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M-7.1
- Members’ Pension Act
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Document at 12 February 2013
Members’ Pension Act
I
INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION
1
Definitions and interpretation
1.01
Status as a common-law partner
1.1
Determination of date of marriage or common-law partnership
1.2
Deemed cohabitation where illness or mental or physical infirmity
2
Application of Act
2.1
One session credited per calendar year
3
Election of member to be subject to the Act
II
REGISTERED PENSION PLAN
4
Members’ Pension Account
5
Contribution of members to the Members’ Pension Account
6
Reinstatement of pensionable service
7
Election and payment
8
Payment to Members’ Pension Account out of the Consolidated Fund
9
Return of contributions
10
Annual pension
10.1
Maximum annual pension and supplementary allowance
11
Minister’s pension
11.1
Maximum minister’s pension and supplementary allowance
12
Maximum benefit payable
13
Surviving spouse’s pension or surviving common-law partner’s pension
14
Children’s pension
14.1
Annual adjustment of pension - person who ceased to be a member before April 1, 2008
14.11
Annual adjustment of pension - person who ceases to be a member on or after April 1, 2008
14.2
Annual adjustment of deferred pension - person who ceased to be a member before April 1, 2008
14.3
Annual adjustment of deferred pension - person who ceases to be a member on or after April 1, 2008
15
Manner of payment of benefits
16
Payment to estate where no surviving spouse, common-law partner or children
17
Payment where surviving spouse’s or common-law partner’s pension or children’s pension ceases
18
Suspension of annual pension
19
Person to manage recipient’s affairs
20
Prohibition respecting assignment of rights
20.1
Division of benefits on breakdown of a marriage or common-law partnership
20.2
Regulations
III
SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES
21
Supplementary allowance payable at age fifty-five
21.1
Supplementary allowance payable at age sixty
21.2
Minimum amount of pension and supplementary allowance
22
Reduced supplementary allowance and supplementary allowance payable before age sixty
23
Supplementary allowance payable at age fifty-five
23.1
Supplementary allowance payable at age sixty
24
Reduced supplementary allowance payable before age fifty-five
24.1
Reduced supplementary allowance payable before age sixty
25
Supplementary allowance payable to a surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner
26
Supplementary allowance payable to a child
27
No contributions required
28
Supplementary allowances payable out of the Consolidated Fund
29
Payment of supplementary allowances
29.01
Annual adjustment of supplementary allowances and reduced supplementary allowances before April 1, 2008
29.011
Annual adjustment of supplementary allowances and reduced supplementary allowances on or after April 1, 2008
29.02
Annual adjustment of deferred supplementary allowance before April 1, 2008
29.03
Annual adjustment of deferred supplementary allowance on or after April 1, 2008
29.04
Persons who again become members on or after April 1, 2008
29.05
No repayment of excess benefits paid
29.1
Division of supplementary allowances and reduced supplementary allowances on marriage breakdown
IV
ADMINISTRATION
30
Administration
31
Annual report of the Minister
32
Regulations