36. For the purposes of the third paragraph of section 7 of the Act, the payment of maternity benefits may end after the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of that section, if the person so requests and if(1) the person has an accident or an illness unrelated to pregnancy; or
(2) the person’s presence is required, because of a serious illness or a serious accident, with the person’s child, spouse, spouse’s child, father, mother, father’s or mother’s spouse or any other person who is a member of the family for the purposes of the provisions in the Employment Insurance Regulations (SOR/96-332) respecting compassionate care benefits.
The payment of benefits is suspended for the number of full weeks that the situation lasts, except that that number may not exceed 15 weeks in the case provided for in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph or 6 weeks in the case provided for in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph.
O.C. 986-2005, s. 36; O.C. 841-2007, s. 7.