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Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act — U-3.5 63
63 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 41: Compliance agreements — regions with a strong francophone presence (communications and services) 41.1 (1) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.1(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by a consumer in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under section 7. Compliance agreements — regions with a strong francophone presence (language of work) (2) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.1(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by an employee who occupies or is assigned to a position in a workplace in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under any of sections 9 to 11. Orders — regions with a strong francophone presence (communications and services) (3) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.5(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by a consumer in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under section 7. Orders — regions with a strong francophone presence (language of work) (4) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.5(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by an employee who occupies or is assigned to a position in a workplace in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under any of sections 9 to 11.
Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act — U-3.5 41.1
Compliance agreements — regions with a strong francophone presence (communications and services) 41.1 (1) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.1(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by a consumer in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under section 7. Compliance agreements — regions with a strong francophone presence (language of work) (2) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.1(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by an employee who occupies or is assigned to a position in a workplace in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under any of sections 9 to 11. Orders — regions with a strong francophone presence (communications and services) (3) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.5(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by a consumer in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under section 7. Orders — regions with a strong francophone presence (language of work) (4) The Commissioner is not permitted to exercise, before the day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, the powers under subsection 64.5(1) of the Official Languages Act in respect of a complaint made by an employee who occupies or is assigned to a position in a workplace in a region with a strong francophone presence in respect of a right or duty under any of sections 9 to 11.
Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act — U-3.5 69
This Act 69 On the first day on which both sections 37 and 54 of this Act are in force, (a) subsection 16(4) of the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act is replaced by the following: Non-application (4) Section 56, subsections 65(3) and (4), sections 65.1 to 65.95 and subsection 66(3) of the Official Languages Act do not apply in respect of complaints or investigations relating to a right or duty under section 7. (b) subsection 19(6) of the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act is replaced by the following: Non-application (6) Section 56, subsections 65(3) and (4), sections 65.1 to 65.95 and subsection 66(3) of the Official Languages Act do not apply in respect of the complaint.
User Fees Act — U-3.7
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
United States Wreckers Act — U-3 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the United States Wreckers Act . R.S., c. U-4, s. 1
United States Wreckers Act — U-3 2
Privilege granted 2 United States vessels and wrecking appliances may salve any property wrecked, and may render aid and assistance including all necessary towing incident thereto to any vessels wrecked, disabled or in distress, in the waters of Canada contiguous to the United States. R.S., c. U-4, s. 2
United States Wreckers Act — U-3 3
Customs and coasting laws 3 Nothing in the customs or coasting laws of Canada restricts the salving operations of the vessels or wrecking appliances referred to in section 2. R.S., c. U-4, s. 3
United States Wreckers Act — U-3 4
Duration of Act 4 This Act ceases to be in force on a date to be fixed in a proclamation of the Governor General, which may be issued after the Governor General is advised that the reciprocal privilege with respect to Canadian vessels or wrecking appliances salving any property wrecked or aiding any vessels wrecked, disabled or distressed in United States waters contiguous to Canada has been withdrawn, revoked or rendered inoperative. R.S., c. U-4, s. 4
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Veterans Benefit Act . 1953-54, c. 65, s. 1
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 2
Definitions 2 In this Act Canadian Forces means the forces referred to in section 15 of the National Defence Act , chapter 184 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, as that section read on the 31st day of October 1953; ( Forces canadiennes ) Minister means the Minister of Veterans Affairs; ( Ministre ) service in a theatre of operations means any service of a member of the Canadian Forces from the time of his departure at any time prior to the 27th day of July 1953 from Canada or the United States, including Alaska, to participate in military operations undertaken by the United Nations to restore peace in the Republic of Korea, until (a) he next returns to Canada or the United States, including Alaska; (b) he is next posted to a unit that is not participating in such operations; (c) the unit with which he is serving, having ceased to participate in such operations, arrives at the place to which it has been next assigned; or (d) the 31st day of October 1953, whichever is the earliest; ( service sur un théâtre d’opérations ) special force means the Royal Canadian Navy Special Force, Canadian Army Special Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force Special Force, as constituted from time to time by the Minister of National Defence; ( contingent spécial ) unit means a unit or other element of the Canadian Forces organized by or under the authority of the Minister of National Defence. ( unité ) R.S., 1970, c. V-2, s. 2; 2000, c. 34, s. 93(F)
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3
Canadian Forces means the forces referred to in section 15 of the National Defence Act , chapter 184 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, as that section read on the 31st day of October 1953; ( Forces canadiennes )
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3
Minister means the Minister of Veterans Affairs; ( Ministre )
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 (a)
service in a theatre of operations means any service of a member of the Canadian Forces from the time of his departure at any time prior to the 27th day of July 1953 from Canada or the United States, including Alaska, to participate in military operations undertaken by the United Nations to restore peace in the Republic of Korea, until (a) he next returns to Canada or the United States, including Alaska; (b) he is next posted to a unit that is not participating in such operations; (c) the unit with which he is serving, having ceased to participate in such operations, arrives at the place to which it has been next assigned; or (d) the 31st day of October 1953, whichever is the earliest; ( service sur un théâtre d’opérations )
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3
special force means the Royal Canadian Navy Special Force, Canadian Army Special Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force Special Force, as constituted from time to time by the Minister of National Defence; ( contingent spécial )
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3
unit means a unit or other element of the Canadian Forces organized by or under the authority of the Minister of National Defence. ( unité )
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 3
after discharge but before he has been paid his gratuity in full, payment of the gratuity or the unpaid balance thereof shall be made to (a) any person to or on behalf of whom marriage allowance was payable immediately prior to such member’s death or discharge; (b) any person who, in the opinion of the Minister, was eligible to be paid such marriage allowance immediately prior to such member’s death or discharge; (c) any person on whose behalf, in the opinion of the Minister, marriage allowance would have been payable immediately prior to such member’s death or discharge, had not such person been a member of the forces; or (d) any person who, in the opinion of the Minister, was wholly or substantially dependent upon such member at the time of such member’s death; and where there is no person to whom payment may be made under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), the gratuity shall form part of the deceased member’s service estate or, at the option of the Minister, shall be paid to such person as the Minister directs.” R.S., 1970, c. V-2, s. 3; 1985, c. 26, s. 66
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 “3
Gratuity payable to member of the forces “3 (1) Subject to this Act, every member of the forces is, upon discharge, entitled to be paid a war service gratuity at the rate of fifty cents a day for each day of paid service in a theatre of operations. Supplemental gratuity (2) In addition to the amount mentioned in subsection (1), every member of the forces is, upon discharge, entitled to be paid for each period of one hundred and eighty-three days of paid service in a theatre of operations, and proportionately for any less period, an amount equal to seven days pay and allowances at the rate payable to or in respect of such member at the termination of his last such period of service preceding discharge.”
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 “5
Payment of gratuity in case of death of member “5 (1) Where a member of the forces dies while on service or after discharge but before he has been paid his gratuity in full, payment of the gratuity or the unpaid balance thereof shall be made to (a) any person to or on behalf of whom marriage allowance was payable immediately prior to such member’s death or discharge; (b) any person who, in the opinion of the Minister, was eligible to be paid such marriage allowance immediately prior to such member’s death or discharge; (c) any person on whose behalf, in the opinion of the Minister, marriage allowance would have been payable immediately prior to such member’s death or discharge, had not such person been a member of the forces; or (d) any person who, in the opinion of the Minister, was wholly or substantially dependent upon such member at the time of such member’s death; and where there is no person to whom payment may be made under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), the gratuity shall form part of the deceased member’s service estate or, at the option of the Minister, shall be paid to such person as the Minister directs.”
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 6
Application 6 (1) The Veterans’ Land Act applies to members of the Canadian Forces included under subsection (2) in the expression veteran therein referred to. Veteran (2) The expression veteran , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the said Act, includes every person described in paragraphs 4(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Act. Persons qualified to participate (3) Where any contract has been entered into under section 11 or 26 of the said Act, or any grant has been made under section 45 or 46 of the said Act, with or to any person described in paragraph 4(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Act in respect of his service during the war declared by His Majesty on the 10th day of September 1939, and the contract or the agreement relating to the grant is rescinded or otherwise terminated prior to his discharge referred to in subsection 4(2) of this Act and, (a) in the case of the contract, prior to the expiration of the ten-year period referred to in subsection 11(5) of the said Act, or (b) in the case of the agreement relating to the grant, prior to the expiration of the period after which, under the agreement, he is not required to repay the grant, such person is qualified to participate in the benefits of the said Act if he pays to The Director, The Veterans’ Land Act, the amount of any loss sustained by the Crown by reason of such contract or grant, as determined by the Minister. Persons not qualified to receive additional benefits (4) Except as provided in subsection (3), no person described in paragraph 4(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Act who has entered into a contract with the Director under section 11 or 26 of the said Act or has received any grant under section 45 or 46 of the said Act is qualified to receive any additional benefits under that Act by virtue of this section. R.S., 1970, c. V-2, s. 6; 1980-81-82-83, c. 78, s. 13
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 7
Application 7 (1) The Veterans Insurance Act applies to members of the Canadian Forces described in paragraphs (2)(a), (b), (c) and (d), and their dependants, as specified in this section. Veteran (2) The expression veteran , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the said Act, includes (a) every person who was enrolled for the purpose of serving in the special force, who has been on service in a theatre of operations and who has been discharged from such force; (b) every officer or non-commissioned member of the reserve forces who has been on service in a theatre of operations on the strength of the special force, and whose service with the regular forces has been terminated; (c) every member of the regular forces who has been on service in a theatre of operations on the strength of the special force and who has been discharged from the regular forces; and (d) every person described in paragraph 4(2)(d) of this Act. Discharge from service (3) The expression discharge from service , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the said Act, means, in the case of a person described in paragraph (2)(b) of this section, termination of his service with the regular forces. Subparagraph 3(1)(b)(iii) (4) For the purposes of this section, subparagraph 3(1)(b)(iii) of the said Act is deemed to read as follows: “(iii) a person who is a member of the regular forces and has been on service in a theatre of operations on the strength of the special force,”. Minister may enter into contract with widow (5) Where any person described in paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section or subsection (4) of this section who is eligible for insurance under the Veterans Insurance Act by virtue of this section dies without having obtained any contract of insurance thereunder, the Minister may enter into a contract of insurance under that Act with the widow of such person at any time prior to the expiration of the period during which such person, had he lived, would have been eligible for a contract of insurance under that Act. Idem (6) Where any person who served in a theatre of operations on the strength of the special force has died prior to the 26th day of June 1954 and prior to the termination of his service with the special force or the regular forces, the Minister may enter into a contract of insurance under the Veterans Insurance Act with the widow of such person as though that person had died on or after that date and as though he had been discharged from the said force or forces or his service therewith had been terminated immediately prior to his death. Time limit (7) No contract of insurance may be entered into by the Minister under the said Act with any person described in paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section or subsection (4) of this section after the 31st day of October 1958. R.S., 1970, c. V-2, s. 7; 1985, c. 26, s. 66
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Korean War veterans 9 (1) Paragraph 39(1)(b) of the Public Service Employment Act applies to every person not described in subsection (2) who (a) has served in or on the strength of the special force and, at the commencement of such service, was domiciled in Canada or was a Canadian citizen, (b) has served in a theatre of operations, and (c) has not, by reason of misconduct, ceased so to serve, as though that person were a veteran within the meaning of that Act. Korean War veterans pensioned for disability (2) Paragraph 39(1)(a) of the Public Service Employment Act applies to every person who (a) is in receipt of a pension under the Pension Act for disability resulting from an injury or disease or an aggravation thereof that was attributable to or was incurred during service in or on the strength of the special force or during service in a theatre of operations; (b) at the commencement of his service in or on the strength of the special force, was domiciled in Canada or was a Canadian citizen; (c) has, from causes attributable to his service in or on the strength of the special force, lost the capacity for physical exertion to such an extent as to render him unfit efficiently to pursue the vocation that he was pursuing before such service; and (d) has not been successfully re-established in some other vocation. R.S., 1970, c. V-2, s. 9; 2000, c. 34, s. 57; 2003, c. 22, s. 245
Veterans Benefit Act — V-1.3 10
Application 10 The Public Service Superannuation Act applies, in such manner and to such extent as the Governor in Council may prescribe, to and in respect of every person who was enrolled for the purpose of serving in the special force, and every officer and non-commissioned member of the regular forces or the reserve forces who served on the strength of the special force, as though his service on the strength of the special force were active service in the forces during World War II within the meaning of that Act. R.S., 1970, c. V-2, s. 10; 1985, c. 26, s. 66
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Existing rights preserved 12 Nothing in this Act shall be held to prejudice any right, benefit or privilege that any person had, under any of the enactments to which this Act applies, prior to the 26th day of June 1954. 1953-54, c. 65, s. 13
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Veterans Insurance Act . R.S., 1952, c. 279, s. 1
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4 2
Definitions 2 (1) In this Act amount of insurance means the amount stated as such in the contract of insurance; ( montant de l’assurance ) brother includes a half-brother and sister includes a half-sister; ( frère et soeur ) child includes (a) a legally adopted child, (b) a stepchild who is designated by the insured as a beneficiary and in such designation is described either by name or as a stepchild, and (c) a child acknowledged or maintained by the insured or for whom the insured has been judicially ordered to provide support; ( enfant ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait ) discharge from service includes any termination of service; ( libération du service ) grandchild includes a child as above defined of a child as above defined; ( petit-fils ou petite-fille ) insured means any person with whom the Minister enters into a contract of insurance under this Act; ( assuré ou personne assurée ) Minister means the Minister of Veterans Affairs or such other Minister as the Governor in Council may from time to time determine; ( Ministre ) parent includes a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-father, foster-mother, of either the insured or the spouse or common-law partner of the insured; ( parent ) service means (a) service in the naval, army or air forces of Canada by any person while in receipt of either active service rates of pay or of Permanent Force rates of pay, or (b) active service in the naval, army or air forces of His Majesty by any person domiciled in Canada at the commencement thereof; ( service ) veteran means any person, male or female, who was engaged in service during the war and who has been granted discharge from such service; ( ancien combattant ) war means the war that commenced in September 1939, and which, for the purposes of this Act, shall be deemed to have terminated on the 30th day of September 1947. ( guerre ) Newfoundland veterans (2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition service in subsection (1), service by a person in the naval or army forces of Newfoundland and service by a person recruited in Newfoundland in any naval, army or air forces raised in Newfoundland by or on behalf of the United Kingdom, shall be deemed to be service in the naval, army or air forces of Canada and, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that definition, domicile in Newfoundland shall be deemed to be domicile in Canada. R.S., 1970, c. V-3, s. 2; 2000, c. 12, ss. 303, 305, c. 34, s. 93(F)
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
amount of insurance means the amount stated as such in the contract of insurance; ( montant de l’assurance )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
brother includes a half-brother and sister includes a half-sister; ( frère et soeur )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4 (a)
child includes (a) a legally adopted child, (b) a stepchild who is designated by the insured as a beneficiary and in such designation is described either by name or as a stepchild, and (c) a child acknowledged or maintained by the insured or for whom the insured has been judicially ordered to provide support; ( enfant )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
discharge from service includes any termination of service; ( libération du service )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
grandchild includes a child as above defined of a child as above defined; ( petit-fils ou petite-fille )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
insured means any person with whom the Minister enters into a contract of insurance under this Act; ( assuré ou personne assurée )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
Minister means the Minister of Veterans Affairs or such other Minister as the Governor in Council may from time to time determine; ( Ministre )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
parent includes a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-father, foster-mother, of either the insured or the spouse or common-law partner of the insured; ( parent )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4 (a)
service means (a) service in the naval, army or air forces of Canada by any person while in receipt of either active service rates of pay or of Permanent Force rates of pay, or (b) active service in the naval, army or air forces of His Majesty by any person domiciled in Canada at the commencement thereof; ( service )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
veteran means any person, male or female, who was engaged in service during the war and who has been granted discharge from such service; ( ancien combattant )
Veterans Insurance Act — V-1.4
war means the war that commenced in September 1939, and which, for the purposes of this Act, shall be deemed to have terminated on the 30th day of September 1947. ( guerre )