Children’s Special Allowances Act

Marginal note:Monthly special allowance

• 3 (1) Subject to this Act, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, for each month, a special allowance in the amount determined for that month by or pursuant to section 8 in respect of each child who

  • (a) is maintained

    • (i) by a department or agency of the government of Canada or a province, or

    • (ii) by an agency appointed by a province, including an authority established under the laws of a province, or by an agency appointed by such an authority, for the purpose of administering any law of the province for the protection and care of children,

    and who resides in an institution, a group foster home, the private home of foster parents or in the private home of a guardian, tutor or other individual occupying a similar role for the month, under a decree, order or judgment of a competent tribunal; or

  • (b) is maintained by an institution licensed or otherwise authorized under the law of the province to have the custody or care of children.

• Marginal note:Use of special allowance

  (2) A special allowance shall be applied exclusively toward the care, maintenance, education, training or advancement of the child in respect of whom it is paid.