20(1)No right of a person under this Part is capable of being assigned, charged, anticipated, given as security or surrendered, and, for the purposes of this subsection,
(a)
assignment does not include assignment pursuant to a decree, order or judgment of a competent tribunal or a written agreement in settlement of rights arising as a consequence of the breakdown of a marriage between a member or former member and his or her spouse or former spouse or the breakdown of a common-law partnership between a member or former member and his or her common-law partner or former common-law partner, nor does it include assignment by the legal representative of a deceased member or former member on the distribution of the estate of the member or former member, and
(b)
surrender does not include a reduction in benefits to avoid the revocation of the registration under the Income Tax Act (Canada) of the pension plan provided for in this Part.
20(1)No right of a person under this Part is capable of being assigned, charged, anticipated, given as security or surrendered, and, for the purposes of this subsection,
(a)
assignment does not include assignment pursuant to a decree, order or judgment of a competent tribunal or a written agreement in settlement of rights arising as a consequence of the breakdown of a marriage between a member or former member and his or her spouse or former spouse or the breakdown of a common-law partnership between a member or former member and his or her common-law partner or former common-law partner, nor does it include assignment by the legal representative of a deceased member or former member on the distribution of the estate of the member or former member, and
(b)
surrender does not include a reduction in benefits to avoid the revocation of the registration under the Income Tax Act (Canada) of the pension plan provided for in this Part.
20(1)No right of a person under this Part is capable of being assigned, charged, anticipated, given as security or surrendered, and, for the purposes of this subsection,
(a)
assignment does not include assignment pursuant to a decree, order or judgment of a competent tribunal or a written agreement in settlement of rights arising as a consequence of the breakdown of a marriage between an individual and the individual’s spouse or former spouse, nor does it include assignment by the legal representative of a deceased individual on the distribution of the individual’s estate, and
(b)
surrender does not include a reduction in benefits to avoid the revocation of the registration under the Income Tax Act (Canada) of the pension plan provided for in this Part.