Veterans Allowance Regulations

3 (1) A person may make an application for an allowance

• (a) by attending at an office of the Department or contacting an officer who represents the Department, giving the person’s full name and address and any other information that will enable the person’s records to be located and furnishing, on request, the information specified in subsection (4); or

• (b) by filing a notice with the Department indicating the person’s intention to apply for an allowance and giving the person’s full name and address and any other information that will enable the person’s records to be located.

(2) Where any person is unable, by reason of physical or mental disability, to make an application for an allowance, an application may be made on the person’s behalf by any responsible person.

(3) Where the Department receives a notice referred to in paragraph (1)(b), the Department shall, in writing, immediately request the applicant, or the person making the application on the applicant’s behalf, to furnish the information specified in subsection (4).

(4) An applicant, or the person making the application on behalf of the applicant, shall furnish in accordance with subsections (1) and (3) the following information:

• (a) details of the military service of the applicant or of the veteran on the basis of whom the applicant is making an application;

• (b) the names of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner and dependent children, as well as all relevant information relating to them;

• (c) the income of the applicant and of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (d) an indication as to whether the applicant is in receipt of a disability pension related to military service or has accepted a commuted pension; and

• (e) such other information as the Minister may require to determine the applicant’s eligibility for an allowance.