SECTION 27 – INHERITANCE |
10.27.01 – INTENT |
The intent of the allowances and benefits in this
section is to provide assistance to a member
who inherits furniture and effects or a PMV
during a posting.
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10.27.02 – ELIGIBLE MEMBERS |
(1) (Eligible members) This section applies to a
member who is posted to a place of duty outside
Canada for a period of twelve months or more.
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(2) (Service couple) Each member of a service
couple is entitled to the benefits under this
section.
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10.27. 03 – ENTITLEMENT |
(1) (Entitlement) Subject to paragraph (2) or (3),
a member who acquires furniture and effects as
a result of an inheritance during a posting
outside Canada is entitled to the payment of the
storage costs incurred either in or outside
Canada of such effects, until the member is
assigned to a place of duty in Canada.
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(2) (Storage costs – approved facility) A
member who chooses an approved storage
facility for the storage of inherited furniture and
effects is entitled to be reimbursed the storage
costs to the extent that the weight of the stored
furniture and effects does not exceed the
maximum weight entitlement provided under the
Shipment of Household Goods and Effects
section in the Canadian Forces Integrated
Relocation Program (CFIRP).
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(3) (Storage costs – non-approved facility) A
member who chooses a non-approved storage
facility for the storage of inherited furniture and
effects is entitled to be reimbursed the actual
amount not to exceed the average storage costs
charged for the maximum weight entitlement
referred to in paragraph(2) by the approved
storage facilities located in the area.
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(4) (Member’s responsibility) The cost of
packing, crating and shipping the inherited
furniture and effects to the storage facility is the
responsibility of the member.
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(5) (Move of father or mother) With prior
agreement of the Foreign Service
Interdepartmental Co-ordinating Committee,
inheritance may also include furniture and
effects or PMV transferred from the member’s
father or mother who move from a family
residence into an elder-care facility.
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(6) (PMV storage) A member is only entitled, for
a posting outside Canada including any crossposting,
to the storage of one inherited PMV,
until the member is posted back to Canada.
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(7) (Shipment of PMV) A member who inherits
a PMV during a posting outside Canada and
was otherwise entitled to the shipment of a PMV
under the CFIRP but had not previously shipped
a PMV to the post, is entitled to the shipment of
one inherited PMV in accordance with the terms
and conditions set out in the CFIRP.
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