Judges Act (Removal Allowance) Order (C.R.C., c. 984)

Terms and Conditions of Allowance Payments

4 A judge, judge’s survivor or child who makes a claim for the payment of a removal allowance under section 40 of the Act shall provide the Minister of Justice with receipts evidencing the expenses in respect of which the claim is made and any other documents that the Minister may require to enable the Minister to authorize the payment of the claim under section 5.

5 The Minister of Justice shall authorize the payment of a claim for a removal allowance where the Minister receives the claim and is satisfied that the expenses in respect of which the claim is made

• (a) are the kinds of expenses prescribed by sections 3, 3.1 and 3.2,

• (b) have actually been incurred by the judge, a member of the judge’s household, or the judge’s survivor or child;

• (c) are reasonable in the circumstances, and

• (d) are not payable to the judge or the judge’s survivor or child under any provision of the Act except section 40.