R-15.1 - Supplemental Pension Plans Act

Section 310.1 Disposition versions

2020-12-11

310.1. (Repealed).

1992, c. 60, s. 55; 1999, c. 40, s. 254; 2000, c. 41, s. 194; 2020, c. 30, s. 85.

2001-01-01

310.1. For the purposes of the provisions of subdivision 4.1 of Division II of Chapter XIII, persons whose benefits under a pension plan have been paid before 1 January 1990 by means of an annuity contract entered into with an insurer, and persons designated as beneficiaries under the terms of such a contract who are still entitled to benefits thereunder, are deemed to be members or beneficiaries, as the case may be, provided that, in all cases, the interested parties have acted within the prescribed time limits.

In addition, each time the provisions of the said sections are to be applied following the termination of a pension plan which was in force on 1 January 1990, the notice of which publication is required under section 230.4 shall also state the rule established by the first paragraph of this section. However, if the matter was submitted to arbitration under section 230.7 without publication of the notice, the pension committee shall, as soon as it is informed that the matter will be submitted to arbitration, cause to be published in a daily newspaper circulated in the region of Québec in which the greatest number of members who were active at the date of termination reside, a notice mentioning the application for arbitration and the rule established by the first paragraph of this section, and informing the interested parties that they may, until the matter is taken under advisement, assert their rights with the committee. A copy of the notice shall be sent forthwith to the Régie.

The pension committee is exempted from the obligation to publish the notice if all the members and beneficiaries who may be entitled to assert rights under the plan or under this Act have been notified personally.

1992, c. 60, s. 55; 1999, c. 40, s. 254; 2000, c. 41, s. 194.

1999-10-22

310.1. For the purposes of the provisions of subdivision 4.1 of Division II of Chapter XIII and of section 311.3, persons whose benefits under a pension plan have been paid before 1 January 1990 by means of an annuity contract entered into with an insurer, and persons designated as beneficiaries under the terms of such a contract who are still entitled to benefits thereunder, are deemed to be members or beneficiaries, as the case may be, provided that, in all cases, the interested parties have acted within the prescribed time limits.

In addition, each time the provisions of the said sections are to be applied following the termination of a pension plan which was in force on 1 January 1990, the notice of which publication is required under section 230.4 shall also state the rule established by the first paragraph of this section. However, if the matter was submitted to arbitration under section 230.7 or 311.3 without publication of the notice, the pension committee shall, as soon as it is informed that the matter will be submitted to arbitration, cause to be published in a newspaper circulated in the region of Québec in which the greatest number of members who were active at the date of termination reside, a notice mentioning the application for arbitration and the rule established by the first paragraph of this section, and informing the interested parties that they may, until the matter is taken under advisement, assert their rights with the committee. A copy of the notice shall be sent forthwith to the Régie.

However, the Régie may exempt the pension committee from the obligation to publish where it is attested in writing that all the members and beneficiaries who may be entitled to assert rights under the plan or under this Act have been notified personally.

1992, c. 60, s. 55; 1999, c. 40, s. 254.

1999-04-01

310.1. For the purposes of the provisions of subdivision 4.1 of Division II of Chapter XIII and of section 311.3, persons whose benefits under a pension plan have been paid before 1 January 1990 by means of an annuity contract entered into with an insurer, and persons designated as beneficiaries under the terms of such a contract who are still entitled to benefits thereunder, shall be considered to be members or beneficiaries, as the case may be, provided that, in all cases, the interested parties have acted within the prescribed time limits.

In addition, each time the provisions of the said sections are to be applied following the termination of a pension plan which was in force on 1 January 1990, the notice of which publication is required under section 230.4 shall also state the rule established by the first paragraph of this section. However, if the matter was submitted to arbitration under section 230.7 or 311.3 without publication of the notice, the pension committee shall, as soon as it is informed that the matter will be submitted to arbitration, cause to be published in a newspaper circulated in the region of Québec in which the greatest number of members who were active at the date of termination reside, a notice mentioning the application for arbitration and the rule established by the first paragraph of this section, and informing the interested parties that they may, until the matter is taken under advisement, assert their rights with the committee. A copy of the notice shall be sent forthwith to the Régie.

However, the Régie may exempt the pension committee from the obligation to publish where it is attested in writing that all the members and beneficiaries who may be entitled to assert rights under the plan or under this Act have been notified personally.

1992, c. 60, s. 55.