Veterans Well-being Act (S.C. 2005, c. 21)

Marginal note:Eligibility

• 44.1 (1) The Minister may, on application, pay a critical injury benefit to a member or veteran who establishes that they sustained one or more severe and traumatic injuries, or developed an acute disease, and that the injury or disease

  • (a) was a service-related injury or disease;

  • (b) was the result of a sudden and single incident that occurred after March 31, 2006; and

  • (c) immediately caused a severe impairment and severe interference in their quality of life.

• Marginal note:Factors to be considered

  (2) In deciding whether the impairment and the interference in the quality of life referred to in paragraph (1)(c) were severe, the Minister shall consider any prescribed factors.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (3) The Governor in Council may, for the purpose of subsection 44.1(1), make regulations respecting the determination of what constitutes a sudden and single incident.