Public Service Employment Regulations

Marginal note:Persons who had prior entitlement

• 8.01 (1) A person who had an entitlement to a priority under any of paragraphs 8(1)(a) to (d), as they read before the day on which this section comes into force, is entitled to the priority referred to subsection 8(1) if their previous entitlement period ends at any time during the period beginning on April 1, 2012 and ending on the day before the day on which this section comes into force.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) Despite subsection 8(1.1), the priority applies if

  • (a) the person was released from the Canadian Forces for medical reasons;

  • (b) the person does not have an entitlement to a priority for appointment under section 39.1 of the Act; and

  • (c) the person is not employed in the public service for an indeterminate period on the day on which this section comes into force.

• Marginal note:Entitlement period

  (3) Despite subsection 8(2), the entitlement period begins on the day on which this section come into force and ends on the earliest of

  • (a) the day that is five years after the day on which this section came into force;

  • (b) the day on which the Minister of Veterans Affairs determines that the person was released for medical reasons that are attributable to service;

  • (c) the day on which the person is appointed to a position in the public service for an indeterminate period; and

  • (d) the day on which the person declines an appointment to a position in the public service for an indeterminate period without good and sufficient reason.