R-9 - Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan

Section 157.1 Disposition versions

2024-01-01

157.1. Where an application is made on or after 1 January 2014, the retirement pension is payable from the following month:

(a)  for a contributor under 65 years of age, the latest of the following months:

(1)  the month of the contributor’s sixtieth birthday,

(2)  the month following the month of the contributor’s application, and

(3)  the month designated in the contributor’s application for the first payment of the retirement pension; or

(b)  for a contributor 65 years of age or over,

(1)  if no month is designated in the contributor’s application or if the designated month is prior to the contributor’s sixty-fifth birthday, the month following the month of the application, or

(2)  the month designated in the contributor’s application for the first payment of the retirement pension, provided that month is not before the month of the contributor’s sixty-fifth birthday or before the eleventh month preceding the month of the application.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the retirement pension that is payable only by reason of the allotment of unadjusted pensionable earnings following a partition under section 102.1 or 102.10.3 shall not be payable before the month following the month in which the application for partition was made.

1983, c. 12, s. 23; 1985, c. 4, s. 20; 1989, c. 42, s. 7; 1997, c. 73, s. 62; 2011, c. 36, s. 19; 2023, c. 30, s. 14.

2014-01-01

157.1. When an application is made on or after 1 January 2014, the retirement pension is payable from the latest of the following months:

(a)  the month of the contributor’s sixtieth birthday;

(b)  the month following the month of the application of a contributor under 65 years of age;

(c)  the month of the contributor’s sixty-fifth birthday or the eleventh month preceding the month of the application of a contributor over 65 years of age, whichever is earlier;

(d)  the month designated in the contributor’s application for the first payment of the retirement pension; and

(e)  January 2014.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the retirement pension that is payable only by reason of the allotment of unadjusted pensionable earnings following a partition under section 102.1 or 102.10.3 shall not be payable before the month following the month in which the application for partition was made.

1983, c. 12, s. 23; 1985, c. 4, s. 20; 1989, c. 42, s. 7; 1997, c. 73, s. 62; 2011, c. 36, s. 19.

1998-07-01

157.1. A retirement pension is payable from the latest of the following months:

(a)  the month in which the contributor reached 65 years of age;

(b)  the month following the month in which the contributor ceased working, the month in which the contributor reached 70 years of age or the month following the month in which the contributor’s application was made, whichever is earliest;

(c)  the fifty-ninth month preceding the contributor’s application;

(d)  the month designated in the contributor’s application for the first payment of the retirement pension;

(e)  the month of July 1998, unless the contributor already reached 70 years of age by 1 July 1998 and the contributor’s application is made before 1 July 1999, in which case the month to be considered shall be the month in which the contributor reached 70 years of age or the eleventh month preceding the month in which the application is made, whichever is later.

However, with respect to a contributor under 65 years of age who has ceased working or whose remuneration is reduced by reason of progressive retirement pursuant to an agreement entered into with the contributor’s employer, the retirement pension may, where the contributor applies therefor before that age, be payable from the month that is the latest of the following months:

(a)  the month in which the contributor reached 60 years of age;

(b)  the month following the month of the contributor’s application;

(c)  the month following the month in which, as the case may be, the contributor ceased working or the reduction in the contributor’s remuneration by reason of progressive retirement reached at least 20%;

(d)  the month designated in the contributor’s application for the first payment of the retirement pension.

Notwithstanding the first and second paragraphs, the retirement pension that is payable only by reason of the allotment of unadjusted pensionable earnings following a partition under section 102.1 or 102.10.3 shall not be payable before the month following the month in which the application for partition was made.

1983, c. 12, s. 23; 1985, c. 4, s. 20; 1989, c. 42, s. 7; 1997, c. 73, s. 62.

1989-07-01

157.1. A retirement pension is payable from the latest of

(a)  the month in which the contributor reached 60 years of age;

(b)  the month following that in which the contributor applied, if he is under 70 years of age;

(c)  the month following that in which the contributor ceased working, if he is then under 65 years of age;

(d)  the month in which the contributor reached 65 years of age, if he has not ceased working;

(e)  the twelfth month preceding the month following that in which the contributor applied, if he is over 70 years of age;

(f)  the month in which the contributor reached 70 years of age, if he applied after reaching that age;

(g)  (paragraph repealed);

(h)  the month chosen by the applicant in his application;

(i)  the month following the month during which the application for partition was made, where the retirement pension is payable only by reason of unadjusted pensionable earnings allotted following a partition provided for in section 102.1.

1983, c. 12, s. 23; 1985, c. 4, s. 20; 1989, c. 42, s. 7.

1985-04-04

157.1. Notwithstanding the first and second paragraphs of section 157, a retirement pension is payable commencing with the latest of the following months if it is later than 31 December 1983:

(a)  the month in which the contributor reached 60 years of age;

(b)  the month following that in which the contributor applied, if he is under 70 years of age;

(c)  the month following that in which the contributor ceased working, if he is then under 65 years of age;

(d)  the month in which the contributor reached 65 years of age, if he has not ceased working;

(e)  the twelfth month preceding the month following that in which the contributor applied, if he is over 70 years of age;

(f)  the month in which the contributor reached 70 years of age, if he applied after reaching that age;

(g)  the month of January 1984, if the contributor has reached 60 years of age but not 65 years of age before that month;

(h)  the month chosen by the applicant in his application;

(i)  the month following the month during which the application for partition was made, where the retirement pension is payable only by reason of unadjusted pensionable earnings allotted following a partition provided for in section 102.1.

1983, c. 12, s. 23; 1985, c. 4, s. 20.

1984-01-01

157.1. Notwithstanding the first and second paragraphs of section 157, a retirement pension is payable commencing with the latest of the following months if it is later than 31 December 1983:

(a)  the month in which the contributor reached 60 years of age;

(b)  the month following that in which the contributor applied, if he is under 70 years of age;

(c)  the month following that in which the contributor ceased working, if he is then under 65 years of age;

(d)  the month in which the contributor reached 65 years of age, if he has not ceased working;

(e)  the twelfth month preceding the month following that in which the contributor applied, if he is over 70 years of age;

(f)  the month in which the contributor reached 70 years of age, if he applied after reaching that age;

(g)  the month of January 1984, if the contributor has reached 60 years of age but not 65 years of age before that month;

(h)  the month chosen by the applicant in his application;

(i)  the month following the latest month for which unadjusted pensionable earnings were allotted to the beneficiary following a partition provided for in section 102.1.

1983, c. 12, s. 23.