Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. M-5)

Marginal note:Contributions in respect of previous sessions — election made between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2015

• 33.1 (1) If a member elects, during the period that begins on January 1, 2013 and ends on December 31, 2015, to contribute to the Compensation Arrangements Account in respect of a previous session, he or she shall pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund

  • (a) if the member has not reached 71 years of age at the time the election is made, a contribution equal to the aggregate of

    • (i) an amount calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of paragraph 31.1(1)(a) that is in force on the day on which the election is made in respect of the portion of the sessional indemnity paid to the member during that previous session that exceeds his or her earnings limit for the year during that previous session,

    • (ii) an amount calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of paragraph 31.1(1)(b) that is in force on the day on which the election is made in respect of the sessional indemnity paid to the member during that previous session, and

    • (iii) an amount calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of paragraph 31.1(1)(c) that is in force on the day on which the election is made in respect of any salary or annual allowance paid to the member during that previous session, if he or she elects to contribute in respect of that salary or annual allowance;

  • (b) if the member has reached 71 years of age at the time the election is made, a contribution equal to the aggregate of

    • (i) an amount calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of paragraph 31.1(2)(a) that is in force on the day on which the election is made in respect of the sessional indemnity paid to the member during that previous session, and

    • (ii) an amount calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of paragraph 31.1(2)(b) that is in force on the day on which the election is made in respect of any salary or annual allowance paid to the member during that previous session, if he or she elects to contribute in respect of that salary or annual allowance; and

  • (c) the interest on that contribution calculated at a rate and in the manner prescribed from the day on which the final payment by way of sessional indemnity, salary or annual allowance, as the case may be, was made to the member in respect of that previous session to the day on which the election is made.

• Marginal note:Earnings limit for part of year

  (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), if the person was not a member during the whole of a calendar year, the earnings limit for that calendar year is determined by multiplying the member’s earnings limit for the calendar year by the ratio that the part of the calendar year during which he or she was a member is to the whole calendar year.

Marginal note:Contributions in respect of previous sessions — election made on or after January 1, 2016

• 33.2 (1) If a member elects on or after January 1, 2016 to contribute to the Compensation Arrangements Account in respect of a previous session, he or she shall pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund

  • (a) if the member has not reached 71 years of age at the time the election is made,

    • (i) a contribution, calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of paragraph 31.2(1)(a) that is in force on the day on which the election is made, in respect of the portion of the member’s pensionable earnings during that previous session that exceeds his or her earnings limit for the year during that previous session, and

    • (ii) a contribution, calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of paragraph 31.2(1)(b) that is in force on the day on which the election is made, in respect of the member’s pensionable earnings during that previous session, and

  • (b) if the member has reached 71 years of age at the time the election is made, a contribution, calculated at his or her applicable contribution rate that is fixed for the purpose of subsection 31.2(2) that is in force on the day on which the election is made, in respect of the member’s pensionable earnings during that previous session; and

  • (c) the interest on that contribution calculated at a rate and in the manner prescribed from the day on which the final payment by way of pensionable earnings was made to the member in respect of that previous session to the day on which the election is made.

• Marginal note:Earnings limit for part of year

  (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), if the person was not a member during the whole of a calendar year, the earnings limit for that calendar year is determined by multiplying the member’s earnings limit for the calendar year by the ratio that the part of the calendar year during which he or she was a member is to the whole calendar year.