25 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1.  defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not already expressly defined, i.  in this Act, or ii.  in the federal Act by a definition that applies for the purposes of this Act; 2.  prescribing modifications to words or expressions in a provision of the federal Act for the purposes of their application in the context of this Act and the regulations; 3.  prescribing, for the purposes of the definition of “designated jurisdiction” in section 2, any jurisdiction in Canada, including Canada itself, as a jurisdiction in which there is in force legislation substantially similar to this Act; 4.  respecting employment that is not provincial employment for the purposes of the definition of “provincial employment” in section 2; 5.  exempting from the application of provisions of this Act members of pooled registered pension plans in respect of whom this Act would otherwise apply under section 3; 6.  exempting employers from the application of provisions of this Act; 7.  prescribing additional provisions of the federal Act that do not apply for the purposes of this Act; 8.  Repealed: 2018, c. 8, Sched. 26, s. 6. 9.  respecting the implementation of a bilateral agreement or a multilateral agreement; 10.  exempting a multilateral agreement or any provision of such an agreement from the application of subsection 7 (1) (Force of law) of the federal Act, as it applies for the purposes of this Act; 11.  respecting any measure necessary for the purposes of sections 17 to 20, including, i.  respecting methods of calculating the value of a pooled registered pension plan account and methods for adjusting the value of an account, and ii.  respecting the fees that may be imposed by an administrator under subsection 17 (4); 12.  respecting the terms and conditions for issuing a licence, including providing as a condition of a licence that all of the pooled registered pension plans administered by the administrator must also be registered under the federal Act; 12.1  respecting the number and scope of pooled registered pension plans that may be offered by an administrator; 12.2  respecting the requirements for registration of a pooled registered pension plan for the purposes of section 12 of the federal Act, as it applies for the purposes of this Act, including providing as a requirement for registration that a pooled registered pension plan must not be registered by the Chief Executive Officer unless it could also be registered under the federal Act; 13.  respecting the management and investment of funds in members’ accounts, including the way in which the funds are to be held; 14.  respecting the process by which investment options are offered by an administrator and choices among those options are made; 15.  respecting investment options offered by an administrator; 16.  specifying the circumstances in which an administrator may change an investment choice made by a member; 17.  specifying the circumstances in which inducements may be given or offered by an administrator or demanded or accepted by an employer, and the types of inducements that may be given, offered, demanded or accepted; 18.  establishing criteria for determining whether a pooled registered pension plan is low-cost for the purposes of section 26 (Low-cost plan) of the federal Act, as it applies for the purposes of this Act; 19.  respecting the manner and frequency of remittances from the employer to the administrator; 20.  specifying the form and content of a notice to be provided under this Act as well as the manner in which and the period within which it is to be provided; 21.  governing the form or format of information to be provided under this Act, including requiring that information must be provided in a form approved by the Chief Executive Officer; 22.  respecting the setting of a contribution rate of 0% under subsection 45 (2) (Exception) of the federal Act, as it applies for the purposes of this Act; 23.  respecting variable payments; 24.  respecting the circumstances in which a member or administrator is permitted to withdraw the funds in a member’s account; 25.  respecting the transfer of funds from the account of a member by the administrator; 26.  prescribing conditions a retirement savings plan or life annuity must meet for the purposes of receiving transfers of funds under subsection 19 (2) or under subsections 50 (1) (Transfer or purchase of annuity), 50 (3) (Transfer in case of death) and 54 (2) (Transfer of funds) of the federal Act, as they apply for the purposes of this Act; 27.  prescribing conditions a pension plan must meet for the purposes of receiving transfers of funds under subsection 19 (2) or under subsections 50 (1) (Transfer or purchase of annuity), 50 (3) (Transfer in case of death) and 54 (2) (Transfer of funds) of the federal Act, as they apply for the purposes of this Act; 28.  respecting the distribution of the funds in members’ accounts with a pooled registered pension plan that is being wound up; 29.  prescribing any measure necessary for the purposes of sections 64 (Electronic communications) and 65 (Signatures) of the federal Act, as they apply for the purposes of this Act, including the time when and circumstances under which an electronic document is to be considered to have been provided or received and the place where it is considered to have been provided or received; 30.  prescribing exemptions from the application of subsections 64 (1) (Electronic communications) and (3) (Revocation of consent) of the federal Act, as they apply for the purposes of this Act; 31.  prescribing anything that, under this Act, may or must be prescribed or done by regulation; 32.  generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. 2016, c. 5, Sched. 23, s. 4; 2018, c. 8, Sched. 26, s. 6, 9. Incorporation by reference in regulations (2) A regulation may adopt by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary, any code, formula, standard or procedure, and may require compliance with a code, formula, standard or procedure so adopted. Amendments to adopted documents (3) The power to adopt by reference and require compliance with a code, formula, standard or procedure in subsection (2) includes the power to adopt a code, formula, standard or procedure as it may be amended from time to time after the regulation is made. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2016, c. 5, Sched. 23, s. 4 (1, 2) - 08/11/2016 2018, c. 8, Sched. 26, s. 6 - 08/05/2018; 2018, c. 8, Sched. 26, s. 9 - 08/06/2019