Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as The Returned Soldiers’ Insurance Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

2. In this Act and in any regulation, unless the context otherwise requires, —

“brother” and “sister”

« frère » et « soeur »

• (a) “brother” includes a half-brother and “sister” includes a half-sister;

“child”

« enfant »

• (b) “child” includes,

  • (i) a legally adopted child;

  • (ii) 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

  • (iii) a child acknowledged or maintained by the insured or for whom the insured has been judicially ordered to provide support;

“common-law partner”

« conjoint de fait »

• (b.1) “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;

“grandchild”

« petit-enfant »

• (c) “grandchild” means a child as above defined of a child as above defined;

“Minister”

« Ministre »

• (d) “Minister” means the Minister of Veterans Affairs or such other Minister as the Governor in Council may from time to time determine;

“parent”

« parent »

• (e) “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;

“regulation”

« règlement »

• (f) “regulation” means a regulation made under the provisions of this Act;

“returned soldier”

« soldat de retour »

• (g) “returned soldier” means any person, male or female, who served as an officer or warrant officer or who enlisted or was enrolled or was drafted for service in the naval, military or air forces of Canada in the Great War, or having been domiciled and resident in Canada on the fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, has served in any of His Majesty’s naval, military or air forces in the said war; or, having been domiciled and resident as aforesaid, has served in the naval, military or air forces of one of His Majesty’s Allies or Associated Powers in the Great War; and who has been retired or obtained honourable discharge therefrom;

“widow”

« veuve »

• (h) “widow” means the widow of a returned soldier who has died after retirement or honourable discharge from service and before the expiration of twelve months from the coming into force of this Act;

“widower”

« veuf »

• (h.1) “widower” means the widower of a returned soldier who has died after retirement or honourable discharge from service and before the expiration of twelve months from the coming into force of this Act;

“the insured”

« l’assuré »

• (i) “the insured” means any person with whom the Minister enters into a contract under this Act.