Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act — P-15.3 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. administrator means the holder of a licence issued under section 11 or an entity designated by the Superintendent under subsection 21 (1). ( administrateur ) 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 ) designated province means a province designated in the regulations. ( 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 means an individual who holds a position that entitles that individual to a fixed or ascertainable stipend or remuneration and includes an individual who holds the position of an officer or director of a corporation or other organization or of an agent or mandatary acting for a principal or mandator. ( salarié ) employer , in relation to an employee, means the person or organization that employs the employee and includes their assigns or successors. ( employeur ) employment means the performance by an employee of work for an employer under an express or implied contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes the tenure of an office. ( emploi ) included employment means employment — other than employment by Her Majesty in right of Canada or any employment that is excluded by the regulations — on or in connection with the operation of any work, undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada.  ( emploi visé ) member means a person who holds an account with a pooled registered pension plan. ( participant ) Minister means the Minister of Finance. ( ministre ) multilateral agreement means an agreement entered into under subsection 6 (1). ( accord multilatéral ) pooled registered pension plan means a plan registered under section 12 . ( régime de pension agréé collectif ) prescribed means prescribed by regulation. ( Version anglaise seulement ) spouse , in relation to an individual, includes a person who is party to a void marriage or, in Quebec, null marriage with the individual. ( époux ) Superintendent means the Superintendent of Financial Institutions appointed under section 5 of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act . ( surintendant ) survivor , in relation to a deceased member, means (a) if there is no person described in paragraph (b), the member’s spouse at the time of the member’s death; or (b) the common-law partner of the member immediately before the member’s death. ( survivant ) winding-up , in relation to a pooled registered pension plan, means the distribution of the assets of a plan that has been terminated. ( liquidation ) Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Canada Pension Plan . ( maximum des gains annuels ouvrant droit à pension ) Meaning of spouse or common-law partner (2) Except in section 53 , a reference to a spouse or common-law partner in respect of a member means the common-law partner of the member in the case where the member has both a spouse from whom they are separated and a common-law partner with whom they are cohabiting.