Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 — P-7.01 2
n 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 section 9.2 and paragraph 28(1)(b.1), a person who has either ceased membership in the plan or retired and has not, before the termination of the whole of the plan, (i) transferred their pension benefit credit under section 26, (ii) used their pension benefit credit to purchase a life annuity under section 26, or (iii) had their pension benefits transferred to another pension plan; or (c) in section 24, a person who, before, on or after January 1, 1987, has either ceased membership in the plan or retired; ( ancien ) full-time basis , in relation to an employee of a particular class, means engaged to work, throughout the year, all or substantially all of the normally scheduled hours of work established for persons in that class of employees; ( à temps plein ) immediate pension benefit means a pension benefit that is to commence within one year after the member becomes entitled to it; ( prestation de pension immédiate ) included employment has the meaning assigned by section 4; ( emploi inclus ) information system means a system used to generate, send, receive, store or otherwise process an electronic document; ( système d’information ) joint and survivor pension benefit means an immediate pension benefit that continues at least until the death of the member or former member or the death of the survivor of the member or former member, whichever occurs later; ( prestation réversible ) marriage and remarriage [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 254] member , in relation to a pension plan, means a person who has become a member of the pension plan and has neither ceased membership in the plan nor retired; ( participant ) Minister means the Minister of Finance; ( ministre ) multi-employer pension plan means a pension plan organized and administered for employees of two or more employers whose contributions to the pension plan are determined under an agreement between the participating employers or a collective agreement, statute or regulation, if the pension plan provides pension benefits that are determined by periods of employment with any or all of the participating employers, but does not include a pension plan where more than 95% of the plan members are employed by participating employers who are incorporated and are affiliates within the meaning of the Canada Business Corporations Act ; ( régime interentreprises ) multilateral agreement [Repealed, 2016, c. 7, s. 201] negotiated contribution plan means a multi-employer pension plan that includes at least one defined benefit provision and under which a participating employer’s contributions are limited to an amount determined in accordance with an agreement entered into by the participating employers or a collective agreement, statute or regulation, and which amount does not vary as a function of the prescribed tests and standards for solvency referred to in subsection 9(1); ( régime à cotisations négociées ) office means the position of an individual entitling that individual to a fixed or ascertainable stipend or remuneration, and includes the position of an officer or director of a corporation or other organization and of an agent or mandatary acting for a principal or mandator, and officer means a person holding such a position; ( fonctions et cadre ) participating employer , in relation to a multi-employer pension plan, means an employer who is required to contribute to that plan; ( employeur participant ) part-time basis , in relation to an employee, means engaged to work on other than a full-time basis; ( à temps partiel ) pension benefit means a periodic amount to which, under the terms of a pension plan, a member or former member, or the spouse, common-law partner, survivor or designated beneficiary or estate or succession of a member or former member, is or may become entitled; ( pr