Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Special Assistance) Instrument 2023
6Persons unable to meet eligible young person definition
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6 Persons unable to meet eligible young person definition
For the purposes of subsection 424(1) of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed: (a) a person (the dependant) is or was a dependant of a member, former member or deceased member; and (b) the dependant has been diagnosed by a medical practitioner as suffering from a mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition (whether of sudden onset or gradual development) or a mental injury; and (c) the dependant meets subparagraphs (b)(i) and (iii) of the definition of eligible young person in subsection 5(1) of the Act; and (d) the dependant is unable to meet subparagraph (b)(ii) of that definition solely because the mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition, or mental injury, mentioned in paragraph (b), prevents the dependant from receiving full‑time education at a school, college, university or other educational institution; and (e) but for the circumstance mentioned in paragraph (d), the dependant would have been entitled to compensation or another benefit under the Act, or would be entitled to such compensation or benefit if a claim was made in respect of the dependant.