Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 — P-7.01 2
Definitions 2 (1) In this Act, actuary means a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries; ( actuaire ) additional voluntary contribution under a pension plan means an optional contribution by a member that does not give rise to an obligation on the employer to make additional contributions; ( cotisation facultative ) administrator , in relation to a pension plan, means the administrator referred to in section 7, and includes the replacement administrator appointed under subsection 7.6 (1); ( administrateur ) cessation of membership in a pension plan has the meaning assigned by subsections (2) and (2.1); ( fin de participation ) collective agreement means an agreement in writing entered into between an employer and a bargaining agent containing provisions respecting terms and conditions of employment and related matters; ( convention collective ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait ) common-law partnership means the relationship between two persons who are common-law partners of each other; ( union de fait ) continuous , in relation to membership in a pension plan or to employment, means without regard to periods of temporary interruption of the membership or employment; ( continu ) deferred pension benefit means a pension benefit other than an immediate pension benefit; ( prestation de pension différée ) defined benefit plan means a pension plan that is not a defined contribution plan; ( régime à prestations déterminées ) defined benefit provision means a provision of a pension plan under which pension benefits for a member are determined in any way other than that described in the definition defined contribution provision ; ( disposition à prestations déterminées ) defined contribution plan means a pension plan that consists of defined contribution provisions and does not contain defined benefit provisions, other than (a) a defined benefit provision relating to pension benefits accrued in respect of employment before the effective date of the pension plan, or (b) a defined benefit provision that provides for a minimum pension benefit whose additional value is not significant in the Superintendent’s opinion; ( régime à cotisations déterminées ) defined contribution provision means a provision of a pension plan under which pension benefits for a member are determined solely as a function of the amount of pension benefit that can be provided by (a) contributions made by and on behalf of that member, and (b) interest earnings and other gains and losses allocated to that member; ( disposition à cotisations déterminées ) designated province means a province prescribed as a province in which there is in force pension legislation applicable to private superannuation plans; ( province désignée ) electronic document means any form of representation of information or of concepts fixed in any medium by electronic, optical or other similar means that can be read or perceived by a person or by any means; ( document électronique ) employee includes an officer; ( salariés ) employer , in relation to an employee, means the person or organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in respect of employment with which the employee receives his remuneration, and includes the successors or assigns of that person or organization; ( employeur ) employment means the performance by an employee of work for remuneration for an employer under an express or implied contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes the tenure of an office; ( emploi ) federal-provincial agreement means an agreement entered into under subsection 6.1(1); ( accord fédéral-provincial ) former member , in relation to a pension plan, means (a) except in sections 9.2 and 24 and paragraph 28(1)(b.1), a person who, on or after January 1, 1987, has either ceased membership in the plan or retired; (b) in s