Benefits after ceasing to hold office
 8. (1) In this section, “dependent child” means, in respect of an eligible person, (a) an unmarried child who has not attained the age of 21 years, (b) an unmarried child who has not attained the age of 26 years and who is in full-time attendance at an educational institution or on vacation from it, or (c) a child who is 21 or more years of age and is mentally or physically infirm and dependent on the eligible person; (“enfant à charge”) “eligible person” means any of the following persons: 1. A person who is receiving a pension and whose last contribution to a fund from which the pension is paid, or the last contribution made on his or her behalf to a fund from which the pension is paid, was made while the person was holding the office of associate judge or case management master, as the case may be, if, i. the person, A. has at least 10 years of credit in the pension plan, or B. contributed or had contributions made on his or her behalf to a fund from which the pension is paid in respect of continuous service of at least 10 years, and has credit in the pension plan for some part of each of those 10 years; and ii. in the case of a person who was appointed as an associate judge or a case management master, as the case may be, on or after January 1, 2017, the person begins receiving an immediate unreduced pension upon retiring as an associate judge. 2. A person who dies while holding the office of associate judge or case management master, as the case may be, if, as of the date of the person’s death, he or she met the requirements of subparagraph 1 i and was eligible to retire to an immediate unreduced pension; (“personne admissible”) “OPSEU collective agreement” means the collective agreement between the Crown and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union covering the period of January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017, dated May 24, 2016 and available from the Treasury Board Secretariat; (“convention collective du SEFPO”) “pension” means a pension paid from one or both of, (a) the Public Service Pension Fund or a pension fund established by statute to continue that Fund, and (b) any pension fund established within the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of providing supplementary pension benefits to case management masters; (“pension”) “pension plan” means a plan governing a fund referred to in the definition of “pension”; (“régime de retraite”) “spouse” means, (a) a spouse as defined in section 1 of the Family Law Act, or (b) either of two persons who live together in a conjugal relationship outside marriage. (“conjoint”) “unreduced pension” means a pension calculated without reference to the early retirement reduction provisions set out in the Public Service Pension Plan; (“pension non réduite”) O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (1); O. Reg. 39/18, s. 4 (1); O. Reg. 597/21, s. 4 (1). (1.1) A person who retired as a case management master on or after January 1, 2017 and before February 23, 2018 and who, on retirement, met the requirements of subparagraph 1 i of the definition of “eligible person” in subsection (1) is an eligible person for the purposes of this section. O. Reg. 39/18, s. 4 (2). (2) For the purposes of the definition of “pension” in subsection (1), the pension must be paid in regular monthly instalments, except in the case of an election referred to in subsection 9 (1). O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (2). (3) Life insurance of $2,000 on the life of each eligible person shall be provided to the eligible person during his or her lifetime, unless, on or after retiring, the eligible person provides to the Ontario Public Service Pension Board an irrevocable waiver of the entitlement in writing. O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (3). (4) The supplementary health and hospital insurance benefits and dental insurance benefits described in subsection (6) shall be provided, subject to the terms and conditions specified in that subsection, to, (a) the eligible person; (b) the spouse of the eligible person, if the spouse would have been entitled to receive a benefit had the eligible person continued holding the office of associate judge or case management master, as the case may be; and (c) a dependent child of the eligible person, if the dependent child would have been entitled to receive a benefit had the eligible person continued holding the office of associate judge or case management master, as the case may be. O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (4); O. Reg. 597/21, s. 4 (2). (5) If the eligible person is deceased, the supplementary health and hospital insurance benefits and dental insurance benefits described in subsection (6) shall be provided, subject to the terms and conditions specified in that subsection, to, (a) the surviving spouse of the eligible person and any dependent children, if the surviving spouse is entitled to receive a pension as a result of the eligible person’s death; and (b) if there is no surviving spouse, a dependent child of the eligible person, if the dependent child is entitled to receive a pension as a result of the eligible person’s death. O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (5). (6) The supplementary health and hospital insurance benefits and dental insurance benefits that shall be provided are the benefits to which persons appointed as public servants under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, other than for a fixed term, are entitled under the following provisions of Part B of the OPSEU collective agreement, subject to the terms and conditions that apply under those provisions including the administrative processes for enrolment, as modified by subsection (7): 1. Articles 39.1 to 39.3. 2. Articles 40.1.1 to 40.3. O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (6). (7) For the purposes of subsection (6), the provisions of the OPSEU collective agreement referred to in that subsection apply with the following modifications and any other necessary modifications: 1. A reference to an employee shall be read as a reference to an eligible person. 2. A reference to an eligible participant or to an eligible dependent shall be read as a reference to a person who is entitled to receive benefits under clause (4) (b) or (c) or subsection (5). 3. A reference to the Employer shall be read as a reference to the Crown. 4. The reference in article 39.2.16 to the information booklet described in article 39.6 shall be read as a reference to the information booklet respecting benefits under this section that is referred to in subsection 3 (2). O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (7). (8) In the case of an eligible person who ceases to hold office as associate judge or case management master, as the case may be, as a result of retirement or death on or after January 1, 2017, the Crown shall, despite anything to the contrary in this section or in the OPSEU collective agreement, pay half of the monthly premium for the benefits provided under this section, and the balance shall be paid by the eligible person or, if the eligible person is deceased, by the person or persons entitled to receive a pension as a result of the eligible person’s death. O. Reg. 485/16, s. 8 (8); O. Reg. 597/21, s. 4 (3).