• 5.1 (1) Notwithstanding subsection 5(1) and section 36 of the Act, a person who attains 71 years of age on or before October 30, 1998 is not required to contribute to the Superannuation Account under those provisions in respect of any service in the Force after that date.

• (2) Notwithstanding subsection 5(1) and section 36 of the Act, a person who attains 71 years of age after October 30, 1998 is not required to contribute to the Superannuation Account under those provisions in respect of any service in the Force after December 31 of the year in which that person attains that age.

• (3) Notwithstanding subsection 8(1) of the Act, a person who, pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), is not required to contribute to the Superannuation Account shall not count as pensionable service any service after the date on which, pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), the person ceases to be required to contribute to that account or elect, after that date, to count any service as pensionable service.

• (4) Notwithstanding subsection 39(3) of the Act, for the purposes of section 39 of the Act, the retirement year or retirement month of a person referred to in subsection (1) or (2) to whom, in respect of whom or in respect of whose service a pension is payable is the year or month, as the case may be, in which, pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), that person ceases to be required to contribute to the Superannuation Account.

• 5.2 (1) For the purposes of subsection 5(10) of the Act, the number of hours per week is 12.

• (2) For the purposes of clauses 6(b)(ii)(M) and (N) of the Act, the number of hours per week is that set out in the definition “part-time employee” in subsection 3(2) of the Public Service Superannuation Regulations.

5.3 For the purposes of the definition “part-time member” in section 2.1, and of sections 5.4, 5.8, 5.92 and 17.3, the weekly average of the hours of work for which a part-time member is engaged is

• (a) if the member is engaged to work the same number of hours each week, the total of those hours; or

• (b) if the member is not engaged to work the same number of hours each week, and

  • (i) if the member works according to a regular work cycle, the total number of the assigned hours of work during the work cycle divided by the number of weeks in the cycle, or

  • (ii) if the member does not work according to a regular work cycle, the total number of assigned hours of work during a 13 week period divided by 13.

5.4 For the purposes of these Regulations and Part I of the Act, the pay of a part-time member is the pay authorized to be paid to the member in respect of the weekly average of the hours of work for which the member is engaged.