowance so paid or awarded shall continue to be paid during the lifetime of the recipient and shall cease with the payment for the month in which the recipient dies.

• Marginal note:When no allowance payable

  (3) No allowance under section 4 or 5 shall be paid to or in respect of a person referred to in subsection (1) or (2) for any month after February, 1996 in which the person resides outside Canada.

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• (5) Notwithstanding subsections (3) and (4), a person to whom subsection (1) or (2) applies who

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  shall, subject to this Act, be paid their allowance, during their lifetime, for any month beginning after February 1996 in which the person resides outside Canada and ending with such month as the Minister may fix by order.

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Marginal note:Recent marriage

11 Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no allowance under section 4 shall be paid and no allowance under section 5 shall be awarded to the surviving spouse of a veteran if the veteran dies within one year after the date of the marriage, unless, in the opinion of the Minister

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Marginal note:When allowance to cease

6 Subject to this Act, an allowance payable under section 4 or awarded under section 5 shall continue to be paid during the lifetime of the person to whom or in respect of whom the allowance is paid and shall cease with the payment for the month in which the death of that person occurs.

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Marginal note:Administration of Act

• 34 (1) Subject to this Act, the Minister shall be charged with the administration of this Act and the determination of whether any allowance is payable and the amount thereof.

• Marginal note:Income information

  (1.1) Subject to section 7, the Minister may, in determining whether an allowance is payable and the amount of the allowance, consider any statement or estimate of income respecting the recipient or their spouse or common-law partner that is being used for the purpose of the Old Age Security Act or the Income Tax Act.

• Marginal note:Authorization of others to carry out functions, etc.

  (2) The Minister may authorize any person to exercise and perform any of the powers, duties or functions of the Minister under this Act.

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