Canadian Forces Superannuation Act — C-17 2
Definitions 2 (1) In this Act, Canadian Forces Pension Fund means the fund established under section 55.2; ( Caisse de retraite des Forces canadiennes ) Canadian Forces Superannuation Investment Fund means the fund established under section 55.1; ( Fonds de placement du compte de pension de retraite des Forces canadiennes ) child means a child or stepchild of — or an individual adopted either legally or in fact by — a contributor, who at the time of the contributor’s death was dependent on the contributor for support; ( enfant ) 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 (b) for the purposes of sections 26 to 35 and 38 to 40, a contributor under Part V of the former Act who has become entitled to a pension under that Part or has died; ( contributeur ) disabled , as applied to any member of the regular force, has reference to any condition rendering him mentally or physically unfit to perform his duties as such member; ( invalide ) former Act means the Defence Services Pension Act , chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, as it read before March 1, 1960, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires, any other enactment of Parliament providing for the payment of pensions to members of the regular force based on length of service, other than this Act; ( ancienne loi ) intermediate engagement [Repealed, 2003, c. 26, s. 1] member of the regular force means an officer or non-commissioned member of the regular force; ( membre de la force régulière ) member of the reserve force means an officer or non-commissioned member of the reserve force; ( membre de la force de réserve ) Minister means the Minister of National Defence; ( ministre ) officer means a commissioned or subordinate officer of the regular force; ( officier ) pay , as applied to the Canadian Forces, means pay at the rates prescribed or established under the National Defence Act for the rank held by the person in respect of whom the expression is being applied, together with the allowances prescribed by the regulations made under this Act for that rank, and, as applied to the public service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, means the salary or pay and allowances, as the case may be, applicable in the case of that person, as determined under the Public Service Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act ; ( solde ) provincial pension plan has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan ; ( régime provincial de pensions ) public service has the meaning given that expression in subsection 3(1) of the Public Service Superannuation Act ; ( fonction publique ) rank includes appointment; ( grade ) regular force means the regular force of the Canadian Forces and includes (a) the forces known before February 1, 1968 as the regular forces of the Canadian Forces, and (b) the forces known before February 1, 1968 as the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army Active Force, the Permanent Active Militia, the Permanent Militia Corps, the permanent staff of the Militia, the Royal Canadian Air Force (Regular) and the Permanent Active Air Force; ( force régulière ) retirement age [Repealed, 2003, c. 26, s. 1] salary as applied to a member of the Canadian Forces means the pay received by the member from employment as a member of the Canadian Forces; ( traitement ) short engagement [Repealed, 2003, c. 26, s. 1] Superannuation Account means the Canadian Forces Superannuation Account referred to in section 4; ( compte de pension de retraite ) supplementary benefit means a supplementary benefit payable under Part III; ( prestation supplémentaire ) survivor , in relation to a contributor, means (a) a person who was married to the contributor at the time of the contributor’s death, or (b) a