63.0.5. Every person who is a member of the council of a northern village that is a party to this plan in that person’s respect may obtain, for all or part of any year subsequent to 31 December 1988 and prior to 1 January 2002 during which the person was a member of the council of that municipality and did not participate in this plan, pension credits equivalent to those granted under this plan in respect of the person’s pensionable salary determined in accordance with section 17.
The chairman of the executive committee of the Kativik Regional Government may, as of the time he becomes a member of this plan, obtain pension credits equivalent to those granted under this plan in respect of his pensionable salary in respect of any period referred to in the first paragraph during which he held the office of chairman and did not participate in this plan. The second paragraph of section 280.2 of the Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government (chapter V-6.1) applies, where applicable, in respect of that period of past service. The chairman may also obtain pension credits in respect of any such period during which he was also a member of the council of a northern village that has not become a party to the plan in his respect. In relation to the period redeemed for services as a member of the council of that village, the village is deemed to have been a party to the plan in respect of the chairman.
The credits obtained under this chapter in respect of years of service prior to 1 January 1992 may not exceed 2% of the pensionable salary paid.