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Veterans Well-being Act

Version of section 5.2 from 2018-04-01 to 2019-07-04:


Marginal note:Eligibility — veterans

  •  (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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