Old Age Security Act — O-9 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, allowance means the allowance authorized to be paid under Part III; ( allocation ) applicant means a person who has applied, or is deemed to have applied, for a benefit, or with respect to whom an application for a benefit has been waived; ( demandeur ) application means an application for a benefit; ( Version anglaise seulement ) beneficiary means a person to whom payment of a benefit has been approved; ( prestataire ) benefit means a pension, supplement or allowance; ( prestation ) cheque means any instrument issued in payment of a benefit; ( chèque ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship at the relevant time, having so cohabited with the individual for a continuous period of at least one year. For greater certainty, in the case of an individual’s death, the “relevant time” means the time of the individual’s death; ( conjoint de fait ) Consumer Price Index , with respect to any adjustment quarter, means the average for that adjustment quarter of the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act , for each month in that adjustment quarter; ( indice des prix à la consommation ) first adjustment quarter , in relation to a payment quarter, means, (a) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of April in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of November immediately before that first day of April, (b) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of July in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of February immediately before that first day of July, (c) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of October in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of May immediately before that first day of October, and (d) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of January in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of August immediately before that first day of January; ( premier trimestre de rajustement ) income of a person for a calendar year means the person’s income for the year, computed in accordance with the Income Tax Act , except that (a) there shall be deducted from the person’s income from office or employment for the year (i) a single amount in respect of all offices and employments of that person equal to (A) for the purpose of determining benefits payable in respect of any month before July 2008, the lesser of $500 and one fifth of the person’s income from office or employment for the year, or (B) for the purpose of determining benefits payable in respect of any month after June 2008 but before July 2020, the lesser of $3,500 and the person’s income from office or employment for the year, (ii) the amount of employee’s premiums paid by the person during the year under the Employment Insurance Act , and (iii) the amount of employee’s contributions made by the person during the year under the Canada Pension Plan or a provincial pension plan as defined in section 3 of that Act, (b) there shall be deducted from the person’s self-employment earnings for the year (i) the amount of contributions made in respect of those self-employed earnings by the person during the year under the Canada Pension Plan or a provincial pension plan as defined in section 3 of that Act, and (ii) the amount of premium paid by the person during the year under Part VII.1 of the Employment Insurance Act , (b.1) for the purpose of determining benefits payable in respect of any month after June 2020, there shall be deducted from a person’s combined amount — which is equal to the aggregate of the person’s income from office or employment for the year, as reduced in accordance with paragraph (a), and the person’s self-employment earnings for the year, as reduced in accordance with paragraph (b), if those reduced self-employment