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 service on a peacekeeping mission in a special duty area, as though the service were "service in a special duty area" as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Pension Act.

• Marginal note:Designation of special duty area

  (2) The Governor in Council may, by order,

  • (a) designate as a special duty area any geographic area outside Canada where members of the Force serve as part of a peacekeeping mission and may be exposed to hazardous conditions not normally associated with service in peacetime; and

  • (b) specify the commencement and termination dates for the period during which service in a special duty area qualifies a member of the Force for an award under subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Definition of "special duty area"

  (3) In subsection (1), special duty area means an area designated as a special duty area by

  • (a) an order made under subsection (2); or

  • (b) an order made or continued under section 91.1 of the Pension Act.