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Bill C-45

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R.S., c. F-11
Consequential Amendments to the Financial Administration Act
2008, c. 28, s. 134
461. (1) Part I of Schedule III to the Financial Administration Act is amended by striking out the following:
Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board
Office de financement de l’assurance-emploi du Canada
(2) Part I of Schedule III to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board
Office de financement de l’assurance-emploi du Canada
Coordinating Amendments
2012, c. 19
462. (1) In this section, “other Act” means the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act.
(2) If section 307 of the other Act comes into force before subsection 436(4) of this Act, then, on the first day on which both that section 307 and subsection 436(3) of this Act are in force, paragraph 66.1(1)(b) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:
(b) the forecast costs to be paid under paragraphs 77(1)(d), (d.1), (f) and (g) during the following year, including any forecast change in those costs resulting from any change to the payments referred to in paragraph (a);
(3) On the first day on which both section 307 of the other Act and subsection 436(4) of this Act are in force, paragraph 66.1(1)(b) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:
(b) the forecast costs to be paid under paragraphs 77(1)(d), (d.1) and (g) during the following year, including any forecast change in those costs resulting from any change to the payments referred to in paragraph (a); and
(4) If section 307 of the other Act comes into force before subsection 439(1) of this Act, then subsection 439(1) of the English version of this Act is replaced by the following:
2008, c. 28, s. 129
439. (1) Subsection 77(1) of the Act is amended by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (d.1) and by repealing paragraphs (e) and (f).
(5) If subsection 439(1) of this Act comes into force before section 307 of the other Act, then, on the day on which that section 307 comes into force, subsection 77(1) of the English version of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (d.1).
(6) If section 307 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as subsection 439(1) of this Act, then that subsection 439(1) is deemed to have come into force before that section 307 and subsection (5) applies as a consequence.
Coming into Force
Order in council
463. (1) Subsections 433(1) and (3), 434(1), 435(1), (2), (4), (6) and (8), 436(1), (4), (5) and (7), 437(1), (3) and (5), 438(1), 439(1), 440(1) and (3), 441(1), 442(1), 443(1) and 445(2), sections 447 and 452 to 460 and subsection 461(1) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Order in council under section 448
(2) Subsections 439(3), 442(2), 443(2) and 461(2) come into force on the first day on which the Governor in Council makes an order under section 448.
Order in council
(3) Subsection 439(2) comes into force on a day, after the day referred to in subsection (2), to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
2012, c. 19
(4) Subsections 433(2) and (4), 434(2), 435(3), (5), (7) and (9), 436(2), (6) and (8), 437(2), (4) and (6), 438(2), 440(2) and (4) and 441(2) come into force on the day on which subsection 609(2) of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act comes into force.
Division 23
Public Sector Pensions
R.S., c. C-17
Canadian Forces Superannuation Act
Amendments to the Act
1999, c. 34, s. 115(1)
464. The portion of the definition “contributor” in subsection 2(1) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act before paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:
“contributor”
« contributeur »
“contributor” means a person who is required by section 5 to contribute to the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) a person who has ceased to be required by this Act to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and
1992, c. 46, s. 33; 1999, c. 34, s. 117; 2003, c. 26, s. 3
465. Section 5 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Contribution rates — 2013 and later
5. (1) A member of the regular force, except a person described in subsection (6), is required to contribute to the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, in respect of every portion of the period beginning on January 1, 2013 by reservation from salary or otherwise, at the contribution rates determined by the Treasury Board in respect of that portion on the joint recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister.
Contribution rates — 35 years of service
(2) A person who has to his or her credit, on or after January 1, 2013, a period of pensionable service — or a period of pensionable service and other pensionable service — totalling at least 35 years is not required to contribute under subsection (1) but is required to contribute, by reservation from salary or otherwise, to the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, in respect of the period beginning on the later of January 1, 2013 and the day on which the person has to his or her credit those 35 years, in addition to any other amount required under this Act, at the rates determined by the Treasury Board on the joint recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister.
Limitation — determination of contribution rate
(3) In determining the contribution rates for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the rates must not exceed the rates paid under section 5 of the Public Service Superannuation Act by Group 1 contributors who are described in subsection 12(0.1) of that Act.
Other pensionable service
(4) For the purpose of subsection (2), “other pensionable service” means years of service, other than service credited under a plan established in accordance with Part I.1, giving rise to a superannuation or pension benefit of a kind specified in the regulations that is payable
(a) out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, or out of any account in the accounts of Canada other than the Superannuation Account; or
(b) out of the Public Service Pension Fund within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund within the meaning of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act.
Contributions not required
(5) Despite anything in this Part, no person shall, in respect of any period of his or her service on or after December 15, 1994, make a contribution under this Part in respect of any portion of his or her annual rate of pay that is in excess of the annual rate of pay that is fixed by or determined in the manner prescribed by the regulations.
Exceptions
(6) The exceptions are
(a) a member who, immediately before March 1, 1960, was a member of the regular force but not a contributor under Part V of the former Act and who has not elected under subsection 18(2) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, chapter C-9 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, to become a contributor under this Act; and
(b) a person on leave of absence from employment outside the regular force who, in respect of current service continues to contribute to or under any superannuation or pension fund or plan established for the benefit of employees of the employer from whose employment the member is absent.
1999, c. 34, s. 118(1)
466. Clause 6(a)(ii)(A) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(A) any period during which he or she was required by subsections 5(1) and (1.01), as they read on December 31, 2012, to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and any period during which he or she is required by subsection 5(1) to contribute to the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and
1999, c. 34, s. 120(1)
467. (1) Subparagraphs 7(1)(c)(iv) and (v) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(1.01), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(vi) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(1) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1999, c. 34, s. 120(1)
(2) Subparagraphs 7(1)(d)(iv) and (v) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(1.01), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(vi) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(1) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1999, c. 34, s. 120(2)
(3) Subparagraphs 7(1)(g)(iv) and (v) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(1.01), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(vi) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(1) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
(4) Section 7 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
Amount to be paid
(1.1) Despite paragraphs 7(1)(j) and (k), if a contributor has elected under clause 6(b)(ii)(J) or (K) to count as pensionable service a period of service in respect of which he or she was entitled to a transfer value and payment of that transfer value has been effected under section 22, the contributor is required to pay in respect of that period of service an amount determined in the prescribed manner.
468. Subsection 9(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Manner of payment
9. (1) Subject to this section, any amount required by subsection 7(1) or (1.1) to be paid by a contributor in respect of any period of service for which he or she has elected to pay shall be paid by him or her into the Superannuation Account, at his or her option,
(a) in a lump sum, at the time of making the election; or
(b) in instalments, on the terms and computed on the bases as to mortality and interest as are prescribed by the regulations.
1999, c. 34, s. 127
469. Subsection 15(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Computation of average annual pay
(5) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (iii), a period of service during which a person continues to be a member of the regular force and is required to make contributions under subsection 5(2), or was required to make contributions under subsection 5(2), (3) or (4) as it read on December 31, 2012, is deemed to be a period of pensionable service to his or her credit.
1999, c. 34, s. 142(2)
470. Subsection 41(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Deemed re-enrolment
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person who, after having ceased to be required by section 5 to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, is enrolled in or transferred to the reserve force is on the expiry of any continuous period of full-time service in the reserve force of one year, beginning on or after January 1, 2000, deemed to have become re-enrolled in the regular force at the end of that period.
1999, c. 34, s. 145
471. (1) Paragraph 49.1(2)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) three members appointed from among persons required to contribute to the Canadian Forces Pension Fund who are nominated for appointment by the Chief of the Defence Staff to represent persons serving in the Canadian Forces;
1999, c. 34, s. 145
(2) Paragraph 49.1(2)(d) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(d) five other members appointed by the Minister, four of whom must be from among persons required to contribute to the Canadian Forces Pension Fund and one of whom may be a person required to contribute to any other superannuation or pension account in the accounts of Canada or the Public Service Pension Fund within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund within the meaning of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act.
2003, c. 26, s. 23
472. Paragraph 50(1)(g) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(g) fixing an annual rate of pay for the purposes of subsection 5(5) or prescribing the manner of determining the annual rate of pay;
1992, c. 46, Sch. I
Consequential Amendment to the Special Retirement Arrangements Act
2002, c. 17, s. 29(2)
473. Paragraph 11(3)(b) of the Special Retirement Arrangements Act is replaced by the following:
(b) subsection 5(5) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act;
Coordinating Amendments
2003, c. 26
474. (1) In this section, “other Act” means An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, chapter 26 of the Statutes of Canada, 2003.
(2) If section 5 of the other Act comes into force before subsections 467(1) to (3) of this Act, then those subsections 467(1) to (3) are repealed.
(3) If section 5 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as subsections 467(1) to (3) of this Act, then those subsections 467(1) to (3) are deemed to have come into force before that section 5.
(4) If section 5 of the other Act comes into force before subsection 467(4) of this Act, then that subsection 467(4) and section 468 of this Act are repealed.
(5) If section 5 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as subsection 467(4) of this Act, then that subsection 467(4) and section 468 of this Act are deemed to have come into force before that section 5.
(6) If section 21 of the other Act comes into force before section 470 of this Act, then that section 470 is repealed.
(7) If section 21 of the other Act comes into force on the same day as section 470 of this Act, then that section 470 is deemed to have come into force before that section 21.
R.S., c. P-36
Public Service Superannuation Act
Amendments to the Act
1999, c. 34, s. 53(2)
475. The portion of the definition “contributor” in subsection 3(1) of the Public Service Superannuation Act before paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:
“contributor”
« contributeur »
“contributor” means a person required by section 5 to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund, and, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) a person who has ceased to be required by this Act to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund, and
1999, c. 34, s. 55(1); 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(iv)(E)
476. (1) The portion of subsection 5(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Persons required to contribute
5. (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply to persons employed in the public service, other than
1999, c. 34, s. 55(2)
(2) Paragraph 5(1)(d) of the Act is repealed.
1999, c. 34, s. 55(4)
(3) Subsections 5(1.1) to (4) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Contribution rates — 2013 and later
(2) A person is required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund, in respect of every portion of the period beginning on January 1, 2013, by reservation from salary or otherwise, at the contribution rates determined by the Treasury Board in respect of that portion on the recommendation of the Minister.
Contribution rates — 35 years of service
(3) A person who has to his or her credit, on or after January 1, 2013, a period of pensionable service — or a period of pensionable service and other pensionable service — totalling at least 35 years is not required to contribute under subsection (2) but is required to contribute, by reservation from salary or otherwise, to the Public Service Pension Fund, in respect of the period beginning on the later of January 1, 2013 and the day on which the person has to his or her credit those 35 years, in addition to any other amount required under this Act, at the rates determined by the Treasury Board on the recommendation of the Minister.
Limitation — determination of contribution rates
(4) In determining the contribution rates of Group 1 contributors described in subsection 12(0.1) and of Group 2 contributors described in subsection 12.1(1) for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), the rates must not result in a total amount of contributions that would exceed 50% of the current service cost of Group 1 or Group 2, as the case may be, for the portion of the period in respect of the benefits payable under Parts I and III.
1999, c. 34, s. 55(4)
(4) The portion of subsection 5(5) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Other pensionable service
(5) For the purpose of subsection (3), “other pensionable service” means years of service giving rise to a superannuation or pension benefit of a kind specified in the regulations that is payable
1999, c. 34, s. 55(4)
(5) Subsection 5(6) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Contributions not required
(6) Despite anything in this Part, no person shall, in respect of any period of his or her service on or after December 15, 1994, make a contribution under this Part in respect of any portion of his or her annual rate of salary that is in excess of the annual rate of salary that is fixed by or determined in the manner prescribed by the regulations.
1999, c. 34, s. 59(1)
477. (1) Clause 6(1)(a)(i)(B) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(B) any period during which he or she was required by subsections 5(1.1) and (1.2), as they read on December 31, 2012, to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund,
1999, c. 34, s. 59(2)
(2) Clause 6(1)(a)(ii)(A) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(A) any period during which he or she was required by subsections 5(1.1) and (1.2), as they read on December 31, 2012, to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund and any period during which he or she is required by subsection 5(2) to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund,
1999, c. 34, s. 59(3)
(3) Clause 6(1)(a)(iii)(A) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(A) any period of service that may be counted by that contributor as pensionable service under section 29 or subsection 35(2), 40(11), (11.1) or (13) or 40.2(9),
1999, c. 34, s. 59(4); 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(viii)(E)
(4) Clause 6(1)(a)(iii)(D) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(D) any period of service in the public service before becoming a contributor under this Part during which he or she contributed to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund in the manner and at the rates set out in subsections 5(1.1) and (1.2), as they read on December 31, 2012, if that service is service for which he or she might have elected, under this Part or Part I of the Superannuation Act on subsequently becoming a contributor under those Parts, to pay, but for which he or she failed so to elect within the time prescribed for elections,
(D.1) any period of service in the public service before becoming a contributor under this Part during which he or she contributed to the Public Service Pension Fund in the manner set out in subsection 5(2) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection if that service is service for which he or she might have elected, under this Part on subsequently becoming a contributor under this Part, to pay, but for which he or she failed so to elect within the time prescribed for elections, and
1999, c. 34, s. 60
478. (1) Subparagraphs 7(1)(e)(iii) and (iv) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iii) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1.1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(2) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1999, c. 34, s. 60
(2) Subparagraphs 7(1)(f)(iii) and (iv) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iii) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1.1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(2) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
479. (1) The definition “deferred annuity” in subsection 10(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
“deferred annuity”
« pension différée »
“deferred annuity” means an annuity that becomes payable to the contributor at the time he or she reaches 60 years of age, in the case of a Group 1 contributor described in subsection 12(0.1), or 65 years of age, in the case of a Group 2 contributor described in subsection 12.1(1);
1999, c. 34, s. 62(1); 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(xi)(E)
(2) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition “cash termination allowance” in subsection 10(1) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(a) at the time he or she ceases to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund, or
(b) in the case of a contributor who continues to be employed in the public service after having ceased to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund under subsection 5(2) or (3), at the time he or she ceases to be employed in the public service,
(3) The portion of subsection 10(5) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Options
(5) When, under any of sections 12 to 13.001, a contributor is entitled to a benefit specified in that section at his or her option,
2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(xi)(E)
(4) Subsections 10(6) to (8) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Revocation of option
(6) When, under any of sections 12 to 13.001, a contributor is entitled to a benefit specified in that section at his or her option, the option may be revoked and a new option exercised by the contributor, under the circumstances and on the terms and conditions that the Governor in Council by regulation prescribes.
Contributor re-employed before payment of return of contributions
(7) If a contributor who is entitled under any of sections 12 to 13.001 to a return of contributions becomes re-employed in the public service and a contributor under this Part before those contributions have been paid to him or her, the period of pensionable service to which those contributions relate (except any such period specified in clause 6(1)(a)(iii)(C) or (E)) shall be counted as pensionable service for the purposes of this Part, and the amount of those contributions shall, in lieu of being paid to him or her, be applied in payment of or on account of the amount required by this Part to be paid by him or her for that service.
Annuity in respect of locked-in contributions
(8) A contributor who has to his or her credit a period of pensionable service in respect of which no amount can, by virtue of subsection 40(9), be paid to an approved employer is entitled in respect of that service, on ceasing to be employed in the public service, to a benefit specified in whichever of sections 12 to 13.001 that applies to him or her, other than a cash termination allowance or a return of contributions.
1999, c. 34, s. 63; 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(xii)(E)
480. Subsection 11(8) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Computation of average annual salary
(8) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (iii), any period of service during which a person is employed in the public service and is required to make contributions under subsection 5(3), or was required to make contributions under subsection 5(3), (3.1) or (4) as it read on December 31, 2012, is deemed to be a period of pensionable service to his or her credit.
1996, c. 18, s. 27
481. The heading before section 12 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Group 1 Contributors with Less than Two Years of Pensionable Service
482. (1) Section 12 of the Act is amended by adding the following before subsection (1):
Group 1 contributors
12. (0.1) For the purposes of this section, a Group 1 contributor is
(a) a person employed in the public service who was required to contribute under section 5 on December 31, 2012 and who has continued to be required to contribute under that section without interruption since that date;
(b) a person employed in the public service who commenced being so employed before January 1, 2013, who has continued to be so employed, without interruption, since that date and who, having been required to contribute under section 5 before January 1, 2013, has before, on or after that date ceased or ceases to be required to do so and since the cessation has not been required to contribute under that section;
(c) a person employed in the public service who commenced being so employed before January 1, 2013, who has continued to be so employed, without interruption, since that date, who was not required to contribute under section 5 before that date by reason only of paragraph 5(1)(f) and who is required to contribute under section 5 on or after that date;
(d) a person employed in the public service who was required to contribute under section 5 before January 1, 2013, who ceased or ceases to be required to contribute before, on or after that date, who is again required to contribute under that section on or after that date, and who
(i) has been employed in the public service without interruption since the cessation, or
(ii) immediately before again being required to contribute, was receiving or entitled to receive an annual allowance, a deferred annuity or an immediate annuity under this section or section 13;
(e) a person who, having been required to contribute under section 5 before January 1, 2013, has before that date ceased to be required to do so and is receiving or is entitled to receive an annual allowance, a deferred annuity or an immediate annuity under this section or section 13; or
(f) a person who, on the day immediately before the day on which he or she ceases to be employed in the public service, is a person described in any of paragraphs (a) to (d), unless he or she has received a return of contributions under subsection (3) or payment of a transfer value to him or her has been effected in accordance with subsection 13.01(2).
1996, c. 18, s. 28(1)
(2) The portion of subsection 12(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Group 1 contributors with less than two years of pensionable service
(1) The following provisions are applicable in respect of any contributor described in subsection (2):
1996, c. 18, s. 28(2)
(3) The portion of subsection 12(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Group 1 contributors to whom subsection (1) applies
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a contributor described in this subsection is any Group 1 contributor who
1996, c. 18, s. 28(2); 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(xiii)(E)
(4) Subsection 12(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Other Group 1 contributors
(3) A Group 1 contributor, other than one described in subsection (2), who has to his or her credit less than two years of pensionable service, is entitled, on ceasing to be employed in the public service, to a return of contributions.
483. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 12:
Group 2 Contributors with Less than Two Years of Pensionable Service
Group 2 contributors
12.1 (1) In this section, a Group 2 contrib-utor is any contributor other than a Group 1 contributor described in subsection 12(0.1).
Group 2 contributors with less than two years of pensionable service
(2) The following provisions are applicable in respect of any contributor described in subsection (3):
(a) if the contributor ceases to be employed in the public service, having reached 65 years of age, or ceases to be employed in the public service by reason of having become disabled, he or she is entitled, at his or her option, to
(i) an immediate annuity, or
(ii) either a cash termination allowance or a return of contributions, whichever is the greater;
(b) if the contributor ceases to be employed in the public service, not having reached 65 years of age, for any reason other than disability, he or she is entitled, at his or her option, to
(i) a deferred annuity,
(ii) a return of contributions, or
(iii) an annual allowance calculated and payable in the manner set out in clause 13.001(1)(c)(ii)(D); and
(c) if the contributor becomes disabled, not having reached 65 years of age but having become entitled to a deferred annuity, he or she ceases to be entitled to that deferred annuity and becomes entitled to an immediate annuity.
Group 2 contributors to whom subsection (2) applies
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a contributor described in this subsection is any Group 2 contributor who
(a) having to his or her credit more than 33 years of service giving rise to a superannuation or pension benefit of a kind described in subsection 5(5), has to his or her credit less than two years of pensionable service; or
(b) having had to his or her credit more than two years of pensionable service, has, on ceasing to be employed in the public service in order to become a member of the regular force or of the Force, less than two years of pensionable service remaining to his or her credit that he or she is unable to count as pensionable service for the purposes of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act.
Other Group 2 contributors
(4) A Group 2 contributor, other than one described in subsection (3), who has to his or her credit less than two years of pensionable service, is entitled, on ceasing to be employed in the public service, to a return of contributions.
Allowance to survivor and children
(5) On the death of a contributor who, at the time of death, was entitled under subsection (2) to an immediate annuity, a deferred annuity or an annual allowance, the contributor’s survivor and children are entitled to the following allowances, computed on the basis of the product obtained by multiplying the contributor’s average annual salary during the period applicable, as specified in subsection 11(1) or elsewhere in this Part for the purposes of that subsection, by the number of years of pensionable service to his or her credit, 1/100 of the product so obtained being referred to in this subsection as the “basic allowance”:
(a) in the case of the survivor, an immediate annual allowance equal to the basic allowance; and
(b) in the case of each child, an immediate annual allowance equal to 1/5 of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 13.1, 2/5 of the basic allowance.
However, the total amount of the allowances paid under paragraph (b) shall not exceed 4/5 of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 13.1, 8/5 of the basic allowance.
Allowance to survivor and children
(6) When, in computing the allowances to which the contributor’s children are entitled under subsection (5), it is determined that there are more than four children of the contributor who are entitled to an allowance, the total amount of the allowances shall be apportioned among the children in the shares that the Minister considers just and proper under the circumstances.
Allowance
(7) Despite subsection (8), on the death of a contributor who at the time of death was a contributor described in paragraph (3)(a), the contributor’s survivor and children are entitled to the annual allowances to which they would have been entitled under subsection (5) had the contributor, immediately before his or her death, become entitled under subsection (2) to an immediate annuity, a deferred annuity or an annual allowance.
Lump sum payment to survivor and children
(8) On the death of a Group 2 contributor who at the time of death was employed in the public service, having to his or her credit less than two years of pensionable service, the contributor’s survivor and children, if the contributor died leaving a survivor or a child less than 18 years of age, are entitled, jointly, to a death benefit equal to a return of contributions.
Definition of “child”
(9) For the purposes of this section and section 13.001, “child” means a child of the contributor who
(a) is less than 18 years of age; or
(b) is 18 or more years of age but less than 25 years of age, and is in full-time attendance at a school or university, having been in such attendance substantially without interruption since the child reached 18 years of age or the contributor died, whichever occurred later.
1996, c. 18, s. 29
484. The heading before section 13 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Group 1 Contributors with Two or More Years of Pensionable Service
1996, c. 18, s. 30(1)
485. (1) The portion of subsection 13(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Group 1 contributors with two or more years of pensionable service
13. (1) The following provisions are appli-cable in respect of any Group 1 contributor described in subsection 12(0.1) who has to his or her credit two or more years of pensionable service:
1996, c. 18, s. 30(3); 1999, c. 34, s. 65(4); 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(xiv)(E)
(2) Subsections 13(3) and (4) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Allowance to survivor and children
(3) On the death of a Group 1 contributor described in subsection 12(0.1) who was employed in the public service at the time of death, having to his or her credit two or more years of pensionable service, the contributor’s survivor and children are entitled to the annual allowances to which they would have been entitled under subsection (2) had the contributor, immediately before his or her death, become entitled under subsection (1) to an immediate annuity or a deferred annuity or an annual allowance payable immediately or on reaching 50 years of age.
Voluntary retirement of Group 1 contributor
(4) Despite anything in this section, a Group 1 contributor described in subsection 12(0.1) who voluntarily retires from the public service, not having been employed in it substantially without interruption for a period of two years immediately before retirement from it, is entitled only to a return of contributions.
486. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 13:
Group 2 Contributors with Two or More Years of Pensionable Service
Group 2 contributors with two or more years of pensionable service
13.001 (1) The following provisions are applicable in respect of any Group 2 contributor described in subsection 12.1(1) who has to his or her credit two or more years of pensionable service:
(a) if the contributor ceases to be employed in the public service, having reached 65 years of age, he or she is entitled to an immediate annuity;
(b) if the contributor ceases to be employed in the public service, not having reached 65 years of age, by reason of having become disabled, he or she is entitled to an immediate annuity;
(c) if the contributor ceases to be employed in the public service, not having reached 65 years of age, for any reason other than disability, he or she is entitled to
(i) if at the time he or she ceases to be so employed, he or she has reached 60 years of age and has to his or her credit not less than 30 years of pensionable service, an immediate annuity, or
(ii) in any other case, at his or her option,
(A) a deferred annuity,
(B) if at the time he or she ceases to be so employed, he or she has reached 55 years of age and has to his or her credit not less than 25 years of pensionable service, an annual allowance, payable immediately on his or her exercising his or her option, equal to the amount of the deferred annuity referred to in clause (A) reduced by the product obtained by multiplying 5% of the amount of that annuity by
(I) 60 minus his or her age in years, to the nearest 1/10 of a year, at the time he or she exercises his or her option, or
(II) 30 minus the number of years, to the nearest 1/10 of a year, of pensionable service to his or her credit,
whichever is the greater,
(C) if at the time he or she ceases to be so employed, he or she has reached 60 years of age, has been employed in the public service for a period of or for periods totalling at least 10 years and does not voluntarily retire from the public service, an annual allowance, payable immediately on his or her so ceasing to be employed, equal to the amount of the deferred annuity referred to in clause (A) reduced by the product obtained by multiplying
(I) 5% of the amount of that annuity
by
(II) 30 minus the number of years, to the nearest 1/10 of a year, of pensionable service to his or her credit,
except that in any such case the whole or any part of the reduction provided for by this clause may be waived by the Treasury Board, or
(D) an annual allowance, payable
(I) immediately on his or her exercising his or her option, in the case of a contributor 55 or more years of age, or
(II) on his or her reaching 55 years of age, in the case of a contributor who exercises his or her option when he or she is less than 55 years of age,
which allowance shall be equal to the amount of the deferred annuity referred to in clause (A) reduced by the product obtained by multiplying
(III) 5% of the amount of that annuity
by
(IV) 65 minus his or her age in years, to the nearest 1/10 of a year, at the time the allowance becomes payable; and
(d) if he or she becomes disabled, not having reached 65 years of age but having become entitled to
(i) a deferred annuity, he or she ceases to be entitled to that deferred annuity and becomes entitled to an immediate annuity, or
(ii) an annual allowance, he or she ceases to be entitled to that annual allowance and becomes entitled to an immediate annuity, which shall be adjusted in accordance with the regulations to take into account the amount of the annual allowance he or she has received.
Allowance to survivor and children
(2) On the death of a contributor who, at the time of death, was entitled under subsection (1) to an immediate annuity or a deferred annuity, or to an annual allowance payable immediately or on reaching 55 years of age, the contribu-tor’s survivor and children are entitled to an annual allowance, respectively, as described in paragraphs 12.1(5)(a) and (b) and subject to the limitations set out in subsections 12.1(5) and (6).
Allowance to survivor and children
(3) On the death of a Group 2 contributor described in subsection 12.1(1) who was employed in the public service at the time of death, having to his or her credit two or more years of pensionable service, the contributor’s survivor and children are entitled to the annual allowances to which they would have been entitled under subsection (2) had the contributor, immediately before his or her death, become entitled under subsection (1) to an immediate annuity or a deferred annuity or an annual allowance payable immediately or on reaching 55 years of age.
Voluntary retirement of Group 2 contributor
(4) Despite anything in this section, a Group 2 contributor described in subsection 12.1(1) who voluntarily retires from the public service, not having been employed in it substantially without interruption for a period of two years immediately before retirement from it, is entitled only to a return of contributions.
Exceptions
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a contributor described in paragraph 10(5)(c) or subsection 10(7) or a contributor who has made an election in respect of any period specified in clause 6(1)(b)(iii)(M) or under subsection 39(6) or under any regulations made under subsection 42(8).
Calculation of period of service
(6) For the purposes of subsection (4), in calculating the period during which a contributor has been employed in the public service, there shall be included any period of service of the contributor
(a) as a member of the regular force or as a member of the Force; or
(b) with an eligible employer with whom the Minister has entered into an agreement under section 40.2, that the contributor is, in accordance with the agreement, entitled to count as pensionable service for the purposes of this Part,
that is within a period of two years immediately before his or her retirement from the public service.
When annual allowance to be adjusted
(7) If a contributor described in paragraph (1)(c) who was receiving an annual allowance payable under this Part is subsequently re-employed in the public service, the amount of any annuity or annual allowance to which that contributor may become entitled under this Part on again ceasing to be employed in the public service shall be adjusted in accordance with the regulations to take into account the amount of the annual allowance that he or she has received.
Group 1 and Group 2 Contributors with Two or More Years of Pensionable Service
1999, c. 34, s. 69
487. Section 19 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Additional amount to be contributed by air traffic controllers
19. Subject to subsection 5(6), every person employed in operational service and required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund under subsection 5(2) is, except in the circumstances described in subsection 5(3), required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund by reservation from salary or otherwise, in addition to any other amount required under this Act, 2% of his or her salary.
1992, c. 46, s. 12; 1999, c. 34, s. 73; 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(xxiii)(E)
488. Sections 24.2 and 24.3 of the Act are replaced by the following:
Special pension plan
24.2 Any person who is employed in operational service by the Correctional Service of Canada on or after March 18, 1994 and who was required by subsection 5(1.1) or (1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund or is required by subsection 5(2) to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund is entitled, at his or her option on ceasing to be employed in the public service, in respect of the operational service that is pensionable service to his or her credit, to an immediate annuity or annual allowance calculated in the manner prescribed by the regulations, in the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by those regulations, in lieu of any benefit to which that person is otherwise entitled under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1) in respect of that service.
Computation of benefit under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1)
24.3 If a person is entitled to a benefit under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1), and section 24.2, the number of years of pensionable service to his or her credit is, for the purpose of computing the benefit to which he or she is entitled under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1), deemed to be
(a) the number of years of pensionable service to his or her credit
minus
(b) the number of years of pensionable service to his or her credit in respect of which he or she is entitled to a benefit under section 24.2.
1999, c. 34, s. 74
489. Subsection 24.4(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Additional amount to be contributed
24.4 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and 5(6), every person who is employed in operational service by the Correctional Service of Canada on or after March 18, 1994 and who is required by subsection 5(2) to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund is, except in the circumstances described in subsection 5(3), required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund by reservation from salary or otherwise, in addition to any other amount required under this Act, any percentage of his or her salary that is determined by the Treasury Board on the recommendation of the Minister, which recommendation is to be based on actuarial advice.
1992, c. 46, s. 12
490. Section 24.5 of the Act is replaced by the following:
References to certain sections
24.5 A reference in subsection 10(6) to a benefit specified at the contributor’s option under section 13 or 13.001 shall be read as including a reference to an immediate annuity or annual allowance at the contributor’s option under section 24.2, and a reference in subsection 13(2) or (3) or 13.001(2) or (3) to the immediate annuity, deferred annuity or annual allowance to which the contributor was entitled under subsection 13(1) or 13.001(1) shall be read as including a reference to the contributor’s entitlement to an immediate annuity or annual allowance under section 24.2.
When annuity or annual allowance to be adjusted
24.6 If a person who was employed in operational service by the Correctional Service of Canada and who is receiving an annual allowance payable under section 24.2 is subsequently re-employed in the public service, the amount of any annuity or annual allowance to which he or she may become entitled under this Part on again ceasing to be employed in the public service shall be adjusted in accord-ance with regulations made under paragraph 42(1)(x.1) to take into account the amount of any annual allowance that he or she has received.
1999, c. 34, s. 75
491. (1) Paragraph 25(6)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) an increase in the allowance payable to a child under paragraph 12(4)(b) or 12.1(5)(b); or
1999, c. 34, s. 75
(2) The portion of subsection 25(10) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Apportionment of allowance when two survivors
(10) When an annual allowance is payable under paragraph 12(4)(a) or 12.1(5)(a) or subsection 13(2) or 13.001(2) and there are two survivors of the contributor, the total amount of the annual allowance shall be apportioned so that
492. (1) Subsection 26(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Saving provision
(5) Nothing in this section prejudices any right that a child of an earlier marriage of the contributor has to an allowance under any of sections 12 to 13.001.
1999, c. 34, s. 76(3)
(2) Paragraph 26(7)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) required by subsection 5(1.1) or (1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, or by subsection 5(2) to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund.
1999, c. 34, s. 78(1)
493. (1) Subsection 27(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Minimum benefits
27. (1) This subsection applies to
(a) a contributor who was not required to contribute to the Superannuation Account under subsection 5(1) in the period that began on or after December 20, 1975 and that ended on December 31, 1999;
(b) a contributor who was not required to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund under subsection 5(1.1) or (1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in the period that began on or after January 1, 2000 and that ended on December 31, 2012; and
(c) a contributor who was not required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund under subsection 5(2).
If, on the death of such a contributor, there is no person to whom an allowance provided in this Part may be paid, or if the persons to whom that allowance may be paid die or cease to be entitled to that allowance and no other amount may be paid to them under this Part, any amount by which the amount of a return of contributions exceeds the aggregate of all amounts paid to those persons and to the contributor under this Part and the Superannuation Act shall be paid, as a death benefit, to the contributor’s estate or succession or, if less than $1,000, as the Minister may direct.
1999, c. 34, s. 78(2)
(2) The portion of subsection 27(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Minimum benefits
(2) If, on the death of a contributor who was required to contribute to the Superannuation Account under subsection 5(1) in the period that began on or after December 20, 1975 and that ended on December 31, 1999, a contributor who was required to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund under subsection 5(1.1) or (1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in the period that began on or after January 1, 2000 and that ended on December 31, 2012, or a contributor who was required to contribute to the Public Service Pension Fund under subsection 5(2), there is no person to whom an allowance provided in this Part may be paid, or if the persons to whom that allowance may be paid die or cease to be entitled to that allowance and no other amount may be paid to them under this Part, an amount equal to the amount by which
494. Paragraph 28(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) is less than 60 years of age, in the case of a Group 1 contributor described in subsection 12(0.1), or is less than 65 years of age, in the case of a Group 2 contributor described in subsection 12.1(1), and
1992, c. 46, s. 15; 1999, c. 34, s. 79; 2003, c. 22, subpar. 225(z.19)(xxv)(E)
495. Section 29 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Persons re-employed
29. If a person who is entitled, under any of subsections 12(1), 12.1(2), 13(1) or 13.001(1) or any regulations made for the purposes of section 24.2, to an annuity or an annual allowance is re-employed in the public service and becomes a contributor under this Part, whatever right or claim that he or she may have to the annuity or annual allowance shall be terminated without delay, but the period of service on which the benefit was based, except any period specified in clause 6(1)(a)(iii)(C) or (E), may be counted by that person as pensionable service for the purposes of subsection 6(1), except that if that person, on ceasing to be so re-employed, exercises his or her option under this Part in favour of a return of contributions, or is not entitled under this Part to any benefit other than a return of contributions, the amount so returned shall not include any amount paid into the Superannuation Account or the Public Service Pension Fund to his or her credit at any time before the time when he or she became re-employed, but whatever right or claim that, but for this section, he or she would have had to the annuity or annual allowance on ceasing to be so re-employed shall then be restored to him or her.
1999, c. 34, s. 86(1)
496. (1) Subparagraphs 39(2)(b)(iii) and (iv) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iii) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1.1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(2) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1999, c. 34, s. 86(1)
(2) Subparagraphs 39(2)(c)(iii) and (iv) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iii) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1.1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(1.2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(2) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1996, c. 18, s. 33
497. Subsection 40.2(8) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Payment of difference to employee who was not vested
(8) If the amount paid by the Minister to an eligible employer under subsection (3) in respect of an employee is less than the return of contributions to which that employee would otherwise be entitled under any of sections 12 to 13.001, the Minister shall pay to the employee an amount equal to the amount of the difference.
2008, c. 28, s. 158
498. (1) Paragraph 42(1)(v) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(v) respecting, for the purposes of paragraphs 13(1)(d) and 13.001(1)(d) and subsections 13(6) and 13.001(7), the method by which the amount of any annuity or annual allowance payable to a contributor described in paragraph 13(1)(a), (c) or (d) or 13.001(1)(a), (c) or (d), as the case may be, shall be adjusted;
(2) Subsection 42(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (x):
(x.1) specifying, for the purposes of section 24.6, the method by which the amount of any annuity or annual allowance shall be adjusted;
1999, c. 34, s. 92(1)
499. (1) Paragraph 42.1(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) fixing an annual rate of salary for the purposes of subsection 5(6) or prescribing the manner of determining the annual rate of salary;
1999, c. 34, s. 92(2)
(2) Paragraph 42.1(1)(r) of the Act is repealed.
1992, c. 46, s. 22
(3) Subsection 42.1(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Retroactive application of regulations
(2) Regulations made under paragraph (1)(a), (f), (g), (h), (i), (m), (q), (s), (u) or (v) may, if they so provide, be retroactive and have effect with respect to any period before they are made.
1999, c. 34, s. 97
500. (1) Clause 46.3(3)(b)(ii)(B) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(B) for the period beginning on January 1, 2004, at the rate that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may fix from time to time, that Board being subject to the same restrictions in fixing the rate as is the Treasury Board under subsection 5(1.4), as it read on January 1, 2000;
(2) Section 46.3 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (7):
Period beginning on January 1, 2013
(8) Each plan referred to in paragraph (1)(a) that was approved under subsection (3) is deemed to have included a provision indicating that, despite clause (3)(b)(ii)(B), each member will be required to contribute, by reservation from salary or otherwise, for the period beginning on January 1, 2013, at the rate that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may fix from time to time, which rate must not result in a total amount of contributions that would exceed 50% of the current service cost for the portion of the period in respect of the benefits payable under the plan.
Transitional Provision
Retroactive regulations
501. Regulations made under paragraph 42.1(1)(v.2) of the Public Service Superannuation Act in order to implement the provisions enacted by sections 475 to 500 of this Act may, if they so provide, be retroactive and have effect with respect to any period before they are made that begins on or after January 1, 2013.
Consequential Amendments
R.S., c. G-2
Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act
1997, c. 1, s. 33
502. (1) Paragraphs 35.1(1)(b) and (c) of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act are replaced by the following:
(b) is not a recipient but has exercised an option for a deferred annuity under any of sections 12 to 13.001 of the Public Service Superannuation Act or is entitled to do so, and
(c) has reached 50 years of age but has not yet reached 60 years of age, if the person has exercised an option under section 12 or 13 of the Public Service Superannuation Act or is entitled to do so, or has reached 55 years of age but has not yet reached 65 years of age, if the person has exercised an option under section 12.1 or 13.001 of that Act or is entitled to do so,
1997, c. 1, s. 33
(2) The portion of subsection 35.1(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Order
(2) A court to whom an application is made under subsection (1) may make an order deeming the person against whom there is a valid and subsisting financial support order to have exercised an option under any of sections 12 to 13.001 of the Public Service Superannuation Act in favour of an annual allowance payable as of the date of the making of the order under this subsection if the court is satisfied that
1992, c. 46, Sch. I
Special Retirement Arrangements Act
2002, c. 17, s. 29(2)
503. Paragraph 11(3)(a) of the Special Retirement Arrangements Act is replaced by the following:
(a) subsection 5(6) of the Public Service Superannuation Act;
R.S., c. R-11
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
Amendments to the Act
1999, c. 34, s. 169(1)
504. The portion of the definition “contributor” in subsection 3(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act before paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:
“contributor”
« contributeur »
“contributor” means a person who is required by section 5 to contribute to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) a person who has ceased to be required by this Act to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund, and
1999, c. 34, s. 171
505. Section 5 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Contribution rates — 2013 and later
5. (1) A member of the Force is required to contribute to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund, in respect of every portion of the period beginning on January 1, 2013, by reservation from pay or otherwise, at the contribution rates determined by the Treasury Board in respect of that portion on the joint recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister.
Contribution rates — 35 years of service
(2) A person who has to his or her credit, on or after January 1, 2013, a period of pensionable service — or a period of pensionable service and other pensionable service — totalling at least 35 years is not required to contribute under subsection (1) but is required to contribute, by reservation from pay or otherwise, to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund, in respect of the period beginning on the later of January 1, 2013 and the day on which the person has to his or her credit those 35 years, in addition to any other amount required under this Act, at the rates determined by the Treasury Board on the joint recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister.
Limitation — determination of contribution rate
(3) In determining the contribution rates for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the rates must not exceed the rates paid under section 5 of the Public Service Superannuation Act by Group 1 contributors described in subsection 12(0.1) of that Act.
Other pensionable service
(4) For the purpose of subsection (2), “other pensionable service” means years of service giving rise to a superannuation or pension benefit of a kind specified in the regulations that is payable
(a) out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, or out of any account in the accounts of Canada other than the Superannuation Account; or
(b) out of the Canadian Forces Pension Fund within the meaning of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act or the Public Service Pension Fund within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation Act.
Contributions not required
(5) Despite anything in this Part, no person shall, in respect of any period of his or her service on or after December 15, 1994, make a contribution under this Part in respect of any portion of his or her annual rate of pay that is in excess of the annual rate of pay that is fixed by or determined in the manner prescribed by the regulations.
Exception
(6) A member of the Force who is engaged to work on average fewer than a number of hours per week or days per year prescribed in the regulations shall not contribute under this Act.
1999, c. 34, s. 172(1)
506. Clause 6(a)(ii)(A) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(A) any period during which he or she was required by subsections 5(1) and (2), as they read on December 31, 2012, to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund, and any period during which he or she is required by subsection 5(1) to contribute to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund,
1999, c. 34, s. 174(1)
507. (1) Subparagraphs 7(1)(d)(iv) and (v) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(vi) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(1) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1999, c. 34, s. 174(1)
(2) Subparagraphs 7(1)(e)(iv) and (v) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(vi) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(1) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1999, c. 34, s. 177
508. Subsection 10(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Computation of average annual pay
(5) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (iii), a period of service during which a person continues to be a member of the Force and is required to make contributions under subsection 5(2), or was required to make contributions under subsection 5(5), (6) or (7) as it read on December 31, 2012, is deemed to be a period of pensionable service to his or her credit.
1999, c. 34, s. 190(1)
509. Subparagraphs 24(1)(b)(iv) and (v) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(iv) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(v) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(vi) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(1) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1999, c. 34, s. 192
510. Paragraphs 25.1(2)(b) and (c) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(b) three persons appointed from among persons required to contribute to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund who are nominated for appointment by a body that, in the Minister’s opinion, represents such persons;
(c) two persons appointed from among persons required to contribute to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund; and
2009, c. 13, s. 8(1)
511. (1) Paragraph 26.1(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) fixing an annual rate of pay for the purposes of subsection 5(5) or paragraph 10(4)(b) or prescribing the manner of determining the annual rate of pay;
1999, c. 34, s. 194(2)
(2) Paragraph 26.1(1)(c.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(c.1) prescribing the number of hours per week and the number of days per year for the purposes of subsection 5(6), clauses 6(b)(ii)(F.1), (M) and (N) and paragraph 7(1)(i);
1999, c. 34, s. 195
512. Paragraphs 27(1)(d) and (e) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(d) if that period or any portion of it was after 1999 but before January 1, 2004, in the manner and at the rates set out in subsection 5(1), as it read on December 31, 2003, in respect of that period or portion,
(e) if that period or any portion of it was after 2003 but before January 1, 2013, in the manner and at the rates determined under subsection 5(2), as it read on December 31, 2012, in respect of that period or portion, and
(f) if that period or any portion of it was after 2012, in the manner set out in subsection 5(1) and at the rates determined by the Treasury Board under that subsection, in respect of that period or portion,
1992, c. 46, Sch. I
Consequential Amendment to the Special Retirement Arrangements Act
2002, c. 17, s. 29(2)
513. Paragraph 11(3)(c) of the Special Retirement Arrangements Act is replaced by the following:
(c) subsection 5(5) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act; or
Coming into Force
January 1, 2013
514. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Division comes into force or is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2013.
Order in council
(2) Subsection 467(4) and section 468 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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1999, c. 17; 2005, c. 38, s. 35
Canada Revenue Agency Act
515. (1) Paragraph 51(1)(d) of the Canada Revenue Agency Act is replaced by the following:
(d) after consulting with the President of the Treasury Board, determine and regulate the pay to which persons employed by the Agency are entitled for services rendered, the hours of work and leave of those persons and any related matters;
(2) Paragraph 51(1)(h) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(h) after consulting with the President of the Treasury Board, determine and regulate the payments that may be made to Agency employees by way of reimbursement for travel or other expenses and by way of allowances in respect of expenses and conditions arising out of their employment; and
2003, c. 22, s. 99
516. Section 58 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Negotiation of collective agreements
58. Before entering into collective bargaining with the bargaining agent for a bargaining unit composed of Agency employees, the Agency must have its negotiating mandate approved by the President of the Treasury Board.