173. Where an orphan’s pension is payable to a beneficiary under this Act or under a similar plan, no disabled contributor’s child’s pension or other orphan’s pension is payable to him under this Act.
Where a disabled contributor’s child’s pension is payable to a beneficiary under this Act or under a similar plan, no orphan’s or other disabled contributor’s child’s pension is payable to him under this Act.
However, a beneficiary who, had it not been for the first and second paragraphs, would have been entitled to an orphan’s pension from 1 January 2012 under this Act may, upon application and if the beneficiary meets the requirements set out in section 86, receive the higher of the pensions.
No disabled contributor’s child’s pension is payable to the child who became the child of a disabled contributor after the date the latter became disabled unless the contributor is the father or mother or one of the parents of the child.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 24, s. 182; 1974, c. 16, s. 39; 1982, c. 17, s. 71; 1985, c. 4, s. 21; 2011, c. 36, s. 23; 2022, c. 222022, c. 22, s. 2401.