R-10 - Act respecting the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan

Section 134 Disposition versions

2024-10-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after Retraite Québec has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(0.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 3.0.1, absences that constitute an absence without pay and for which, if applicable, the absent person is considered an employee;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4, 115.10.6 and 115.10.7.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s or person’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4, 115.10.6 and 115.10.7.1;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at Retraite Québec and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 115.10.7.3, the conditions and terms of payment by the employer of the amount concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of sections 122.1 and 122.1.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.3.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1.1, the conditions and terms according to which the spouses may agree to partition the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee under this plan;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, the rules and procedure for computing the actuarial values and the applicable cases, conditions and procedure for the transfers of funds;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which Retraite Québec may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which Retraite Québec remits any sum, other than the sums referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph of section 147, owed to Retraite Québec;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for Retraite Québec to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4; 2015, c. 27, s. 17; 2015, c. 20, s. 61; 2018, c. 4, s. 29; 2023, c. 6, s. 8; I.N. 2024-10-01.

2024-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after Retraite Québec has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(0.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 3.0.1, absences that constitute an absence without pay and for which, if applicable, the absent person is considered an employee;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4, 115.10.6 and 115.10.7.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s or person’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at Retraite Québec and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 115.10.7.3, the conditions and terms of payment by the employer of the amount concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of sections 122.1 and 122.1.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.3.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1.1, the conditions and terms according to which the spouses may agree to partition the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee under this plan;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, the rules and procedure for computing the actuarial values and the applicable cases, conditions and procedure for the transfers of funds;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which Retraite Québec may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which Retraite Québec remits any sum, other than the sums referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph of section 147, owed to Retraite Québec;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for Retraite Québec to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4; 2015, c. 27, s. 17; 2015, c. 20, s. 61; 2018, c. 4, s. 29; 2023, c. 6, s. 8.

2023-04-06

134. The Government may, by regulation, after Retraite Québec has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(0.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 3.0.1, absences that constitute an absence without pay and for which, if applicable, the absent person is considered an employee;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4, 115.10.6 and 115.10.7.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s or person’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at Retraite Québec and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 115.10.7.3, the conditions and terms of payment by the employer of the amount concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of sections 122.1 and 122.1.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.3.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1.1, the conditions and terms according to which the spouses may agree to partition the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee under this plan;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, the rules and procedure for computing the actuarial values and the applicable cases, conditions and procedure for the transfers of funds;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which Retraite Québec may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which Retraite Québec remits any sum, other than the sums referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph of section 147, owed to Retraite Québec;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for Retraite Québec to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4; 2015, c. 27, s. 17; 2015, c. 20, s. 61; 2018, c. 4, s. 29; 2023, c. 6, s. 8.

2019-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after Retraite Québec has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(0.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 3.0.1, absences that constitute an absence without pay and for which, if applicable, the absent person is considered an employee;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4, 115.10.6 and 115.10.7.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s or person’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at Retraite Québec and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 115.10.7.3, the conditions and terms of payment by the employer of the amount concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of sections 122.1 and 122.1.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.3.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1.1, the conditions and terms according to which the spouses may agree to partition the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee under this plan;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, the rules and procedure for computing the actuarial values and the applicable cases, conditions and procedure for the transfers of funds;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which Retraite Québec may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which Retraite Québec remits any sum, other than the sums referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph of section 147, owed to Retraite Québec;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for Retraite Québec to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4; 2015, c. 27, s. 17; 2015, c. 20, s. 61; 2018, c. 4, s. 29.

2018-03-21

134. The Government may, by regulation, after Retraite Québec has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(0.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 3.0.1, absences that constitute an absence without pay and for which, if applicable, the absent person is considered an employee;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4, 115.10.6 and 115.10.7.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s or person’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at Retraite Québec and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.1.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 115.10.7.3, the conditions and terms of payment by the employer of the amount concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, the rules and procedure for computing the actuarial values and the applicable cases, conditions and procedure for the transfers of funds;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which Retraite Québec may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which Retraite Québec remits any sum, other than the sums referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph of section 147, owed to Retraite Québec;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for Retraite Québec to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4; 2015, c. 27, s. 17; 2015, c. 20, s. 61; 2018, c. 4, s. 29.

2016-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after Retraite Québec has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4 and 115.10.6, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at Retraite Québec and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, the rules and procedure for computing the actuarial values and the applicable cases, conditions and procedure for the transfers of funds;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which Retraite Québec may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which Retraite Québec remits any sum, other than the sums referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph of section 147, owed to Retraite Québec;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for Retraite Québec to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4; 2015, c. 27, s. 17; 2015, c. 20, s. 61.

2015-11-20

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1, 115.10.4 and 115.10.6, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, the rules and procedure for computing the actuarial values and the applicable cases, conditions and procedure for the transfers of funds;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which the Commission remits any sum, other than the sums referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the second paragraph of section 147, owed to the Commission;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4; 2015, c. 27, s. 17.

2014-11-19

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of the third paragraph of section 147, the cases in and conditions subject to which the Commission remits any amount of pension or pension credit, or any excess reimbursement of contributions or actuarial value, owed to the Commission where the amount was paid before the expiry of the time limit specified in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the second paragraph of that section;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54; 2014, c. 11, s. 4.

2013-11-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217, determine for a given period the rules and procedures for determining the rates of interest in Schedule VI according to the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rules and procedures for determining the rate of interest in Schedule VII according to an external index also designated by the regulation;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12; 2013, c. 9, s. 54.

2012-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 128.0.1, the manner of establishing the amount of the compensation the Government must pay;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, for the purposes of section 177, the rate of contribution applicable to the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan each year, according to the rules, terms and conditions prescribed by the regulation, and prescribe the factor used each year for the contribution formula;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15; 2011, c. 24, s. 12.

2011-07-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4, the tariff applicable to the payment of the redemption cost, which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15.

2011-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1 and 115.10.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe, in addition to a minimum cost for the purposes of section 25, the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in sections 25, 115.1, 115.10.1 and 115.10.4;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33; 2010, c. 29, s. 15.

2010-09-22

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6 or 6.1;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25, 115.1 and 115.10.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2010, c. 11, s. 33.

2010-06-07

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.0.1)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 147.0.1, the manner of determining the latest date on which errors or corrections may be identified or received in order for the Commission to adjust the amount of a pension downwards;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the other conditions for computing the interest on contributions within the meaning of section 50;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21; 2007, c. 43, s. 82.

2010-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(0.1)  identify, for the purposes of section 3, the classes of employees who hold pensionable employment under the plan for which the basis of remuneration is 200 days;

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of sections 36.1.4 and 36.1.17, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(6.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.7, the daily factor, which may vary with the class of employees and the terms of payment of the salary that apply;

(6.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.8, the method of establishing the annual basic salary of certain employees whose conditions of employment offer a mode of remuneration that is not established with reference to such a salary;

(6.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1.18, the method of establishing the contributory period of an employee who simultaneously holds more than one pensionable employment under the plan in a year;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, annualized pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82; 2008, c. 25, s. 21.

2008-05-07

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.0.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 59.0.1, the information the waiver or revocation notice must contain;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82.

2007-12-21

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 163 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126; 2007, c. 43, s. 82.

2007-06-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the pension committee referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the pension committee at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27; 2006, c. 49, s. 126.

2006-12-14

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.3.1)  establish, for the purpose of section 89, the rules and procedures that apply to the increase of pension credits for the categories of pension credits and persons it determines;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137; 2006, c. 55, s. 27.

2005-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  (subparagraph repealed);

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.0.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods for the purposes of section 53;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category;

(11.4)  establish, for the purposes of section 95, the pension credit tariff, which may vary with the employee’s age on the date on which the application is received at the Commission and with the year of service covered by the pension credit;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(13.2)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in sections 109.2 and 109.8, which may vary with the pension plans and benefits concerned;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, the rules and procedures for computing the pension, and the conditions governing the application of those limits, rules and procedures;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(22.4)  for the purposes of section 217 and for each period indicated, determine the rates of interest in Schedule VI, according to the rules and procedures established and the rates of return on certain categories of amounts referred to in section 127 and designated by the regulation, and the rate of interest in Schedule VII, according to a designated external index and the rules and procedures established;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55; 2004, c. 39, s. 137.

2002-06-14

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.0.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 17.2, the circumstances in which another salary may be established and the terms and conditions relating to the application of such salary;

(4.1)  (paragraph repealed);

(4.2)  establish, for the purposes of sections 25 and 115.1, the tariff applicable to the payment of redemption cost which may vary according to the employee’s age, the reason for the absence, the year of service covered by the redemption and the date of receipt of the application, and prescribe the terms and conditions governing the application of the tariff and the rules for determining the pensionable salary for the purposes provided for in those sections;

(4.3)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 26, the rules and the terms and conditions of the establishment of the rate of interest provided for in Schedule VII applicable to the cost of redemption paid by instalments;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories and subcategories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories or subcategories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category or subcategory;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made and determine the method for computing those benefits;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 158.7, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322; 2002, c. 30, s. 55.

2001-06-21

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (subparagraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 24, 24.0.2 and 221, the conditions and terms governing the redemption of a leave without pay;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (subparagraph repealed);

(8)  (subparagraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories and subcategories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories or subcategories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category or subcategory;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 133.6, and section 215.0.0.15 as it read on 31 December 2000, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 158.7, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (subparagraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28; 2001, c. 31, s. 322.

2000-06-16

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 24 and 221, the conditions and terms governing the redemption of a leave without pay;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (paragraph repealed);

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(9.1)  establish, for the purposes of section 73.4, the limits applicable to a pension amount added under sections 73.1 and 73.2 and the manner in which an amount that exceeds the limits is to be adjusted;

(9.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 74.2, a pension reduction factor and the criteria for the application of that factor and designate categories and subcategories of employees to whom the factor and the criteria are not applicable;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories or subcategories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category or subcategory;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase of pension credits, fix the limits and the rules applicable to the increase, prescribe, for the purposes of those sections, special provisions that may vary from those provided for in sections 91, 92 and 107, in order to take into account, for those purposes, the nature of the pension credits and the pension plan under which they have been obtained;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(15.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 133.6 and 215.0.0.15, the rules and the manner in which the actuarial values are to be computed and adjusted and determine the cases, conditions and procedure of the transfers of funds relating to those adjustments;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 158.7, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9; 2000, c. 32, s. 28.

1999-12-16

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 24 and 221, the conditions and terms governing the redemption of a leave without pay;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (paragraph repealed);

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories or subcategories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category or subcategory;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(13.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 107.1 and 158.0.1, the increase in pension credits according to their nature and the pension plan under which they have been credited and the date from which the increase is granted;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 158.7, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46; 1999, c. 73, s. 9.

1997-06-19

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 24 and 221, the conditions and terms governing the redemption of a leave without pay;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (paragraph repealed);

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(11.3)  determine, for the purposes of the second paragraph of section 86, categories or subcategories of employees and rules, terms and conditions to have years or parts of years of past service as a paid trainee credited; determine, for the purposes of that paragraph, the years or parts of years of past service which may be credited and their number, which may vary according to the category or subcategory;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 158.7, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17; 1997, c. 50, s. 46.

1997-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite referred to in section 164 in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 24 and 221, the conditions and terms governing the redemption of a leave without pay;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (paragraph repealed);

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 158.7, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

For the purposes of the consultation provided for in the first paragraph, draft regulations must be submitted to the Comité de retraite at least 30 days before they are adopted, together with a report describing their effects.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36; 1996, c. 53, s. 17.

1996-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(4.1)  determine, for the purposes of sections 24 and 221, the conditions and terms governing the redemption of a leave without pay;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (paragraph repealed);

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 147.1, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13; 1995, c. 70, s. 36.

1995-06-22

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (paragraph repealed);

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person and, for the purposes of section 147, the criteria and conditions subject to which the Commission may remit any amount owed to it;

(16.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 147.0.3, the rates of interest applicable to each period and the method of computation of such interest, both of which may vary according to the pension plan concerned;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 147.1, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I or II.1.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45; 1995, c. 46, s. 13.

1992-12-22

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  (paragraph repealed);

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 147.1, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(22.2)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.2, the limit applicable to the pensionable salary and the limit applicable to the service credited, and the rules and procedures for computing the pension;

(22.3)  establish, for the purposes of section 216.3, the periods of absence that may be credited for each type of absence and in total;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35; 1992, c. 67, s. 45.

1992-06-23

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic salary defined in section 17 which must not be exceeded;

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution applicable to this plan;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 147.1, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19; 1992, c. 39, s. 35.

1991-06-06

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9, 10 and 10.0.1 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic salary defined in section 17 which must not be exceeded;

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 147.1, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68; 1991, c. 14, s. 19.

1991-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic salary defined in section 17 which must not be exceeded;

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods, which may vary according to the nature of the benefits, used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits contemplated in sections 43.2, 46.1, 54 and 79;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 147.1, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(23)  (paragraph repealed);

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29; 1990, c. 87, s. 68.

1990-09-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic salary defined in section 17 which must not be exceeded;

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the curcumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(14.2)  determine the terms and conditions of the applications required under Chapter VII.1 of Title I;

(14.3)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.1, the information which must be contained in the statement setting out the value of the benefits accrued by the employee or former employee;

(14.4)  fix, for the purposes of section 122.2, the rules which apply to the establishment of the benefits accrued under this plan, which may differ from the rules otherwise applicable under this Act; determine, for the purposes of the said section, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods which apply to the assessment of accrued benefits and which may vary according to the nature of the benefits;

(14.5)  determine, for the purposes of section 122.3, the rules and the terms and conditions of payment of the sums awarded to the spouse and, where applicable, the interest payable thereon;

(14.6)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 122.5, the actuarial rules, assumptions and methods for reducing any sum payable under this plan, which may vary according to the nature of the benefit from which such sum is derived;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(22.1)  make, for the purposes of section 147.1, provisions for the recovery of certain administrative expenses and certain other expenses incurred by the Commission;

(23)  determine, for the purposes of section 218, the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods to which those percentages apply;

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20; 1990, c. 5, s. 29.

1990-06-22

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic salary defined in section 17 which must not be exceeded;

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

In force: 1990-07-01

(11.1)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.1, the circumstances due to which an agreement is suspended;

In force: 1990-07-01

(11.2)  determine, for the purposes of section 85.5.4, the circumstances due to which an agreement becomes null or terminates and, for each circumstance, determine the pensionable salary, the service credited and the contributions; prescribe the terms and conditions on which an employee may be credited with service not recognized by reason of any such circumstance;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine the terms and conditions on which the Commission may effect compensation under sections 147 and 190 out of sums it owes to a person;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(23)  determine, for the purposes of section 218, the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods to which those percentages apply;

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46; 1990, c. 32, s. 20.

1990-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine the bonuses, allowances, compensations or any other additional remuneration that are included in the basic salary defined in section 14;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic salary defined in section 17 which must not be exceeded;

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine to what extent a compensation under sections 147 and 190 in respect of benefits may be effected out of sums owed to a person by the Commission;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(23)  determine, for the purposes of section 218, the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods to which those percentages apply;

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46.

1988-12-23

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine, in accordance with section 15, any amount that is excluded from the pensionable salary;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic yearly pensionable salary which must not be exceeded;

In force: 1989-01-01

(8)  (paragraph repealed);

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine to what extent a compensation under sections 147 and 190 in respect of benefits may be effected out of sums owed to a person by the Commission;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(17.1)  determine the minimum amount of interest that is payable pursuant to section 151;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(23)  determine, for the purposes of section 218, the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods to which those percentages apply;

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197; 1988, c. 82, s. 46.

1988-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the classes and conditions of employment and the remuneration or mode of remuneration by reason of which a person is excluded from the plan;

(2)  (paragraph repealed);

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine, in accordance with section 15, any amount that is excluded from the pensionable salary;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic yearly pensionable salary which must not be exceeded;

(8)  determine, for the purposes of section 47, the dates and conditions on which an employee is entitled to a reimbursement of his contributions;

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(14.1)  determine the actuarial assumptions and methods used to establish the actuarial values of the benefits referred to in section 115.7, which may vary according to the pension plans concerned;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine to what extent a compensation under sections 147 and 190 in respect of benefits may be effected out of sums owed to a person by the Commission;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(23)  determine, for the purposes of section 218, the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods to which those percentages apply;

(24)  determine, for the purposes of section 219, the manner of computing the interest on contributions;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58; 1987, c. 107, s. 197.

1987-06-23

134. The Government may, by regulation, after the Commission has consulted the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, the plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or in the case of the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

In force: 1988-01-01

(1)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 3 of section 4, the basis of employment or remuneration of the person;

(2)  determine, for the purposes of paragraph 8 of section 4, the category of employees to which the plan does not apply;

(3)  establish the rules governing a poll held under section 6;

(4)  determine, in accordance with section 15, any amount that is excluded from the pensionable salary;

(5)  determine the conditions to be met in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, for the purposes of section 36, the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of section 36.1, the percentage of the basic yearly pensionable salary which must not be exceeded;

(8)  determine, for the purposes of section 47, the time when the employee is entitled to the reimbursement of his contributions and prescribe the conditions thereof;

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(10)  determine when and how funds are transferred to this plan;

(11)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(12)  establish the conditions of application of sections 101 to 108;

(13)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing the pension credit in the cases contemplated in sections 105 and 106;

In force: 1988-01-01

(14)  define, for the purposes of section 115.1, the expression “casual employment”;

(15)  determine, under section 124, the date of the increase in the rate of contribution;

(16)  determine to what extent a compensation under sections 147 and 190 in respect of benefits may be effected out of sums owed to a person by the Commission;

(17)  determine, for the purposes of section 148, when and on what conditions the payment of pension benefits are made;

(18)  establish, in accordance with section 177, a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(19)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(20)  determine, for the purposes of section 191.1, the terms according to which the various sums determined by regulation that are owed by the employer bear interest and prescribe the time within which the employer is required to pay such sums;

(21)  fix, for the purposes of section 191.2, the amount of annual contributions which, if exceeded, constitutes for an employee an excess amount of contributions or, as the case may be, an insufficient amount of contributions;

(22)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and terms governing the computation of interest;

(23)  determine, for the purposes of section 218, the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions and on the sums paid to be credited with years or parts of a year of service to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods to which those percentages apply;

(24)  prescribe, for the purposes of section 219, the other sums that are deemed received at the mid-point of each year, and determine the manner of computing the interest on the contributions and on such other sums;

(25)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75; 1987, c. 47, s. 58.

1986-06-26

134. The Government may, by regulation, after consultation with the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, and plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act and the Pension Plan of Certain Teachers,

(1)  define, for the purposes of section 4, the expression “on a casual basis”;

(2)  determine the classes of employees to which the plan does not apply;

(3)  establish the rules governing the holding of a poll contemplated in section 6;

(4)  determine any amount that is excluded from the pensionable salary;

(5)  determine the conditions required in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period defined in section 36;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(8)  determine the date and modalities of the transfer of funds to this plan;

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(10)  establish the modalities of application of sections 101 to 108;

(11)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing pension credit in the cases provided for in sections 105 and 106;

(12)  set, under section 124, the date for the increase in the rate of contribution;

(13)  determine to what extent the compensation provided for in section 147 and in section 189 in respect of benefits may be paid out of the sums the Commission owes to a person;

(14)  establish in accordance with section 177 a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(15)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(16)  determine the modalities on which the different sums determined by regulation for which the employer is debtor bear interest;

(17)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and the modalities governing the computation of interest;

(18)  determine the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions and on the sums paid to be credited with years or parts of a year of service to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods contemplated by those percentages;

(19)  provide, for the purposes of section 219, for the other sums deemed received at the mid-point of each year, and determine the manner of computing the interest on the contributions and on the other sums;

(20)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15; 1986, c. 44, s. 75.

1986-01-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after consultation with the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, and plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or under the Act respecting pension coverage for certain teachers (chapter P-32.1),

(1)  define, for the purposes of section 4, the expression “on a casual basis”;

(2)  determine the classes of employees to which the plan does not apply;

(3)  establish the rules governing the holding of a poll contemplated in section 6;

(4)  determine any amount that is excluded from the pensionable salary;

(5)  determine the conditions required in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period defined in section 36;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(8)  determine the date and modalities of the transfer of funds to this plan;

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(10)  establish the modalities of application of sections 101 to 108;

(11)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing pension credit in the cases provided for in sections 105 and 106;

(12)  set, under section 124, the date for the increase in the rate of contribution;

(13)  determine to what extent the compensation provided for in section 147 and in section 189 in respect of benefits may be paid out of the sums the Commission owes to a person;

(14)  establish in accordance with section 177 a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(15)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(16)  determine the modalities on which the different sums determined by regulation for which the employer is debtor bear interest;

(17)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and the modalities governing the computation of interest;

(18)  determine the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions and on the sums paid to be credited with years or parts of a year of service to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods contemplated by those percentages;

(19)  provide, for the purposes of section 219, for the other sums deemed received at the mid-point of each year, and determine the manner of computing the interest on the contributions and on the other sums;

(20)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15.

1985-06-20

134. The Government may, by regulation, after consultation with the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, and plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or under the Act respecting pension coverage for certain teachers (chapter P-32.1),

(1)  define, for the purposes of section 4, the expression “on a casual basis”;

(2)  determine the classes of employees to which the plan does not apply;

(3)  establish the rules governing the holding of a poll contemplated in section 6;

(4)  determine any remuneration which, in addition to that provided for in section 15, is not part of the pensionable salary;

(5)  determine the conditions required in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine the days and parts of a day which are not included in the contributory period defined in section 36;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(8)  determine the date and modalities of the transfer of funds to this plan;

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(10)  establish the modalities of application of sections 101 to 108;

(11)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing pension credit in the cases provided for in sections 105 and 106;

(12)  set, under section 124, the date for the increase in the rate of contribution;

(13)  determine to what extent the compensation provided for in section 147 and in section 189 in respect of benefits may be paid out of the sums the Commission owes to a person;

(14)  establish in accordance with section 177 a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(15)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(16)  determine the modalities on which the different sums determined by regulation for which the employer is debtor bear interest;

(17)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and the modalities governing the computation of interest;

(18)  determine the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions and on the sums paid to be credited with years or parts of a year of service to which an employee or any of his assigns is entitled and the periods contemplated by those percentages;

(19)  provide, for the purposes of section 219, for the other sums deemed received at the mid-point of each year, and determine the manner of computing the interest on the contributions and on the other sums;

(20)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1985, c. 18, s. 15.

1983-07-01

134. The Government may, by regulation, after consultation with the Comité de retraite in the case of the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan, the Teachers Pension Plan, the Civil Service Superannuation Plan, and plans established under sections 9 and 10 of this Act or under the Act respecting pension coverage for certain teachers (1978, chapter 16),

(1)  define, for the purposes of section 4, the expression “on a casual basis”;

(2)  determine the classes of employees to which the plan does not apply;

(3)  establish the rules governing the holding of a poll contemplated in section 6;

(4)  determine any remuneration which, in addition to that provided for in section 15, is not part of the pensionable salary;

(5)  determine the conditions required in the case of section 27;

(6)  determine, within the contributory period defined in section 36, the days which are not contributory days;

(7)  determine, for the purposes of sections 51 and 79, the standards permitting the computation of the actuarial value;

(8)  determine the date and modalities of the transfer of funds to this plan;

(9)  determine, for the purposes of sections 80 and 108, the order of priority for the reduction of benefits;

(10)  establish the modalities of application of sections 101 to 108;

(11)  establish the criteria, rules, actuarial principles and tables required for computing pension credit in the cases provided for in sections 105 and 106;

(12)  set, under section 124, the date for the increase in the rate of contribution;

(13)  determine to what extent the compensation provided for in section 147 and in section 189 in respect of benefits may be paid out of the sums the Commission owes to a person;

(14)  establish in accordance with section 177 a new rate of contribution for each of the plans concerned;

(15)  define the expression “employee who may be unionized”;

(16)  determine the modalities on which the different sums determined by regulation for which the employer is debtor bear interest;

(17)  establish, based on the rate of return of certain categories of amounts contemplated in section 127 and designated by regulation, the rules and the modalities governing the computation of interest;

(18)  determine the percentages of the amount of interest payable on the contributions to which an employee or a legal representative is entitled and the periods covered by those percentages;

(19)  provide, for the purposes of section 219, for the other sums deemed received at the mid-point of each year, and determine the manner of computing the interest on the contributions and on the other sums;

(20)  determine the conditions which permit a body, according to the category determined by regulation, to be designated by order in Schedule I.

1973, c. 12, s. 121; 1983, c. 24, s. 1.

1977-12-31

134. The committee shall hold a meeting at least twice each year, namely, during the months of March and September, and whenever at least twelve members or the Commission request that it be called.

The secretary shall send the notices of convocation in writing at least ten days before the date of the meeting.

1973, c. 12, s. 121.