Acts and Regulations

2016, c.106 - Provincial Court Judges’ Pension Act

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39(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing an interest rate or interest rates for the various purposes of this Act and the regulations, or adopting for any of those purposes an interest rate or interest rates established under another Act of the Province;
(b) respecting the funds and the accounts into which contributions or payments of judges, the Minister and other persons are to be made;
(c) respecting requirements in relation to contributions or payments, the amounts of contributions or payments, the portion of contributions or payments to be paid into and out of funds and accounts, and the manner of payment into and out of funds and accounts, for the various purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(d) respecting the nature of the evidence required to establish proof of age, death, spousal status or parentage for the purposes of this Act and the regulations, the time within which that evidence is to be provided and the consequences of any failure to provide that evidence within that time;
(e) respecting the determination of the commuted value of a benefit for the purposes of section 28;
(f) respecting the circumstances and manner in which the portion of the benefit to which a spouse or common-law partner of a judge is entitled under section 28 may be dealt with, including, but not limited to, the types of instruments to which the portion may be transferred and the types of instruments that may be purchased with the portion;
(g) respecting the revaluation of benefits for the purposes of section 28;
(h) defining “pensionable service” for the purposes of section 28 or the regulations;
(i) respecting any other matter relating to a benefit to be divided on the breakdown of a marriage or common-law partnership;
(j) prescribing any office, position or employment for the purposes of section 31;
(k) respecting forms for the purposes of this Act and the regulations;
(l) defining any word or expression used but not defined in this Act;
(m) prescribing anything required by this Act to be prescribed;
(n) generally for the better administration of this Act.
39(2)A regulation under subsection (1) may be made retroactive to April 1, 1998, or to any date after April 1, 1998.
2000, c.P-21.1, s.36; 2008, c.45, s.28