Bill C-78
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Payments to Survivors , Children and Other Beneficiaries |
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Lump sum
payments
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15. Where, in this Part, it is provided that
the survivor and children of a contributor are
entitled jointly to a return of contributions or
an amount described in paragraph 14(b), the
total amount shall be paid to the survivor of
the contributor except that
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Apportion- ment when two survivors
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15.1 (1) If there are two survivors of a
contributor, the share of the total amount
referred to in section 15 to be paid to the
survivor referred to in paragraph (a) of the
definition ``survivor'' in subsection 3(1) and
the share to be paid to the survivor referred to
in paragraph (b) of that definition shall be paid
as the Minister may direct.
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Share may be
nil
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(2) Nothing in subsection (1) is to be read as
limiting the Minister's power to direct that the
share of one or other of the survivors under
that subsection is nil.
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184. Subsection 17(2) of the Act is
repealed.
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1992, c. 46,
s. 72
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185. Section 18 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Person
considered to
be the
survivor
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18. (1) For the purposes of this Part, when
a person establishes that he or she was
cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal
nature with the contributor for at least one year
immediately before the death of the
contributor, the person is considered to be the
survivor of the contributor.
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Person
considered to
be married
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(1.1) For the purposes of this Part, when a
contributor dies and, at the time of death, the
contributor was married to a person with
whom the contributor had been cohabiting in
a relationship of a conjugal nature for a period
immediately before the marriage, that person
is considered to have become married to the
contributor on the day established as being the
day on which the cohabitation began.
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When
survivor not
to receive
annual
allowance -
waiver
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(2) A survivor is not entitled to receive an
annual allowance if the survivor makes an
irrevocable waiver under subsection (3).
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Permitted
waivers
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(3) A survivor may make an irrevocable
waiver in writing only if it results in
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Time for
waiver
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(4) A waiver must be made no later than
three months after the survivor is notified of
his or her entitlement to an allowance under
this Act and takes effect as of the date of the
death of the contributor.
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When
survivor not
to receive
benefits -
criminal
responsibility
for death
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(5) A survivor is not entitled to receive any
benefit under this Act with respect to the
contributor when the contributor dies and the
survivor is found criminally responsible for
the death.
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When
survivor not
to receive
annual
allowance -
missing
survivor
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(6) A survivor is not entitled to receive an
annual allowance when the contributor dies if
it is established to the satisfaction of the
Minister that the survivor cannot be found.
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Apportion- ment of allowance when two survivors
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(7) When an annual allowance is payable
under paragraph 13(1)(a) and there are two
survivors of the contributor, the total amount
of the annual allowance shall be apportioned
so that
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Years
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(8) In determining a number of years for the
purposes of subsection (7), part of a year shall
be counted as a full year if the part is six or
more months and shall be ignored if it is less.
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Death, etc. of
one of the
survivors
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(9) When one of the survivors referred to in
subsection (7) dies or is not entitled to receive
a benefit under this Act when the contributor
dies, the portion of the annual allowance that
would have been payable to the survivor who
died or is not entitled shall be paid to the
remaining survivor in addition to his or her
own portion.
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1992, c. 46,
s. 73
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186. (1) Subsection 19(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Marriage, etc.,
after sixty
years of age
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19. (1) Subject to section 14.1 but
notwithstanding any other provision of this
Part, the survivor of a contributor is not
entitled to an annual allowance in respect of
the contributor under this Part if at the time the
contributor married the survivor or began to
cohabit with the survivor in a relationship of
a conjugal nature, the contributor had attained
the age of sixty years unless, after that time,
that person became or continued to be a
contributor.
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(2) Subsection 19(3) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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Death within
one year of
marriage
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(3) Notwithstanding anything in this Part,
when a contributor dies within one year after
marriage, no annual allowance is payable to
the survivor or children of that marriage
unless it is established to the satisfaction of the
Minister that the contributor was at the time of
marriage in such a condition of health as to
justify the contributor in having an
expectation of surviving for at least one year
after the marriage .
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(3) Subsection 19(6) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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Transitional
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(6) Notwithstanding anything in this Act,
no person is entitled to an allowance under this
Part by virtue of being or being deemed to be
the survivor of a female contributor if the
contributor was not a member of the Force on
or after December 20, 1975, and section 2 does
not apply in respect of this subsection.
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1989, c. 6,
s. 28
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187. Section 19.1 of the Act is repealed.
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188. Section 20 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (3):
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Garnishment,
Attachment
and Pension
Diversion Act
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(4) For the purposes of Part II of the
Garnishment, Attachment and Pension
Diversion Act, all survivors within the
meaning of this Act are deemed to be included
in the definition ``recipient'' in subsection
32(1) of that Act.
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189. The portion of section 23 of the Act
before paragraph (b) is replaced by the
following:
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Persons
re-appointed
to or
re-enlisted in
the Force
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23. If a person who has become entitled to
an annuity or annual allowance under this Part
or a pension under Part V of the former Act by
virtue of having served in the Force is
re-appointed to or re-enlisted in the Force and
becomes a contributor under this Part,
whatever right or claim that he or she may
have had to that annuity, annual allowance or
pension, in this section referred to as the
``original annuity'', shall then cease and the
period of service on which the original annuity
was based may be counted by him or her as
pensionable service for the purposes of this
Part, except that
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190. (1) Paragraph 24(1)(b) of the Act is
amended by striking out the word ``and'' at
the end of subparagraph (ii) and by
replacing subparagraph (iii) with the
following:
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(2) Subsections 24(6) to (8) of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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Repayment of
certain
benefits
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(6) When a person to whom subsection (4)
applies elects, pursuant to subsection (5), to
surrender the annuity, annual allowance or
pension referred to in subsection (4), the
person so electing shall pay an amount equal
to the amount of the annuity, annual
allowance, pension or supplementary
retirement benefit paid to him or her for any
period commencing in any month
commencing after he or she has been a
contributor under this Part for one year,
together with simple interest at four per cent
per annum and the amount so paid shall be
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Amount to be
credited to
Superannua- tion Account
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(7) On the making of an election under this
section before April 1, 2000 by which the
person so electing is required by this Part to
pay for a period of service of the kind
described in paragraph (1)(a), there shall be
charged to the account in the accounts of
Canada maintained pursuant to the Public
Service Superannuation Act or the Canadian
Forces Superannuation Act, as the case may
be, and credited to the Superannuation
Account in respect of that person, an amount
equal to the amount determined under
subparagraph (1)(a)(ii).
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Amount of
return of
contributions
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(8) For the purposes of the Public Service
Superannuation Act or the Canadian Forces
Superannuation Act, as the case may be, the
amount of any return of contributions or other
lump sum payment that is or may become
payable under that Act to or in respect of that
person with respect to an election before April
1, 2000 shall be deemed to be the amount
otherwise determined under that Act minus
the amount required by subsection (7) to be
credited to the Superannuation Account on the
making of the election.
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Amount to be
paid
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(9) Subsections (7) and (8) apply, with any
modifications that the circumstances require,
to an election made on or after April 1, 2000,
and a reference to ``the account in the accounts
of Canada maintained pursuant to the Public
Service Superannuation Act or the Canadian
Forces Superannuation Act'' shall be read as
a reference to ``the Public Service Pension
Fund or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund''
in respect of contributions made by the person
to that fund and a reference to ``the
Superannuation Account'' shall be read as a
reference to the ``Royal Canadian Mounted
Police Pension Fund''.
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191. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 24:
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Transfer Agreements |
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Definition of
``eligible
employer''
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24.1 (1) In this section, ``eligible
employer'' means an employer for the benefit
of whose employees there is a pension plan or
retirement savings plan of a class prescribed
by regulations made under paragraph
26.1(1)(h.3), and includes the administrator of
any such pension plan or retirement savings
plan.
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Authority to
enter into
agreement
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(2) The Minister may, on terms approved by
the Treasury Board, enter into an agreement
with any eligible employer that
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Authority to
transfer
contributions
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(3) When a contributor ceases to be a
member of the Force and is or becomes
employed by any eligible employer with
whom the Minister has entered into an
agreement pursuant to subsection (2), there
may be paid, subject to the terms and
conditions that the agreement provides and if
the agreement so provides, to that employer
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Consent of
contributor
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(4) No payment shall be made pursuant to
subsection (3) except with the consent in
writing of the contributor.
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Non- applicability of subsection 9(7)
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(5) Subsection 9(7) does not apply in
respect of a payment made pursuant to
subsection (3).
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No benefit
payable in
respect of
transferred
contributions
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(6) Subject to any regulations made under
paragraph 26.1(1)(h.3), if, under paragraph
(3)(a), the Minister makes a payment to an
eligible employer in respect of an employee,
the employee ceases to be entitled to any
benefit under this Part or Part III in respect of
the period of pensionable service to which that
payment relates.
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Payment of
difference
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(7) Subject to subsection (8), if the amount
paid by the Minister to an eligible employer
pursuant to subsection (3) in respect of an
employee is less than the commuted value that
would be calculated in respect of that
employee in accordance with section 12.1,
whether or not the employee would otherwise
be entitled to the commuted value, the
Minister shall pay an amount equal to the
amount of the difference to the employee in
accordance with subsection 12.1(1).
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Payment of
difference
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(8) If the amount paid by the Minister to an
eligible employer pursuant to subsection (3) in
respect of an employee is less than the return
of contributions to which that employee
would otherwise be entitled under section 11,
the Minister shall pay to the employee an
amount equal to the amount of the difference.
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Service
countable by
person
becoming a
member of the
Force
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(9) If an employee of any eligible employer
with whom the Minister has entered into an
agreement under subsection (2) has ceased to
be employed by that employer and is or
becomes a member of the Force, any service
of that employee that, at the time of leaving
that employment, the employee was entitled
to count for the purpose of any plan referred to
in subsection (1) established for the benefit of
employees of that employer may, if the
agreement so provides, be counted by the
employee as pensionable service for the
purposes of section 6, to the extent and subject
to the terms and conditions provided in the
regulations, if the employer pays into the
Superannuation Account or the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund the
amount that is required under the agreement to
be so paid by that employer in respect of the
employee.
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1992, c. 46,
s. 75
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192. Subsections 25.1(1) to (3) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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Advisory
committee
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25.1 (1) The Minister shall establish a
committee, to be known as the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police Pension Advisory
Committee, the members of which are
appointed by the Minister in accordance with
subsection (2), to advise and assist the
Minister on matters arising in connection with
the operation of this Act.
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