Canada Disability Benefit Regulations

Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

Act

Act means the Canada Disability Benefit Act. (Loi)

applicant

applicant means a person who has applied for a benefit or on whose behalf an application for a benefit has been made. (demandeur)

beneficiary

beneficiary means a person to whom payment of a benefit has been approved or on whose behalf a benefit has become payable. (prestataire)

benefit

benefit means a Canada disability benefit payable under the Act. (prestation)

cohabiting spouse or common-law partner

cohabiting spouse or common-law partner has the same meaning as in section 122.6 of the Income Tax Act. (époux ou conjoint de fait visé)

payment period

payment period means the period beginning on July 1 of a calendar year and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year. (période de paiement)

release

release, in relation to a person who has been incarcerated, means release from custody on earned remission, at the expiry of a sentence, or on parole or statutory release that has not been terminated or revoked. (libération)