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Marginal note:Quarterly adjustment of income factor

• 19 (1) The income factors specified in column II of the schedule shall be adjusted quarterly, in such manner as may be prescribed by regulation of the Governor in Council, so that the income factor applicable for a month in any payment quarter is an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying

  • (a) the income factor that would have been applicable for that month if no adjustment had been made under this section with respect to that payment quarter,

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• Marginal note:References

  (2) Wherever in this Act reference is made to an income factor specified in column II of the schedule, the reference shall be construed as a reference to that income factor adjusted where applicable in the manner provided in this section and sections 20 and 21.

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Marginal note:No assignment, seizure, etc.

• 17 (1) Except as provided in this Act, no allowance is subject to

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• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where any provincial or municipal authority in a province pays a person any advance, assistance or welfare payment for a period that would not be paid if an allowance had been paid for that period, and subsequently an allowance becomes payable or payment of an allowance may be made under this Act to that person for that period, the Minister may, in accordance with such terms and conditions as are prescribed by regulations made under section 25, deduct from that allowance and pay to the government of the province or to the municipal authority an amount not exceeding the amount of the advance, assistance or welfare payment paid, if that person had before receiving the advance, assistance or welfare payment from the government of the province or the municipal authority consented in writing to the deduction and payment.

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Marginal note:Regulations

25 The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying the purposes and provisions of this Act into effect and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations

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• (n) prescribing for the purposes of section 7 the maximum amount of

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Marginal note:Application for allowance

8 No allowance is payable under section 4 unless an application therefor has been made in accordance with this Act and the regulations and the allowance has been awarded.

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Marginal note:Census information

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• Marginal note:Information that shall be made available to Minister

  (1.1) The following personal information relating to a veteran shall, if requested by the Minister, be made available to the Minister for the purpose of determining or verifying the veteran’s service in order to determine eligibility for an allowance under this Act or for a benefit under any enactment incorporating this Act by reference:

  • (a) personal information collected or obtained by the Department of National Defence in the administration of the National Defence Act or the Queen’s Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces, or any predecessor enactment relating to the same subject-matter;

  • (b) personal information collected or obtained by the Department of Transport in the administration of the Canada Shipping Act, or any predecessor enactment relating to the same subject-matter; and

  • (c) personal information collected or obtained by the Library and Archives of Canada in the administration of the Library and Archives of Canada Act, or any predecessor enactment relating to the same subject-matter.

• Marginal note:Information that Minister may disclose

  (2) Personal information that has been collected or obtained by the Minister in the administration of this Act, or any enactment incorporating this Act by reference, may be disclosed by the Minister

  • (a) to any person or body, to the extent that the disclosure is necessary in order for the Minister to obtain from that person or body information that the Minister requires for the administration of this Act or any other enactment administered by the Minister;

  • (b) to any officer or employee of the Department, to the extent that the disclosure is required for the administration of this Act or any other enactment administered by the Minister;

  • (c) to the Department of Employment and Social Development, to the extent that the disclosure is required for the administration of the Old Age Security Act or the Canada Pension Plan; and

  • (d) to the Correctional Service of Canada, to the extent that the disclosure is required for the administration of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) Where Social Insurance Numbers have been assigned under the authority of any other Act, the Minister or other authority charged with the administration of that Act and the Minister of Veterans Affairs may exchange any information contained in applications for those numbers and any numbers so assigned and may make or cause to be made available any such information or numbers in such manner as may be authorized by that Act.

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