2. Where Retraite Québec makes the payment of sums awarded to the spouse as a result of the partition or assignment of benefits accrued under the plan, interest compounded annually and accrued from the date of assessment to the date of payment must be added to the sums awarded to the spouse at the rate in Schedule VIII to the Act, in effect at the date of assessment. Where that date is prior to 1 July 2002, the applicable interest rate is 5.34%.