Veterans Well-being Act — C-16.8 132
Monthly amount paid 132 (1) For every month that is included in the period beginning with the month of April 2019 and ending with the month in which the member or veteran dies, the Minister shall pay to a member or a veteran who was paid a disability award, and who is alive on April 1, 2019, the amount determined by the formula A – [(B – C)/D] where A is the amount set out in column 3 of Schedule 3 to this Act, as it read on April 1, 2019, that corresponds to the member’s or veteran’s extent of disability, as set out in column 2 of that Schedule, for which the disability award was paid; B is an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (a) the amount of the disability award that was payable to the member or veteran under subsection 52(1) of the former Act or, in the case of a member or a veteran who made the election referred to in paragraph 52.1(1)(b) or (c) of the former Act, the amount of the disability award that would have been payable to the member or veteran if the member or veteran had made the election referred to in paragraph 52.1(1)(a) of the former Act, and (b) the amount paid to the member or veteran under section 100 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1 in respect of the disability award; C is an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) by the number determined in accordance with paragraph (b): (a) the amount set out in column 3 of Schedule 3 to this Act, as it read on April 1, 2019, that corresponds to the member’s or veteran’s extent of disability, as set out in column 2 of that Schedule, for which the disability award was paid, (b) the number of months included in the period beginning with the month in which the disability award was paid and ending with the month of March 2019; D is a number determined in accordance with the regulations. Regulations (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the determination of the number referred to in the description of D in subsection (1). Periodic adjustment (3) The amount determined in accordance with subsection (1) is to be periodically adjusted in the same manner as the amounts set out in column 3 of Schedule 3. Member or veteran in receipt of annual payments (4) The following rules apply to a member or a veteran to whom an amount is to be paid under subsection (1) in respect of a disability award: (a) a member or a veteran who made an election referred to in paragraph 52.1(1)(b) or (c) of the former Act before April 1, 2019 in respect of the disability award and who, on March 31, 2019, was still entitled to receive payments in accordance with section 52.1 of the former Act is deemed to have made an election under subsection 52.1(5) of the former Act on April 1, 2019; and (b) a member or a veteran referred to in subsection 131(2) is, despite that subsection, deemed to have made the election referred to in paragraph 52.1(1)(a) of the former Act. Power to require information or document (5) The Minister may require a member or a veteran to whom an amount is to be paid under subsection (1) to provide information or documents to the Minister. Amount deemed to be compensation (6) An amount paid or payable under subsection (1) is deemed to be compensation for the purposes of sections 88 to 90 and subsection 93(1). Application of subsection 88(4) (7) Subsection 88(4) applies to an amount paid under subsection (1). 2018, c. 12, s. 157