War Veterans Allowance Act — W-3 2
Definitions 2 (1) In this Act, adjudication means any decision, determination, refusal or award made under this Act pertaining to an allowance; ( décision ) allowance means an allowance payable under this Act; ( allocation ) base calendar year means the calendar year ending next before the current payment period; ( année civile de base ) blind has the meaning prescribed by regulations made under paragraph 25(q); ( aveugle ) Board means the Veterans Review and Appeal Board established by section 4 of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act ; ( Tribunal ) child means a child of (a) a veteran, (b) a veteran’s survivor who, having been a recipient, marries and (i) whose spouse of that marriage dies, or (ii) whose marriage ends in dissolution or legal separation, or (c) a veteran’s survivor who, having been a recipient, acquires a common-law partner and (i) whose common-law partner dies, or (ii) who ceases to cohabit with that common-law partner, and includes an adopted child or a foster child of a veteran, and a child, adopted child or foster child of a veteran’s spouse or common-law partner; ( enfant ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual at the relevant time in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. For greater certainty, (a) in the case of an individual’s death, the relevant time means the time of that death; and (b) common-law partners cease to be common-law partners when they cease to cohabit; ( conjoint de fait ) Consumer Price Index , in relation to any adjustment quarter, means the average of the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act , for each month in that adjustment quarter; ( indice des prix à la consommation ) current fiscal year [Repealed, 1998, c. 21, s. 121] current payment period , in relation to a month, means the payment period that includes the month; ( période de paiement en cours ) Department means the Department of Veterans Affairs; ( ministère ) dependent child means (a) a child who has no spouse or common-law partner and is (i) under the age of eighteen years, (ii) under the age of twenty-five years and following and making satisfactory progress in a course of instruction approved by the Minister, (iii) under the age of twenty-one years and prevented by physical or mental incapacity from earning a livelihood, or (iv) over the age of twenty-one years and prevented by physical or mental incapacity from earning a livelihood, where the incapacity occurred before the child attained the age of twenty-one years, or after the age of twenty-one years and before the age of twenty-five years while following and making satisfactory progress in a course of instruction approved by the Minister, or (b) a child referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) who has a spouse or common-law partner and is financially dependent on a recipient; ( enfant à charge ) first adjustment quarter , in relation to a payment quarter, means, (a) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of April, the period of three months commencing on the first day of November next before that first day of April, (b) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of July, the period of three months commencing on the first day of February next before that first day of July, (c) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of October, the period of three months commencing on the first day of May next before that first day of October, and (d) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of January, the period of three months commencing on the first day of August next before that first day of January; ( premier trimestre de rajustement ) Korean War means the military operations undertaken by the United Nations to restore peace in the Republic of Korea during the period from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, inclusive; ( guerre de Corée ) Minister means