30. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 29(1)(b) of the Act, interest shall be calculated in respect of each quarter in each fiscal year as of the last day of June, September, December and March on the balance to the credit of the Superannuation Account on the last day of the preceding quarter.

(2) The rate to be used for the purpose of calculating interest under subsection (1) in respect of any quarter is that rate which would yield an amount of interest equal to the amount of interest that the aggregate of the balances to the credit of the Superannuation Accounts maintained under the Public Service Superannuation Act, the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act would have yielded during that quarter if the quarterly excess were invested at,

• (a) where the rate is to be used in respect of any quarterly excess after December 31, 1965, the average of the rates of interest that may be or have been determined by the Minister of Finance for the months in that quarter pursuant to subsection 111(2) of the Canada Pension Plan; and

• (b) where the rate is to be used in respect of any quarterly excess before the quarter ending on March 31, 1966, the average of the rates of interest determined by the Minister of Finance for the months in that quarter as if subsection 111(2) of the Canada Pension Plan had been in force.

(3) The President of the Treasury Board shall cause notice of the rate to be used for the purposes of calculating interest under subsection (1) to be published each fiscal year in the Canada Gazette.

(4) In this section, “quarterly excess” means

• (a) the total of the amounts credited to the Superannuation Accounts maintained under the Public Service Superannuation Act, the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act during any quarter of a fiscal year

minus

• (b) the payments charged to those Accounts during that quarter

plus

• (c) the total of any amounts credited to those Accounts less the payments charged to those Accounts during any quarter of a fiscal year that is a multiple of 20 years prior to the quarter referred to in paragraph (a).

30.1 (1) In this section, “1973 closing balance” means the aggregate of all amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition “return of contributions” in subsection 9(1) of the Act that have been paid by the contributor into, or transferred to the credit of the contributor to, the Superannuation Account before January 1, 1974 and that have not been previously paid to the contributor as a return of contributions.

(2) In this section, “yearly contribution” means the aggregate of all amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition “return of contributions” in subsection 9(1) of the Act that have been paid by the contributor into, or transferred to the credit of the contributor to, the Superannuation Account or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Fund during a calendar year and that have not been previously paid to the contributor as a return of contributions.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 9(6)(a) of the Act, for any period before January 1, 2001, interest shall be calculated on

• (a) the 1973 closing balance, from January 1, 1974 to the earlier of December 31 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the contributor ceased to be a member of the Force and December 31, 2000; and

• (b) each yearly contribution after 1973, from January 1 of the year following the year in which the contribution was made to the earlier of December 31 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the contributor ceased to be a member of the Force and December 31, 2000.