Bill C-12
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RECOMMENDATION |
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His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of
Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances,
in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act
to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act''.
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Superannuation Act to provide RCMP members serving abroad as
peacekeepers in special duty areas with the same benefits as are
received by Canadian Forces members serving in special duty areas.
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EXPLANATORY NOTES |
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Clause 1: (1) and (2) Subsections 32(1) and (2) read
as follows:
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32. (1) Subject to this Part, an award in accordance with the Pension
Act shall be granted to or in respect of
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in any case where the injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting
in the disability or death in respect of which the application for pension
is made arose out of, or was directly connected with, his service in the
Force.
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(2) All claims for pension under this Part shall be dealt with and
adjudicated on in like manner as claims under the Pension Act, and all
provisions of that Act not inconsistent with this Part apply with such
modifications as the circumstances require in respect of any claim under
this Part.
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Clause 2: New.
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Clause 3: Subsection 33(2) reads as follows:
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(2) In applying Schedules I and II of the Pension Act for the purposes
of this Part, the ranks in the Force set out in the following table, and such
prescribed classes in the Force of members not holding a rank in the
Force as are specified in accordance with the regulations to be the
classes corresponding to those ranks, shall be deemed to correspond to
the ranks in the Canadian Forces set out as follows:
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Rank in Force Canadian Forces Rank
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Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner Brigadier-General and higher ranks
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Chief Superintend- ent Colonel
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Superintendent and lower ranks Lieutenant-Colonel and lower ranks
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Clause 4: Subsection 34(1) reads as follows:
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34. (1) Notwithstanding subsection 3(1) of the Government
Employees Compensation Act, that Act applies to every member of the
Force, as defined in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, except
any person described in paragraph 32(1)(a) or (b) of this Act.
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