1(1)In this Act
“annual pension” means a pension equal to four and one-half per cent of the average indemnity received by a member during or in respect of the period of three successive sessions during which his indemnity was highest, multiplied by the number of sessions of pensionable service to his credit; but, such pension shall not exceed the indemnity in effect at the time he ceases to be a member;(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 des 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 at the rate of four per cent per annum calculated in such manner as the Minister shall prescribe;(intérêt)
“member” means a member of the Legislative Assembly;(député)
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance in the Minister’s capacity as Chairman of the Board of Management and includes anyone 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 of the Legislative Assembly, or
(c)
the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly;
“minister’s pension” means a pension described in section 12;(pension de ministre)
“pensionable service” means any period of service to the credit of the member or minister under this Act that may be used in calculating a benefit and includes any period of service to his credit under the Members Superannuation Act, chapter 9 of 7 Elizabeth II, 1958;(service ouvrant droit à pension)
“return of contributions” means a return of the amount paid by the member into the Members Superannuation Account under section 5 including the principal portion of any lump sum or instalment payments made under section 8;(remboursement de contributions)
“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 to the Speaker and the Leader of the Opposition under the
Legislative Assembly Act;
“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)