Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Service in special duty area

• 32.1 (1) An award in accordance with the Pension Act shall be granted to or in respect of a member of the Force who is disabled or dies as a result of an injury or disease or an aggravation thereof that was attributable to or was incurred during special duty service as defined in subsection (2), as though that member of the Force were a member of the Canadian Forces in special duty service within the meaning of the Pension Act and section 3.1 of that Act were not in force.

• Definition of special duty service

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), special duty service means service as a member of the Force in a special duty area designated under section 32.12 of this Act or under section 69 of the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act during the period in which that designation is in effect, or service as a member of the Force as part of a special duty operation designated under section 32.13 of this Act or under section 70 of that Act during the period in which that designation is in effect, and includes

  • (a) periods of training for the express purpose of service in that area or as part of that operation, wherever that training takes place,

  • (b) travel to and from the area, the operation, or the location of training referred to in paragraph (a), and

  • (c) authorized leave of absence with pay during that service, wherever that leave is taken,

  if that training, travel or leave occurred on a day, not earlier than September 11, 2001, that is in the period during which that designation is in effect.