Civilian War-related Benefits Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-31)

RELATED PROVISIONS

• — 1999, c. 10, s. 35(5)

  • • 35 (5) The Minister may, on the coming into force of this subsection, cease to pay an allowance referred to in subsection 57(1) of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act to or in respect of any civilian who would not have been entitled to receive the allowance had subsection 56(3.1) of that Act, as enacted by subsection (4), been in force when the allowance became payable.

• — 1999, c. 10, s. 48

  • 48 For greater certainty,

    • (a) any benefit that, immediately before the coming into force of section 24, was payable under section 9 of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act continues to be payable under the Pension Act as amended by this Act, and any application for such a benefit that had not been adjudicated before the coming into force of section 24 shall be continued and adjudicated under the Pension Act as amended by this Act;

    • (b) any benefit that, immediately before the coming into force of section 27, was payable under section 15.2 of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act by virtue of paragraph 15.2(1)(a) or (b) continues to be payable under the Pension Act as amended by this Act, and any application for such a benefit that had not been adjudicated before the coming into force of section 27 shall be continued and adjudicated under the Pension Act as amended by this Act;

    • (c) any benefit that, immediately before the coming into force of section 27, was payable under section 15.2 of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act by virtue of paragraph 15.2(1)(c) continues to be payable under section 9 of that Act as amended by this Act, and any application for such a benefit that had not been adjudicated before the coming into force of section 27 shall be continued and adjudicated under section 9 of that Act as amended by this Act; and

    • (d) any benefit that, immediately before the coming into force of section 36, was payable under subsection 57(1) of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act continues to be payable under the War Veterans Allowance Act as amended by this Act, and any application for such a benefit that had not been adjudicated before the coming into force of section 36 shall be continued and adjudicated under the War Veterans Allowance Act as amended by this Act.

• — 1999, c. 10, s. 49

  • 49 After the coming into force of this section, a reference in any enactment or other document to the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act is deemed to be a reference to the Civilian War-related Benefits Act or to whichever of the following is appropriate in the circumstances:

    • (a) the Pension Act, in relation to a person who was, immediately before the coming into force of this section, a merchant navy veteran within the meaning of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act;

    • (b) the Pension Act, in relation to a person who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, was eligible to be awarded a benefit under section 15.2 of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act by virtue of paragraph 15.2(1)(a) or (b);

    • (c) the Civilian War-related Benefits Act, in relation to a person who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, was eligible to be awarded a benefit under section 15.2 of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act by virtue of paragraph 15.2(1)(c); or

    • (d) the War Veterans Allowance Act, in relation to a person who, immediately before the coming into force of this section, was a merchant navy veteran referred to in section 57 of the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act.