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Canada Student Loans Act — S-23 17
dwife”, “nurse”, “nurse practitioner”, “part-time student”, “personal support worker”, “pharmacist”, “physiotherapist”, “psychologist”, “responsible officer of a lender”, “social worker”, “teacher” and “underserved rural or remote community” for the purposes of this Act; (r.1) prescribing the circumstances in which a borrower ceases to be a full-time student; (s) providing, notwithstanding section 15, for the adjustment of the amount of the provincial allocation for a province for any loan year, in any case where the aggregate of the amounts set out in certificates of eligibility issued or caused to be issued by the appropriate authority for the province for a previous year exceeded the aggregate of the amounts referred to in paragraphs 15(1)(a) and (b) applicable to that province for that previous year; (s.1) [Repealed, 2022, c. 19, s. 152] (s.2) respecting the circumstances in which no amount on account of principal or interest is required to be paid by members of the reserve force in respect of their guaranteed student loans; (s.3) respecting the payment of interest under subsection 5.1(2); (t) prescribing any other matter or thing that under this Act is to be prescribed by the regulations; and (u) generally, for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Act. R.S., 1985, c. S-23, s. 17; 1993, c. 12, s. 9; 1994, c. 28, s. 26; 1996, c. 18, s. 63; 1998, c. 21, s. 102; 2008, c. 15, s. 5, c. 28, s. 113; 2011, c. 24, s. 158 2022, c. 19, s. 152 2024, c. 17, s. 157
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Forms 17.1 The Minister may prescribe (a) any form or other document that is by this Act or the regulations to be prescribed by the Minister; and (b) the information to be included in any document referred to in paragraph (a), in addition to the information otherwise required by this Act or the regulations to be included therein. 1993, c. 12, s. 10
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False statement or information 18 (1) Every person who, in respect of a guaranteed student loan, knowingly makes any false statement or misrepresentation, including by omission, in an application or other document or knowingly provides any false or misleading information, including by omission, is guilty of an offence under this Act and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. Limitation period (2) A prosecution for an offence under this Act may not be instituted later than six years after the time when the subject matter of the complaint arose. R.S., 1985, c. S-23, s. 18; 2009, c. 2, s. 366
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Administrative measures 18.1 (1) If a person, in respect of a guaranteed student loan, knowingly makes any false statement or misrepresentation, including by omission, in an application or other document or knowingly provides any false or misleading information, including by omission, the Minister may (a) [Repealed, 2022, c. 19, s. 153] (b) deny the person the deferral of payments of principal or interest under section 5 for a prescribed period, or terminate the deferral; (c) deny the person payments of interest under subsection 5.1(2) for a prescribed period, or terminate the payments; (d) deny the person repayment of a guaranteed student loan on an income-contingent basis referred to in paragraph 17(q) for a prescribed period, or terminate repayment on an income-contingent basis; (e) deny the person a gratuitous payment referred to in paragraph 17(q.1); or (f) require the person to immediately repay any outstanding amount of a guaranteed student loan that they obtained by reason of the false statement or misrepresentation or the false or misleading information. Outstanding student loans (2) If, before the day on which this section comes into force, a person knowingly made any false statement or misrepresentation, including by omission, in an application or other document or knowingly provided any false or misleading information, including by omission, in respect of a guaranteed student loan that is outstanding on that day, the Minister may take any measure set out in paragraphs (1)(b) to (f). Notice (3) The Minister may not take any measure under subsection (1) or (2) without having given the person 60 days’ notice of the Minister’s intention to take the measure. Submissions (4) The person may make submissions to the Minister in respect of the measure at any time. Rescission or modification of measure (5) The Minister may rescind or modify a measure taken under subsection (1) or (2) if new facts are presented or the Minister considers that the measure was taken without knowledge of some material fact or on the basis of a mistake concerning one. Limitation (6) The Minister may not take any measure under subsection (1) or (2) later than five years after the day on which the Minister becomes aware of the false statement or misrepresentation or the false or misleading information. 2009, c. 2, s. 366 2022, c. 19, s. 153
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Right of recovery by lender 19 A guaranteed student loan made by a lender to a borrower not of full age, and interest thereon other than interest payable under section 6, is recoverable by the lender from the borrower as though the borrower had been of full age at the time the loan was made. R.S., c. S-17, s. 15
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Waiver 19.01 On application by a qualifying student or a borrower, the Minister may, to avoid undue hardship to the student or borrower, waive (a) a requirement of the regulations with respect to the times within which the student or borrower’s confirmation of enrolment or certificate of eligibility is to be submitted; or (b) a requirement of the regulations, or a requirement prescribed by the Minister, with respect to the form or manner in which information in respect of the student or borrower is to be provided. 2008, c. 28, s. 114
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Financial assistance denied due to error 19.02 If the Minister is satisfied that a person was denied financial assistance under this Act to which the person would have been entitled as a result of an error made in the administration of this Act or the regulations, the Minister may take remedial action to place the person in the position that he or she would have been in under this Act had the error not been made. 2008, c. 28, s. 114
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Limitation period 19.1 (1) Subject to this section and section 19.2, no action or proceedings shall be taken to recover money owing under a guaranteed student loan more than six years after the day on which the money becomes due and payable. Deduction and set-off (2) Money owing under a guaranteed student loan may be recovered at any time by way of deduction from or set-off against any sum of money that may be due or payable by Her Majesty in right of Canada to the borrower or the estate or succession of the borrower. Acknowledgment of liability (3) If a borrower’s liability for money owing under a guaranteed student loan is acknowledged in accordance with subsection (4), the time during which the limitation period has run before the acknowledgment does not count in the calculation of that period. Types of acknowledgments (4) An acknowledgment of liability means (a) a written promise to pay the money owing, signed by the borrower or his or her agent or other representative; (b) a written acknowledgment of the money owing, signed by the borrower or his or her agent or other representative, whether or not a promise to pay can be implied from it and whether or not it contains a refusal to pay; (c) a part payment by the borrower or his or her agent or other representative of any money owing; or (d) any acknowledgment of the money owing made by the borrower, his or her agent or other representative or the trustee or administrator in the course of proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act or any other legislation dealing with the payment of debts. Acknowledgment after expiry of limitation period (5) If a borrower’s liability for money owing under a guaranteed student loan is acknowledged in accordance with subsection (4) after the expiry of the limitation period in respect of the loan, an action or proceedings to recover the money may, subject to subsections (3) and (6), be brought within six years after the date of the acknowledgment. Limitation period suspended (6) The running of a limitation period in respect of a guaranteed student loan is suspended during any period in which it is prohibited to commence or continue an action or other proceedings against the borrower to recover money owing under the loan. Enforcement proceedings (7) This section does not apply in respect of an action or proceedings relating to the execution, renewal or enforcement of a judgment. 2003, c. 15, s. 13
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Requirement to provide information or documents 19.3 (1) For the purpose of verifying compliance or preventing non-compliance with this Act, the Minister may, by notice served personally or by confirmed delivery service, require any person who has received a guaranteed student loan to provide to the Minister, within the time and in the manner that are stipulated in the notice, any information or document that is in their possession or to which they could reasonably be expected to have access. Copies as evidence (2) When a document is provided in accordance with subsection (1), the Minister may make, or cause to be made, one or more certified copies of it and any such copy is evidence of the nature and content of the original document and has the same probative force as the original document would have if it were proven in the ordinary way. 2009, c. 2, s. 367
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Authority to enter into arrangements 20 The Minister may (a) enter into arrangements with any department, board or agency of the Government of Canada or any other public or private organization or agency to assist the Minister in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act; and (b) with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into arrangements with the government of any province to facilitate the administration or enforcement of this Act. R.S., c. S-17, s. 16
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Payment out of C.R.F. 21 Any amount payable by the Minister under this Act may be paid by the Minister out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. R.S., c. S-17, s. 17
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Report to Parliament 22 The Minister shall each year prepare a report with respect to the administration of this Act during the loan year that ended in the immediately preceding year, and shall cause the report to be laid before Parliament on any of the first fifteen days that either House of Parliament is sitting after the report is completed. R.S., c. S-17, s. 18; 1980-81-82-83, c. 49, s. 10
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Interest-free period — loan made on or after August 1, 1993 22.1 (1) If a borrower ceased to be a full-time student at any time during the six months before the day on which section 323 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 comes into force, no interest is payable by them on a guaranteed student loan referred to in subsection 4(2), as it read on November 1, 2019, for the period that begins on that day and ends on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceased to be a full-time student. Interest-free period — loan consolidated after August 1, 1993 (2) If a borrower referred to in subsection 4(4), as it read on November 1, 2019, ceased to be a full-time student at any time during the six months before the day on which section 323 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 comes into force, no interest is payable by them on a guaranteed student loan referred to in that subsection for the period that begins on that day and ends on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceased to be a full-time student. 2019, c. 29, s. 324 2022, c. 19, s. 154
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Repeal 23 This Act is repealed on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. 1994, c. 28, s. 27
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Retroactive effect of regulations 16 For the purpose of implementing the amendments to the Canada Student Loans Act enacted by this Act, a regulation made pursuant to that Act, as so amended, shall, if it so provides, be retroactive and be deemed to have come into force on a day prior to the day on which the regulation was made, which prior day may not be before the day on which this Act is assented to.
Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act — S-24 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act . R.S., c. 43(1st Supp.), s. 1
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he pension payable under that enactment, as increased by the Public Service Pension Adjustment Act , chapter P-33 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970. Meaning of expression pension based on not less than specified number of years of pensionable service (3) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition recipient in subsection (1), the expression pension based on not less than a specified number of years of pensionable service means (a) a pension under the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act , chapter D-3 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act , chapter R-10 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, based on not less than that number of years of service , as defined in the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act , as the case may be; or (b) a pension under the Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act , based on not less than that number of years of service as a Public Official , as defined in that Act. (c) to (e) [Repealed, 1992, c. 46, s. 98] R.S., 1985, c. S-24, s. 2; 1992, c. 46, s. 98; 2000, c. 12, s. 295; 2001, c. 7, s. 26
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Benefit Index has the meaning assigned by subsection 4(2); ( indice de prestation )
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disabled means incapable of pursuing regularly any substantially gainful occupation; ( invalide )
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Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act; ( ministre )
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pension means any pension, annual allowance or annuity payable pursuant to an enactment listed or described in Schedule I; ( pension )
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Pension Index , with respect to any year, means the average for that year of the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act , for each month in the twelve month period ending on September 30 in the immediately preceding year; ( indice de pension )
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prescribed means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; ( Version anglaise seulement )
Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act — S-24 (a)
recipient means a person who (a) has reached sixty years of age and is in receipt of a pension, (b) not having reached sixty years of age (i) is in receipt of a pension and is disabled, (ii) is in receipt of a pension as a person described in (A) paragraph 38(1)(b) of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act , chapter M-10 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, (B) paragraph 42(1)(c) or section 43.1 of the Judges Act , (C) paragraph 5(1)(c) of the Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act , or (D) subsection 3(1) of the Lieutenant Governors Superannuation Act , or (iii) is in receipt of a pension pursuant to the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act , chapter D-3 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act , chapter R-10 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as a result of having been compulsorily retired from the regular force or the Force by reason of any mental or physical condition rendering the person unfit to perform duties as a member of the regular force or the Force, as the case may be, (iv) [Repealed, 1992, c. 46, s. 98] (c) is in receipt of a pension based on not less than (i) twenty-six years of pensionable service, in the case of a person who has reached fifty-nine years of age but has not reached sixty years of age, (ii) twenty-seven years of pensionable service, in the case of a person who has reached fifty-eight years of age but has not reached fifty-nine years of age, (iii) twenty-eight years of pensionable service, in the case of a person who has reached fifty-seven years of age but has not reached fifty-eight years of age, (iv) twenty-nine years of pensionable service, in the case of a person who has reached fifty-six years of age but has not reached fifty-seven years of age, or (v) thirty years of pensionable service, in the case of a person who has reached fifty-five years of age but has not reached fifty-six years of age, or (d) is in receipt of a pension by virtue of being a survivor or child; ( prestataire )
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Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account means the Account established pursuant to subsection 8(1); ( compte de prestations de retraite supplémentaires )
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survivor means a survivor or a surviving spouse within the meaning of the relevant enactment that is listed or described in Schedule I. ( survivant )
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Benefit payable 3 Subject to this Act, a supplementary retirement benefit shall be paid to every recipient. R.S., c. 43(1st Supp.), s. 3; 1974-75-76, c. 81, s. 106(F)
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 month in any year shall not be less than the aggregate of the amount of the supplementary retirement benefit and pension that was or may be paid to that recipient for any month in the year next before that year. Recipients for whom retirement year is 1976 or later (8) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (3), (4) and (7), but subject to section 5, the amount of the supplementary retirement benefit that may be paid for a month in any year to a recipient in respect of whom the retirement year determined pursuant to subsection (5) is 1976 or a later year shall be not less than the difference obtained by subtracting the amount of the pension that may be paid to him for that month in that year from the aggregate of the supplementary retirement benefit and maximum pension that would have been payable to that recipient for that month in that year, other than pursuant to this subsection, if the retirement month of the retirement year of the recipient had been that month in that year, being a year after 1974, as is determined by (a) the Governor in Council, in the case of a person to or in respect of whom the pension is payable on ceasing to hold an office to which he was appointed by the Governor in Council; and (b) the Treasury Board, in the case of a person other than a person described in paragraph (a). R.S., 1985, c. S-24, s. 4; 1992, c. 46, s. 99; 2000, c. 12, s. 296
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Manner of payment of benefit 5 The supplementary retirement benefit payable to a recipient 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 the pension payable to that recipient. R.S., c. 43(1st Supp.), s. 5; 1974-75-76, c. 81, s. 106(F)
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Return of contributions and minimum benefit 6 (1) Where a person who has contributed to the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account pursuant to any enactment listed or described in Schedule I, in this section referred to as the “contributor”, (a) ceases to contribute to that Account and no pension is or will become payable to or in respect of that person, that person shall be paid an amount equal to the aggregate of all amounts contributed by that person to that Account, together with interest, if any, calculated pursuant to subsection (2); or (b) dies and there is no person to whom a supplementary retirement benefit may be paid in respect of the contributor, or the persons to whom such a benefit may be paid die or cease to be entitled to a pension and no other amount may be paid to them under this Act, any amount by which the aggregate of (i) all amounts contributed by the contributor to that Account, together with interest, if any, calculated pursuant to subsection (2), and (ii) all amounts that may be paid to or in respect of him as a return of contributions, withdrawal allowance or death benefit pursuant to any enactment listed or described in Schedule I, exceeds the aggregate of all amounts paid to those persons and to the contributor under this Act and any enactment listed or described in Schedule I shall be paid, as a death benefit, to the contributor’s estate or, if less than one thousand dollars, as the Minister may direct. Interest (2) Where, at any time after December 31, 1974, a contributor ceases to contribute in respect of current service to the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account, the Minister shall (a) determine the aggregate of all amounts that have been contributed by the contributor to that Account (i) prior to 1974, and (ii) during each year, in this subsection called a “contribution year”, subsequent to 1973 in which contributions were made by or on behalf of the contributor to that Account, and that have not previously been paid to him as a return of contributions or otherwise; and (b) calculate interest at the rate of four per cent compounded annually (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 he ceased to contribute in respect of current service to that Account, 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 he ceased to contribute in respect of current service to that Account. (3) [Repealed, 1992, c. 46, s. 100] R.S., 1985, c. S-24, s. 6; 1992, c. 46, s. 100
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Recovery of overpayments 7 Where any amount has been paid in error under this Act on account of any supplementary retirement benefit, the Minister may retain by way of deduction in prescribed manner from any subsequent payments of that supplementary retirement benefit or of the pension by reference to which that benefit is calculated an amount equal to the amount paid in error, without prejudice to any other recourse available to Her Majesty with respect to the recovery thereof. R.S., c. 43(1st Supp.), s. 7