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An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Salaries Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2005, c. 16)

Assented to 2005-04-21

Marginal note:2003, c. 16, s. 11

7. Section 67 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Rounding of amounts

67. The salaries and allowances payable to members of the Senate and the House of Commons under sections 55.1 and 62.1 to 62.3 of this Act and section 4.1 of the Salaries Act shall be rounded down to the nearest hundred dollars.

Marginal note:Index

67.1 The index referred to in paragraph 55.1(2)(b) and subsections 62.1(2), 62.2(2) and 62.3(2) for a calendar year is the index of the average percentage increase in base-rate wages for the calendar year, resulting from major settlements negotiated with bargaining units of 500 or more employees in the private sector in Canada, as published by the Department of Human Resources Development within three months after the end of that calendar year.

8. Section 69 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Payment after dissolution

69. For the purposes of the allowances payable under sections 55.1 and 63, a person who, immediately before a dissolution of the House of Commons, was a member of the House shall be deemed to continue to be a member of the House until the date of the next following general election.

Marginal note:2000, c. 27, s. 1(1); 2001, c. 20, s. 10(2)

9. Paragraphs 70(4)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (a) the sessional allowance under section 55.1, and

  • (b) any salary or allowance under section 62.1, 62.2 or 62.3 of this Act or section 4.1 of the Salaries Act

Marginal note:2003, c. 16, s. 12

10. The portion of subsection 71.1(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Entitlement

  • 71.1 (1) A member of the Senate or the House of Commons who resigns by reason of disability may elect to receive an annual disability allowance equal to 70% of their annual salaries and allowances under sections 55.1 and 62.1 to 62.3 of this Act and section 4.1 of the Salaries Act , on the date of resignation, if at the time of their resignation, the member

Marginal note:R.S., c. S-3

SALARIES ACT

11. The heading before section 3 of the Salaries Act is replaced by the following:

SALARY OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS

12. The Act is amended by adding the following before section 4:

SALARIES OF MINISTERS BEFORE APRIL 1, 2004