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His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to amend the War Veterans Allowance Act, the Pension Act, the
Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act, the
Department of Veterans Affairs Act, the Veterans Review and Appeal
Board Act and the Halifax Relief Commission Pension Continuation
Act and to amend certain other Acts in consequence thereof''.
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This enactment amends various Acts governing veterans' benefits.
Specifically, it
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(a) amends the Pension Act to allow survivors of disability
pensioners to benefit from assessment increases within the 0% to
47% range, and clarifies provisions governing the effective date of
increases in survivors' pensions;
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(b) extends eligibility under the Pension Act for attendance
allowance to prisoner-of-war compensation recipients, and allows
them to receive exceptional incapacity allowance if the combined
total of their disability pension and compensation is equal to or
exceeds a 100% disability pension;
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(c) transfers provisions governing merchant navy veterans from the
Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act to the
same Acts that provide benefits to armed forces veterans, namely the
Pension Act and the War Veterans Allowance Act, and clarifies these
provisions;
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(d) defers the deadline for termination of war veterans allowance
payments to allied veterans residing outside Canada;
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(e) extends the regulation-making authority of the Minister of
Veterans Affairs under the Department of Veterans Affairs Act with
respect to gravemarkers, funerals and burials;
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(f) effects minor amendments to the Veterans Review and Appeal
Board Act; and
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(g) provides for the continuation of Halifax explosion pension
payments from the Consolidated Revenue Fund when the Halifax
1917 Explosion Pension Account is depleted.
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