1(1)In this Act
“annual pension” means a pension described in section 10;(pension annuelle)
“benefit” means an annual pension, a minister’s pension, a surviving spouse’s pension or a children’s pension and includes a return of contributions;(prestation)
“child” means a child of a member or former member and includes a natural child, stepchild or adopted child;(enfant)
“children’s pension” means a pension described in section 14;(pension d’enfants)
“indemnity” means the indemnity authorized to be paid to a member under subsection 25(1) of the Legislative Assembly Act, as adjusted from time to time under section 25 of that Act;(indemnité)
“interest” means interest calculated and credited at rates not less than the rates, and in accordance with the requirements, prescribed by regulation under the Pension Benefits Act;(intérêt)
“member” means a member of the Legislative Assembly;(député)
“Members’ Pension Account” means the account in the Consolidated Fund established under section 4;(compte de pension des députés)
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance acting in the Minister’s capacity as Chairman of the Board of Management and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf;(Ministre)
“minister” means a member who is
(ministre)
(a)
a member of the Executive Council,
(b)
the Speaker or a Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and
(c)
the Leader of the Opposition or a leader of any other registered political party in the Legislative Assembly;
“minister’s pension” means a pension described in section 11;(pension de ministre)
“pensionable service” means any period of service to the credit of a member or minister under this Act that may be used in calculating a benefit if the member or minister has received remuneration for such period in accordance with subparagraph 8503(3)(a)(i) of the Income Tax Regulations under the Income Tax Act (Canada), and, where applicable, includes any period of service to the credit of the member or minister under the Members Superannuation Act that may be used in calculating a benefit if the member or minister has received remuneration for such period in accordance with subparagraph 8503(3)(a)(i) of the Income Tax Regulations under the Income Tax Act (Canada);(service ouvrant droit à pension)
“return of contributions” means
(remboursement de cotisations)
(a)
a return of the amount paid by the member into the Members’ Pension Account under section 5, including the principal portion of any lump sum or instalments made under section 7, and
(b)
a return of the amount, if any, credited to the Members’ Pension Account on behalf of the member under paragraph 3(3)(b);
“salary” means
(traitement)
(a)
the salary authorized to be paid to a minister under subsection 5(1) of the
Executive Council Act, as adjusted from time to time under that Act,
(b)
the salary authorized to be paid to the Premier in addition to the Premier’s salary as minister,
(c)
the salary authorized to be paid under section 6 of the
Executive Council Act, as adjusted from time to time under that Act, to a member of the Executive Council not in receipt of a salary under section 5 of that Act, and
(d)
the salary authorized to be paid under the
Legislative Assembly Act to the Speaker, a Deputy Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition and the leader of any other registered political party in the Legislative Assembly, but does not include any allowance or other amount paid to that person in respect of expenses;
“session” means a session of the Legislative Assembly;(session)
“spouse” means spouse as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada), but, for the purposes of a void or voidable marriage, does not include a reference to any provision of that Act contained in that definition;(conjoint)
“surviving spouse’s pension” means a pension described in section 13.(pension de conjoint survivant)