53. An association of employers, an association of retirees, an employers group, a central union, a federation, a union or an association of employees who are not salaried employees within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27) and whose participation in the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan is requested must, to be designated by order in Schedule I to the Act, be of a permanent nature and be solvent.
In the case of a central union, a federation, a union or an association of employees, 50% or more of its members must hold a position with an employer covered by the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, or the Civil Service Superannuation Plan.
In the case of an association of employers or an employers group, 50% or more of the employers represented by it must be covered by one of the retirement plans.
In the case of an association of retirees, 50% or more of its members must be pensioners under the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan or the Teachers Pension Plan.
O.C. 1845-88, s. 53; O.C. 927-92, s. 1; O.C. 706-94, s. 5.