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Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act

Version of section 19 from 2018-04-01 to 2019-03-31:


Marginal note:Review panels

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), an application for review shall be heard, determined and dealt with by a review panel consisting of not fewer than two members or, with the consent of the applicant, one member designated by the Chairperson.

  • Marginal note:Refusal to establish review panel

    (2) The Chairperson, or any member to whom the Chairperson has delegated the authority, may refuse to establish a review panel to hear an application for review of a decision concerning the amount of an award under the Pension Act, or the amount of a critical injury benefit, a disability award, a death benefit, a clothing allowance or a detention benefit under Part 3 of the Veterans Well-being Act, if the Chairperson or member, as the case may be, considers the application to be such that no reasonable review panel could dispose of it in a manner favourable to the applicant.

  • 1995, c. 18, s. 19
  • 1999, c. 10, s. 38
  • 2000, c. 34, s. 66(F)
  • 2005, c. 21, s. 111
  • 2015, c. 36, s. 226
  • 2017, c. 20, s. 292

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