Veterans Well-being Act — C-16.8 2
cial intervention whose object is to restore a person to a state of independent functioning and to facilitate their social adjustment. ( réadaptation psychosociale ) rehabilitation services means all services related to the medical rehabilitation, psycho-social rehabilitation or vocational rehabilitation of a person. ( services de réadaptation ) service-related injury or disease means an injury or a disease that (a) was attributable to or was incurred during special duty service; or (b) arose out of or was directly connected with service in the Canadian Forces. ( liée au service ) special duty service means service as a member in a special duty area designated under section 69 , or as a member as part of a special duty operation designated under section 70 , during the period in which the designation is in effect. It includes any of the following that occurred during that period but not earlier than September 11, 2001: (a) periods of training for the express purpose of service in that area or as part of that operation, wherever that training takes place; (b) travel to and from the area, the operation or the location of training referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) authorized leave of absence with pay during that service, wherever that leave is taken. ( service spécial ) survivor , in relation to a deceased member or a deceased veteran, means (a) their spouse who was, at the time of the member’s or veteran’s death, residing with the member or veteran; or (b) the person who was, at the time of the member’s or veteran’s death, the member’s or veteran’s common-law partner. ( survivant ) veteran means a former member. ( vétéran ) vocational assistance includes employability assessments, career counselling, training, job-search assistance and job-finding assistance, whose object is to help a person to find appropriate employment. ( assistance professionnelle ) vocational rehabilitation includes any process designed to identify and achieve an appropriate occupational goal for a person with a physical or a mental health problem, given their state of health and the extent of their education, skills and experience. ( réadaptation professionnelle ) Couples who are living apart (2) For the purposes of this Act, a spouse is deemed to be residing with a member or a veteran, and a person does not cease to be a member’s or a veteran’s common-law partner, if it is established that they are living apart by reason only of (a) one or both of them having to reside in a health care facility; (b) circumstances of a temporary nature; or (c) other circumstances not within the control of the member or veteran or the spouse or common-law partner. References to spouses (3) A reference in this Act to a member’s or a veteran’s spouse is a reference to a member’s or a veteran’s spouse who is residing with the member or veteran. Recent marriage (4) This Act does not apply to a member’s or a veteran’s surviving spouse if the member or veteran dies within one year after the date of the marriage, unless (a) in the opinion of the Minister, the member or veteran was at the time of that marriage in such a condition of health as to justify their having an expectation of life of at least one year; or (b) at the time of the member’s or veteran’s death, the spouse was cohabiting with the member or veteran in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. Conduct of member or veteran (5) This Act does not apply in respect of a member’s or a veteran’s physical or mental health problem, disability or death if it is caused by a wilful self-inflicted injury or improper conduct on the member’s or veteran’s part, including wilful disobedience of an order and vicious or criminal conduct. Interpretation — medical assistance in dying (6) For the purposes of this Act, a member or veteran has neither inflicted wilful self-injury nor engaged in improper conduct by reason only that they receive medical assistance in dying, if the requirement set ou