308.3. In cases where, before 1 January 1993, the Régie has only approved in part the draft termination report relating to the partial termination of a plan occurring on a date before 1 January 1993, thus postponing its decision regarding the allocation of all or part of the surplus assets, and in cases where the Régie rendered a decision relating to a notice of termination or a decision partially terminating a pension plan, provided its decision approving the draft termination report or the termination report itself was rendered after 31 December 1992, those members affected by the termination whose benefits were paid shall remain members, notwithstanding the second paragraph of section 33, for the sole purpose of the apportionment of any surplus of assets which may be determined in the event of termination of the plan.
However, if the date of the partial termination precedes the date of the total termination of the plan by seven years or more, members whose rights were thus satisfied shall only retain their status as members for the said purpose if they present their claim to the pension committee within the prescribed time.
Whenever the provisions of the second paragraph are to be applied, the notice required to be published under the second paragraph of section 230.4 must set out the rules established by this section. However, where a case has been referred to arbitration under section 230.7 without publication of the notice, the pension committee shall, upon being informed of the referral to arbitration, cause to be published in a daily newspaper circulated in the region in Québec where the greatest number of members who were active at the date of termination reside, a notice of the application for arbitration setting out the rules established by this section, and informing interested parties that, until the matter is taken under advisement, they may present their claim to the pension committee. A copy of the public notice must be sent without delay to the Régie.
The pension committee is exempted from the obligation to publish the notice if all members and beneficiaries who may have rights under the pension plan or under this Act have been personally advised.
1992, c. 60, s. 54; 2000, c. 41, s. 192.