Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 155, Number 51: Regulations Amending the Canada Student Loans Regulations
December 18, 2021
Statutory authority
Canada Student Loans Act
Sponsoring department
Department of Employment and Social Development
REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT
For the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, see the Regulations Amending the Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations.
PROPOSED REGULATORY TEXT
Notice is given that the Governor in Council, pursuant to sections 13 footnote a and 17 footnote b of the Canada Student Loans Act footnote c, proposes to make the annexed Regulations Amending the Canada Student Loans Regulations.
Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice, and be sent to the following email address: EDSC.PCAFE.DEF.INV-DIS.DEF.CSFAP.ESDC@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca.
Ottawa, December 9, 2021
Mirza Lončar
Acting Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council
Regulations Amending the Canada Student Loans Regulations
Amendments
1 (1) The definitions full-time student, part-time student and permanent disability in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Student Loans Regulations footnote 1 are replaced by the following:
- full-time student
- means a person
- (a) who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the specified educational institution as constituting a full course load,
- (b) whose primary occupation during that confirmed period is the pursuit of studies in those courses, and
- (c) who meets the requirements of subsection 3(1); (étudiant à temps plein)
- part-time student
- means a person who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 20 per cent but less than 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the specified educational institution as constituting a full course load; (étudiant à temps partiel)
- permanent disability
- means a functional limitation caused by a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment that restricts the ability of a person to perform the daily activities necessary to pursue studies at a post-secondary school level or to participate in the labour force and that is expected to remain with the person for the person’s expected life; (invalidité permanente)
(2) Subsection 2(1) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
- persistent or prolonged disability
- means a functional limitation caused by a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment that restricts the ability of a person to perform the daily activities necessary to pursue studies at a post-secondary school level or to participate in the labour force and has lasted, or is expected to last, for a period of at least 12 months; (invalidité persistante ou prolongée)
2 The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 2:
Election
Person with a disability
2.1 A person who has either a permanent disability or a persistent or prolonged disability and who, during a confirmed period within a period of studies, is enrolled in courses that constitute at least 40 per cent but less than 60 per cent of a course load recognized by the specified educational institution as constituting a full course load, may elect to be considered as a full-time student.
3 Section 25 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
25 For the purposes of subsection 13(1) of the Act, severe permanent disability means a functional limitation caused by a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment that prevents a person from performing the daily activities necessary to participate in the labour force in a manner that is substantially gainful, as defined in section 68.1 of the Canada Pension Plan Regulations, and is expected to remain with the person for their expected life.
Coming into Force
4 These Regulations come into force on August 1, 2022.
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