Marginal note:Eligibility — veterans
5.2 (1) The Minister may, on application, pay an education and training benefit to a veteran in accordance with section 5.3 or 5.5 if the veteran
(a) served for a total of at least six years in the regular force, in the reserve force or in both; and
(b) was honourably released from the Canadian Forces on or after April 1, 2006.
Marginal note:Maximum cumulative amount
(2) The maximum cumulative amount that the Minister may pay to a veteran is $40,000 or, if the veteran served for a total of at least 12 years in the regular force, in the reserve force or in both, $80,000.
Marginal note:Definitions
(3) In this section, regular force and reserve force have the same meanings as in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act.
- 2017, c. 20, s. 274
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