1. The headings before section 3 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act are replaced by the following:

• 2. (1) The portion of subsection 3(1) of the Act before the definition “active service” is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Definitions

  • 3. (1) In this Act,

• (2) The definitions “active service”, “disabled”, “member of the Force”, “service in the Force”, “World War I” and “World War II” in subsection 3(1) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  “active service”

  « activité de service »

  “active service” means any service that is specified in the regulations to be active service and is deemed for the purposes of this Act to have terminated on discharge or, in the case of a person who underwent treatment in a veterans’ hospital, as defined in the regulations, immediately following their discharge, on their release from that hospital;

  “disabled”

  « invalide »

  “disabled”, except in Part II, as applied to any member of the Force, means incapable, by reason of any condition, of performing their duties as a member of the Force, and, for the purposes of section 12 as applied to any person, means ordinarily incapable, by reason of any condition, of pursuing any substantially gainful occupation;

  “member of the Force”

  « membre de la Gendarmerie »

  “member of the Force” means a member of the Force, as those terms are defined in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, holding a rank in the Force, and any other member of the Force, as those terms are defined in that Act, of a class designated in accordance with the regulations for the purposes of this Act;

  “service in the Force”

  « service dans la Gendarmerie »

  “service in the Force” includes any period of service

  • (a) as a special constable of the Force before April 1, 1960,

  • (b) as a police officer that is counted as pensionable service under subsection 24.1(9),

  • (c) as a police officer that is described in clause 6(b)(ii)(A) or (L) if the contributor elects to pay for that service, and

  • (d) as a police officer or as a member of the Force that forms part of any period of service described in any of clauses 6(b)(ii)(H), (I), (O) and (P) if the contributor elects to pay for that service;

  “World War I”

  « Première Guerre mondiale »

  “World War I” means the war that was declared on August 4, 1914 and that is deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to have terminated on August 31, 1921;

  “World War II”

  « Seconde Guerre mondiale »

  “World War II” means the war that was declared on September 10, 1939 and that is deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to have terminated on September 30, 1947.

• Marginal note:2003, c. 22, par. 225(z.21)(E)

  (3) Subsections 3(2) and (3) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:References to Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

    (2) A reference in this Act to the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act includes a reference to any other Act of Parliament in force either before or after April 1, 1960 providing for the payment of pensions to members of the Canadian Forces based on length of service.

  • Marginal note:Persons employed under Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

    (3) For the purposes of this Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act and the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, a person who is employed under the authority of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act but who is not a member of the Force is deemed to be employed in the public service, and any period of service of a person during which they were employed under the authority of that Act but were not a member of the Force or during which they were a person to whom Part VII of the former Act applied is deemed to be a period of service during which they were employed in the public service.