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Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 49
Allowance to former Prime Minister’s survivor 49 (1) The survivor of a person described in subsection 48(1) or (2) shall be paid an allowance equal to 1/2 of the allowance that the person was receiving under that subsection at the time of death or would have been eligible to receive if, immediately before the time of death, the person described in that subsection had ceased to hold the office of Prime Minister and had, in the case of a person described in subsection 48(1) reached 65 years of age or, in the case of a person described in subsection 48(2), 67 years of age. Apportionment when two survivors (1.1) When an allowance is payable under this section and there are two survivors, the total amount of the allowance shall be apportioned so that (a) the survivor referred to in paragraph (4)(a) receives an amount, if any, equal to the total amount less any amount determined under paragraph (b); and (b) the survivor referred to in paragraph (4)(b) receives an amount equal to that proportion of the total amount that the number of years that the survivor cohabited with the person while the person was Prime Minister is of the number of years that the person was Prime Minister. Years (1.2) In determining a number of years for the purpose of paragraph (1.1)(b), a 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. Period of allowance (2) An allowance payable under subsection (1) to the survivor of a person begins to be payable on the day after the day on which that person dies and continues during the lifetime of the survivor. Allowance to be paid monthly (3) An allowance payable under subsection (1) shall be paid monthly in arrears in approximately equal instalments. Definition of survivor (4) For the purposes of this section, survivor means (a) a person who was married (i) to a Prime Minister or former Prime Minister immediately before his or her death, and (ii) in the case of a former Prime Minister, to him or her immediately before the time when he or she ceased to be a Prime Minister; or (b) a person who establishes that the person was cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal nature (i) with a Prime Minister or former Prime Minister for a period of at least one year immediately before his or her death, and (ii) in the case of a former Prime Minister, with him or her immediately before he or she ceased to be a Prime Minister. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 2000, c. 12, s. 179; 2012, c. 22, s. 36
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 49.1
Election for benefit 49.1 (1) If the person to whom a former Prime Minister is married or with whom the former Prime Minister is cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal nature, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year, would not be entitled, in the event of the former Prime Minister’s death, to receive an allowance under subsection 49(1), the former Prime Minister may elect, in accordance with the regulations, to reduce the amount of his or her allowance under this Part, in order that the person could become entitled to an allowance under subsection (2). Entitlement to allowance (2) A person referred to in subsection (1) is entitled to an allowance in an amount determined in accordance with the election and the regulations if the former Prime Minister dies and the election is not revoked or deemed to have been revoked, and the person was married to the former Prime Minister at the time of the former Prime Minister’s death, or was cohabiting with the former Prime Minister in a relationship of a conjugal nature for a period of at least one year immediately before the former Prime Minister’s death. Payment of allowance (3) The allowance to the person referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid monthly in arrears in approximately equal instalments, beginning on the day after the day on which the former Prime Minister dies, and continues during the person’s lifetime. No entitlement (4) A person who is entitled to receive an allowance under section 49 after the former Prime Minister’s death is not entitled to an allowance under subsection (2) in respect of that former Prime Minister. 2000, c. 12, s. 180
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Definitions 50 (1) In this Part, allowance means any allowance or other benefit payable under Part I, II or III, other than a withdrawal allowance; ( allocation ) disabled means incapable of pursuing regularly any substantially gainful occupation; ( invalide ) supplementary benefit means an amount determined in accordance with section 52. ( prestation supplémentaire ) Determination of retirement year or retirement month (2) For the purposes of this Part, (a) the retirement year or retirement month of a former member is the year or month, as the case may be, in which, for the purposes of this Part, that person most recently ceased to be a member; and (b) the retirement year or retirement month of a person who is in receipt of an allowance under subsection 20(1), 25(3), 40(1), 45(3), 49(1) or 49.1(2) is the retirement year or retirement month, as the case may be, of the former member in respect of whose service the allowance is payable. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, s. 16; 2000, c. 12, s. 181
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5
allowance means any allowance or other benefit payable under Part I, II or III, other than a withdrawal allowance; ( allocation )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5
disabled means incapable of pursuing regularly any substantially gainful occupation; ( invalide )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5
supplementary benefit means an amount determined in accordance with section 52. ( prestation supplémentaire )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 51
Supplementary benefit 51 (1) Subject to this Part, every person who is in receipt of an allowance under Part I, II or III shall be paid a supplementary benefit in respect of each such allowance received in a month in any calendar year. Restriction (2) A former member shall not be paid a supplementary benefit unless the former member has reached sixty years of age or is disabled. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, s. 17
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Calculation of amount of supplementary benefit 52 Subject to sections 53 to 55, the supplementary benefit payable to a person pursuant to section 51 in respect of any allowance received in a month in any calendar year shall be determined with reference to the retirement year of the person and shall be in an amount equal to the amount that would be payable with respect to that allowance under section 4 of the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act , as it read on December 31, 1991, if that Act applied in respect of that allowance. 1992, c. 46, s. 81
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 53
Exception for first year benefits received 53 The supplementary benefit payable to a person for a month in the year immediately following the retirement year of the person is equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of the supplementary benefit that would, but for this section, be payable to the person for that month by (b) the ratio that the number of complete months that remained in the retirement year after the retirement month bears to twelve. 1992, c. 46, s. 81
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Person subsequently becoming a member 54 (1) Where a former member who is in receipt of an allowance subsequently becomes a member and payment of that allowance ceases, any supplementary benefit payable to that person after that person ceases to be a member shall be at least equal to the supplementary benefit that the former member would have received if that person had not subsequently become a member. No decrease in amount of supplementary benefit (2) The aggregate of the amount of an allowance and the amount of the supplementary benefit in respect of that allowance that is payable to a person pursuant to section 51 for a month in any year shall not be less than the aggregate of the amount of the allowance and the amount of the supplementary benefit that is payable to that person for any month in the year next before that year. 1992, c. 46, s. 81
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Manner of payment of supplementary benefit 55 The supplementary benefit payable to a person pursuant to section 51 in respect of any allowance shall be paid at the same times, in the same manner, during or in respect of the same periods and subject to the same terms and conditions as that allowance is payable to that person. 1992, c. 46, s. 81
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Right to elect for part of session 56 (1) A member who is entitled under section 10 or 32 to elect to contribute in respect of one or more sessions is entitled to elect to contribute in respect of a part thereof if that part is the most recent in time. Form and date of election (2) An election pursuant to any provision of this Act shall be made to the Minister in the form specified by the Minister and shall be deemed to be made on the day on which the form, duly signed by the person making the election, is placed in the course of delivery to the Minister. Revocation of election (3) A person may, at any time, revoke an election with respect to the whole or any part of the contributions then owing by that person under Part I or II by giving to the Minister a notice of revocation, in the form specified by the Minister, and thereupon that person (a) is not required to pay the amounts owing under the provision in respect of which the revocation applies, but interest is payable on those amounts to the day on which the revocation takes place; (b) shall, for the purpose of computing an allowance or other benefit under Part I or II, be deemed not to have elected to contribute the amount of the contributions in respect of which the revocation applies, and, if the allowance or other benefit has been calculated, it shall be recalculated accordingly and, if it has been paid to the person based on the contributions in respect of which the revocation applies, an amount equal to the difference between that benefit and the recalculated benefit may be recovered from that person, in the prescribed manner, from any allowance or other benefit payable under this Act to that person, without prejudice to any other recourse available to Her Majesty with respect to the recovery thereof; and (c) may not again at any time elect to make those contributions. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, s. 18
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Manner of payment 57 (1) Every amount required to be paid by a member under section 11, 11.1, 33, 33.1 or 33.2 shall be paid at his or her option (a) in a lump sum, at the time of the making of the election; or (b) in instalments, payable on such terms and conditions as are provided for by the regulations and in amounts established using such bases as to mortality and interest as are prescribed. Recovery of amounts due (2) If any amount payable by a member or former member under a provision of this Act has become due but remains unpaid at the time of death of the member or former member, that amount, with interest at a rate prescribed from the time when it became due, may be recovered, in the prescribed manner, from any allowance payable under subsection 20(1), 25(3), 40(1), 45(3), 49(1) or 49.1(2) to another person in respect of the member or former member, without prejudice to any other recourse available to Her Majesty with respect to the recovery of that amount, and any amount so recovered is deemed, for the purposes of that provision, to have been paid by the member or former member. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, s. 19; 2000, c. 12, s. 182; 2012, c. 22, s. 37
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When allowance suspended 58 Where a former member, after becoming entitled to an allowance or other benefit under Part I, II or III, subsequently becomes a member, payment of the allowance or other benefit is suspended in respect of any period during which that person is a member. 1992, c. 46, s. 81
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 58.1
Beginning of payment of allowances and amount 58.1 (1) Despite sections 17.1, 17.2, 37.2 and 37.3, if a former member who has not reached 65 years of age and who is entitled to be paid, but is not yet being paid, a retirement allowance and a compensation allowance under any of those sections becomes entitled to receive a disability pension under the Canada Pension Plan or under a similar provincial pension plan, the retirement allowance and the compensation allowance under those sections are payable to him or her on the day he or she becomes entitled to receive the disability pension and the amount of the retirement allowance and the compensation allowance payable is (a) the amount of the retirement allowance that would have been payable to the person under section 17.1 if he or she had reached 65 years of age; and (b) the amount of the compensation allowance that would have been payable to the person under section 37.2 if he or she had reached 65 years of age. Amount (2) Despite sections 17.2 and 37.3, if a former member who has not reached 65 years of age and who is being paid a compensation allowance under section 37.3 becomes entitled to receive a disability pension under the Canada Pension Plan or under a similar provincial pension plan, the amount of the retirement allowance and the compensation allowance payable to the person under sections 17.2 and 37.3 on the day he or she becomes entitled to receive the disability pension is (a) the amount of the retirement allowance that would have been payable to the person under section 17.1 if he or she had reached 65 years of age; and (b) the amount of the compensation allowance that would have been payable to the person under section 37.2 if he or she had reached 65 years of age. 2012, c. 22, s. 38
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Limitation respecting allowances 59 (1) Despite anything in this Act, but subject to subsection (2), the aggregate of the retirement allowance payable to a person under section 16 and the compensation allowance payable to him or her under section 36 with respect to service as a member that comes to his or her credit before January 1, 2016 shall not exceed his or her average annual sessional indemnity multiplied by 0.75. Withdrawal allowance (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a period in respect of which a withdrawal allowance has been paid to the person and in respect of which he or she has not elected to bring to his or her credit before January 1, 2016 is not to be included in the person’s service as a member that has come to his or her credit before January 1, 2016. Limitation respecting allowances (3) Despite anything in this Act, the aggregate of the retirement allowance payable to a person under section 17.1 or 17.2 and the compensation allowance payable to the person under section 37.2 or 37.3 with respect to service as a member that comes to his or her credit on or after January 1, 2016 shall not exceed his or her average annual pensionable earnings multiplied by 0.75. Limitation respecting allowances (4) Despite anything in this Act, if a person has service as a member that has come to his or her credit before January 1, 2016 and service as a member that has come to his or her credit on or after that date, any time spent by him or her as a member after he or she is required to contribute under subsection 12(2.1) or would be required to contribute under that subsection if he or she were under 71 years of age is not to be included in the calculation of the retirement allowance payable to him or her under section 17.1 or 17.2 or the compensation allowance payable to him or her under section 37.2 or 37.3. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 2012, c. 22, s. 39
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 59.1
inister may require. Reduction (5) Where a former member referred to in subsection (3) receives remuneration of $5,000 or more in any year beginning on the day on which the former member commenced holding the federal position or entered into the federal service contract, or on any anniversary of that day, the aggregate of the allowances or other benefits referred to in that subsection payable to that former member in that year shall be reduced by one dollar for each dollar of the remuneration received in that year. Recovery (6) The amount of the reduction under subsection (5) may be recovered in accordance with the regulations from any allowance or other benefit payable to or in respect of the former member under this Act or otherwise, without prejudice to any other recourse available to Her Majesty with respect to the recovery of the amount. Reductions ignored for certain purposes (7) The amount of an allowance or other benefit payable under section 20, 25, 40, 45, 49, 49.1 or 51 to or in respect of a former member to whom this section applies or applied shall be determined as if no reduction were made under this section to the allowances or other benefits payable to the former member. 1995, c. 30, s. 20; 2000, c. 12, s. 183
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5
employment means the position of an individual in the service of some other person, including Her Majesty, that entitles the individual to fixed or ascertainable salary, fees or other compensation; ( emploi )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 (a)
federal position means (a) an office or employment the salary, fees or other compensation for which is paid in whole or in part out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or out of monies appropriated by Parliament, and (b) an office or employment in a departmental corporation or Crown corporation as defined respectively in sections 2 and 83 of the Financial Administration Act ; ( emploi fédéral )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5
federal service contract means a contract for the provision of service the consideration for the performance of which is paid in whole or in part out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or out of monies appropriated by Parliament or by a departmental corporation or Crown corporation as defined respectively in sections 2 and 83 of the Financial Administration Act , but does not include an agreement under which an individual is engaged as an employee; ( marché fédéral de services )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5
office means the position of an individual that entitles the individual to fixed or ascertainable salary, fees or other compensation, and includes a judicial or diplomatic office and the position of corporation director; ( charge )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 (a)
remuneration means (a) in respect of a federal position, the salary, fees or other compensation paid for or in respect of the carrying out of the duties and functions of the position, and (b) in respect of a federal service contract, the consideration paid for the performance of the contract. ( rémunération )
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 60
Benefits not assignable, etc. 60 Subject to the Pension Benefits Division Act and to Part II of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act , (a) an allowance or other benefit under this Act is not capable of being assigned, charged, anticipated or given as security and any transaction that purports to assign, charge, anticipate or give as security any such allowance or other benefit is void; (b) an allowance or other benefit to which a person is entitled under this Act is not capable of being surrendered or commuted during the lifetime of that person and any transaction that purports to do so is void; and (c) an allowance or other benefit under this Act is exempt from attachment, seizure and execution, either at law or in equity. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, s. 21
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act — M-5 60.1
Persons in receipt of disability allowance 60.1 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person who is entitled to and elects to receive a disability allowance under section 71.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act is deemed to remain a member until the person’s entitlement to that allowance ceases. Contributions (2) The contributions that the member is required to make under this Act shall be made by reservation from the member’s disability allowance, commencing on the day that the allowance becomes payable, and shall be calculated in respect of the salaries and allowances on which the disability allowance is based. 2001, c. 20, s. 27
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Minimum benefit 61 Where a member or former member dies and there is no person to whom an allowance or other benefit may be paid in respect of that member, or the persons to whom an allowance or other benefit may be paid die or cease to be entitled thereto, any amount by which the total amount of the contributions paid by the member or former member under Parts I to III exceeds the aggregate of all amounts paid to those persons and the member or former member under those Parts or this Part as allowances or other benefits and under Part IV as supplementary benefits shall be paid, as a death benefit, to the estate of that member or former member or, if the amount to be paid is less than $1,000, shall be paid as authorized by the Minister. 1992, c. 46, s. 81
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Presumption as to death 62 (1) Where a member or former member or any person entitled to an allowance or other benefit under this Act has, either before or after December 31, 1992, disappeared under circumstances that, in the opinion of the Minister, raise beyond a reasonable doubt a presumption that the person is dead, the Minister may, for the purposes of this Act, determine the date on which that person’s death is presumed to have occurred, and thereupon that person shall be deemed for all purposes of this Act to have died on that date. Change of date (2) After having determined the date of a person’s death pursuant to subsection (1), the Minister may, on the basis of new information or evidence that the date of death is different from that determined, determine a different date of death, in which case the person shall be deemed for all purposes of this Act to have died on that different date. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, s. 22
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Payment of interest 63 (1) Interest calculated in accordance with subsection (2) shall be paid on any withdrawal allowance payable under Part I or II or death benefit payable under this Act. Calculation of interest (2) Where, at any time after December 31, 1974, a person ceases to be a member, the Minister shall (a) determine the aggregate of all amounts referred to in subsection 40(1) of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act , chapter M-10 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, and in paragraphs 18(a) and (b), 19(a) and (b), 38(a) and (b) and 39(a) and (b) of this Act that have been contributed or otherwise paid by the member (i) before 1974, and (ii) during each year subsequent to 1973 in which contributions were made by the member under this Act and that have not previously been paid to the person as a withdrawal allowance or paid to the person under this section; and (b) calculate interest at the rate and in the manner prescribed (i) on the aggregate amount determined in respect of the period referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), from December 31, 1973 to December 31 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the person ceased to be a member, and (ii) on the aggregate amount determined in respect of each contribution year referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii), from December 31 of that year to December 31 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the person ceased to be a member. 1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, s. 23