Pension Act — P-6 3
Definitions 3 (1) In this Act, appearance of the injury or disease [Repealed, 1990, c. 43, s. 3] applicant means a person who has applied for an award or for an increase in an award; ( demandeur ) application means an application for an award; ( demande ) award means a pension, compensation, an allowance or a bonus payable under this Act; ( compensation ) Bureau [Repealed, 1995, c. 18, s. 46] Canadian Forces means the armed forces referred to in section 14 of the National Defence Act , and includes any predecessor naval, army or air forces of Canada or Newfoundland; ( Forces canadiennes ) Chief Pensions Advocate [Repealed, 1995, c. 18, s. 46] child , in relation to a member of the forces or a prisoner of war, includes (a) an adopted child or foster child of that member or prisoner, and (b) a child, adopted child or foster child of the spouse or common-law partner of that member or prisoner; ( enfant ) Commission [Repealed, 1995, c. 18, s. 46] commissioner [Repealed, 1995, c. 18, s. 46] common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual at the relevant time in a conjugal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 ) compensation means compensation payable under this Act on account of time spent by a former prisoner of war in enemy captivity or in evading or escaping from enemy captivity; ( indemnité ) Department means the Department of Veterans Affairs; ( ministère ) dependent condition , with respect to a person, means the condition of being without sufficient income or assets, other than the premises in which the person resides, to maintain that person; ( état de dépendance ) died or death includes death presumed for official purposes; ( décédé ou décès ) disability means the loss or lessening of the power to will and to do any normal mental or physical act; ( invalidité ) Entitlement Board [Repealed, 1995, c. 18, s. 46] Examiner [Repealed, 1995, c. 18, s. 46] improper conduct includes wilful disobedience of orders, vicious or criminal conduct and wilful self-inflicted wounding — except if the wound results from the receipt of medical assistance in dying and the requirement set out in paragraph 241.2(3)(a) of the Criminal Code has been met; ( mauvaise conduite ) Korean War means the military operations undertaken by the United Nations to restore peace in the Republic of Korea, and the period denoted by the term Korean War is the period from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, inclusive; ( guerre de Corée ) medical assistance in dying has the same meaning as in section 241.1 of the Criminal Code ; ( aide médicale à mourir ) member of the forces means (a) a person who has served in the Canadian Forces at any time since the commencement of World War I, and (b) a Canadian merchant mariner of World War I, World War II or the Korean War, as described in section 21.1; ( membre des forces ) military service or service means service as a member of the forces; ( service militaire ou service ) Minister means the Minister of Veterans Affairs or such other Minister as is designated by the Governor in Council; ( ministre ) pension means a pension payable under this Act on account of the death or disability of a member of the forces, including a final payment referred to in Schedule I; ( pension ) Pension Review Board [Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 20 (3rd Supp.), s. 21] pensioner means a person who has been awarded a pension; ( pensionné ) personal information has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Privacy Act ; ( renseignements personnels ) prisoner of war has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 71.1; ( prisonnier de guerre ) service in a special duty area [Repealed, 2003, c. 12, s. 1] service in a theatre of actual war means (a) any s