Regulations Amending the Canada Student Loans Regulations: SOR/2022-132
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 156, Number 13
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SOR/2022-132 June 10, 2022
CANADA STUDENT LOANS ACT
P.C. 2022-651 June 10, 2022
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Employment and Social Development, pursuant to sections 13footnote a and 17footnote b of the Canada Student Loans Actfootnote c, makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canada Student Loans Regulations.
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 any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — 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 any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — 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 but is not expected to remain with the person for the person’s expected life; (invalidité persistante ou prolongée)
2 The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 2:
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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 any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — 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.
N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2022-131, Regulations Amending the Canada Student Financial Assistance Regulations.