P-9.2.1 - Act to assist persons who are victims of criminal offences and to facilitate their recovery

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42. The following qualified persons who are victims are, in accordance with a government regulation, eligible for payment of financial assistance compensating a loss of income or financial assistance compensating certain disabilities:
(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;
(2)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person having parental authority over the child;
(3)  a witness to the commission of a criminal offence or to the intact scene of the offence after it was committed, within the meaning of subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph of section 15;
(4)  an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16; and
(5)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16, or a person having parental authority over the child.
The regulation provided for in the first paragraph prescribes the other standards and terms relating to financial assistance compensating a loss of income or financial assistance compensating certain disabilities.
2021, c. 13, s. 42.
In force: 2021-10-13
42. The following qualified persons who are victims are, in accordance with a government regulation, eligible for payment of financial assistance compensating a loss of income or financial assistance compensating certain disabilities:
(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;
(2)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person having parental authority over the child;
(3)  a witness to the commission of a criminal offence or to the intact scene of the offence after it was committed, within the meaning of subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph of section 15;
(4)  an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16; and
(5)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased or suffers interference with their integrity, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16, or a person having parental authority over the child.
The regulation provided for in the first paragraph prescribes the other standards and terms relating to financial assistance compensating a loss of income or financial assistance compensating certain disabilities.
2021, c. 13, s. 42.