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

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Marginal note:R.S., c. M-5

Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

Marginal note:1992, c. 46, s. 81; 2001, c. 20, s. 14(1)
  •  (1) The definitions “annual allowance” and “salary” in subsection 2(1) of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act are replaced by the following:

    “annual allowance”

    « indemnité annuelle »

    “annual allowance” means an annual allowance payable to a member pursuant to section 62 or 62.3 of the Parliament of Canada Act or payable to a member pursuant to an appropriation Act as Deputy Chairman or Assistant Deputy Chairman of a committee;

    “salary”

    « traitement »

    “salary” means a salary payable to a member pursuant to section 4 or 4.1 of the Salaries Act or section 60, 61, 62.1 or 62.2 of the Parliament of Canada Act, or payable to a member pursuant to an appropriation Act as a minister of state or a minister without portfolio;

  • Marginal note:1992, c. 46, s. 81

    (2) Paragraph (c) of the definition “sessional indemnity” in subsection 2(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (c) in relation to a period after July 7, 1974, the allowance payable to a member under section 55 or 55.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act;

Marginal note:1992, c. 30

Referendum Act

 Subsection 5(1) of the Referendum Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Motion for approval of referendum question
  • 5. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada referred to in section 4.1 of the Salaries Act may, in accordance with the procedures of the House of Commons, give notice of a motion for the approval of the text of a referendum question.

COORDINATING AMENDMENTS

Marginal note:2004, c. 16

 If section 13 of this Act comes into force before, or on the same day as, section 25 of the Amendments and Corrections Act, 2003 (the “other Act”), then, on the coming into force of that section 13, the portion of section 25 of the other Act before the heading “disability allowance and other benefits for former lieutenant governors” is replaced by the following:

25. The Salaries Act is amended by adding the following after section 4.2: