Vol. 134, No. 23 — November 8, 2000

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SI/2000-105 8 November, 2000

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTE LAW IN RELATION TO VETERANS' BENEFITS

Order Fixing October 27, 2000 as the Date of the Coming into Force of Certain Sections of the Act

P.C. 2000-1673 23 October, 2000

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, pursuant to section 101 of An Act to amend the statute law in relation to veterans' benefits, assented to on October 20, 2000, being chapter 34 of the Statutes of Canada, 2000, hereby fixes October 27, 2000 as the day on which sections 1 to 12, 14 to 16, 19 to 95, 98 and 99 of that Act come into force.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The Order brings into force the majority of provisions of An Act to amend the statute law in relation to veterans' benefits which:

(a) provides access — equal to that of armed forces veterans — to veterans' benefits for civilian groups that served overseas closely with, or under analogous conditions to, the wartime forces, including the Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit, the corps of (Civilian) Canadian Fire Fighters for Service in the United Kingdom, nursing aids and other members of the Canadian Red Cross and St. John's Ambulance, and Ferry Command personnel;

(b) allows Canadian Forces members who have service-related disabilities to collect disability pensions while still serving, thereby ensuring equity with members whose disabilities arose in special duty areas (i.e. peacekeeping) and reserve force service; and

(c) makes a number of minor changes in wording and other legislative housekeeping.

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