A-3 - Workers’ Compensation Act

Section 37 Disposition versions

1999-04-01

37. The indemnity owing to a child is extinguished when he reaches 18 years of age or at his death if he dies before that age, unless he regularly attends a teaching institution or is an invalid.

A child of more than 18 years of age who regularly attends a teaching institution or who is an invalid is considered dependent so long as, in the manner prescribed by regulation, he would have been considered dependent upon the worker, had the latter survived.

R. S. 1964, c. 159, s. 36; 1978, c. 57, s. 21.

1977-12-31

37. Subject to subsection 8 of section 35, the pension payments in respect of a child shall cease when the child attains the age of eighteen years or dies before attaining such age.

R. S. 1964, c. 159, s. 36.