Employment Insurance Regulations

41.11 (1) The following definitions apply in this section.

guardian

guardian means a person having a legally recognized authority to act on behalf of a minor or disabled adult and includes a mandatary in case of incapacity, tutor and curator. (tuteur)

ward

ward means a person for whom a guardian is appointed. (pupille)

(2) The following classes of persons, in relation to an individual, are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 23.1(1)(d) of the Act:

• (a) a child of the individual’s parent or a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the individual’s parent;

• (b) a grandparent of the individual or of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the individual’s grandparent;

• (c) a grandchild of the individual or of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the individual’s grandchild;

• (d) the spouse or common-law partner of the individual’s child or of the child of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (e) a parent, or the spouse or common-law partner of a parent, of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (f) the spouse or common-law partner of a child of the individual’s parent or of a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the individual’s parent;

• (g) a child of a parent of the individual’s spouse or commonlaw partner or a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the parent of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (h) an uncle or aunt of the individual or of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the individual’s uncle or aunt;

• (i) a nephew or niece of the individual or of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the individual’s nephew or niece;

• (j) a current or former foster parent of the individual or of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (k) a current or former foster child of the individual or the spouse or common-law partner of that child;

• (l) a current or former ward of the individual or of the individual’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (m) a current or former guardian of the individual or the spouse or common-law partner of that guardian;

• (n) in the case of an individual who has the serious medical condition, a person, whether or not related to the individual by blood, adoption, marriage or common-law partnership, whom the individual considers to be like a close relative; and

• (o) in the case of an individual who is the claimant, a person, whether or not related to the individual by blood, adoption, marriage or common-law partnership, who considers the individual to be like a close relative.