Bill S-221
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- SUMMARY SUMMARY
- Governor General’s Act Governor General’s Act
- Transitional Provision Transitional Provision
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Governor General’s Act (retiring annuity and other benefits)
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FIRST READING, November 24, 2021
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Carignan, P.C. |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Governor General’s Act to provide that a Governor General is not eligible for a retiring annuity or other benefits unless they hold office for at least five consecutive years.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70 Elizabeth II, 2021 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-221 |
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An Act to amend the Governor General’s Act (retiring annuity and other benefits) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. G-9
Governor General’s Act
1 The title of Part II of the Governor General’s Act is replaced by the following:
Governor General’s Retiring Annuity Insertion start and Other Benefits Insertion end
2 (1) The portion of subsection 6(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Annuity
6 (1) Insertion start When Insertion end a Governor General Insertion start who has held Insertion end office Insertion start for at least five consecutive years Insertion end ceases to hold office as such, there shall be paid to him an annuity equal to the aggregate of
(2) The Act is amended by adding the following after subsection 6(1):
Medical reasons
Start of inserted block(1.1) A Governor General who, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, is unable for medical reasons to serve for five consecutive years is deemed to have served for at least five consecutive years for the purpose of subsection (1).
End of inserted block3 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 11:
Other benefits
Start of inserted block12 No money shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of providing administrative support to or reimbursing expenses incurred by a former Governor General who held office for less than five consecutive years.
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Former Governor General
4 (1) The payment, under Part II of the Governor General’s Act as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, of an annuity to a former Governor General who held office for less than five consecutive years ceases on the day on which this Act comes into force.
Survivor
(2) The payment, under Part II of the Governor General’s Act as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, of an annuity to a survivor shall continue during the life of the survivor.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
6 (1) Where a Governor General ceases to hold office as such, there shall be paid to him an annuity equal to the aggregate of