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Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 (S.C. 2013, c. 33)

Assented to 2013-06-26

PART 3VARIOUS MEASURES

2009, c. 2Related Amendments to the Budget Implementation Act, 2009

 Subsections 448(1) and (2) of the Budget Implementation Act, 2009 are repealed.

 Section 463 of the Act is repealed.

 Subsection 465(2) of the Act is repealed.

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Definitions

 The following definitions apply in sections 150 to 153.

“the Act”

« Loi »

“the Act” means the Investment Canada Act.

“transition period”

« période transitoire »

“transition period” means the period beginning on April 29, 2013 and ending on the day on which sections 143 and 144 come into force.

Marginal note:Certain applications deemed never filed

 Any application that is filed under section 17 of the Act before the day on which subsection 14.1(1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 137(1), comes into force and in respect of which the Minister of Industry has not issued a decision before that day is deemed never to have been filed if

  • (a) the investment to which the application relates would be subject to subsection 14.1(1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 137(1), had the application been made on that day; and

  • (b) the enterprise value of the assets to which the application relates is less than the amount referred to in paragraph 14.1(1)(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 137(1).

Marginal note:Application of subsection 26(2.31)
  •  (1) The Minister of Industry may make a determination under subsection 26(2.31) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 143(4), in respect of an entity that has implemented an investment during the transition period only if he or she has sent to the entity, within 60 days after the end of the transition period, a notice stating that he or she is undertaking an assessment of whether the entity was controlled in fact by one or more state-owned enterprises, as defined in section 3 of the Act, at the time the investment was implemented.

  • Marginal note:Application of subsection 26(2.32)

    (2) For greater certainty, subsection 26(2.32) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 143(4), applies if the notice referred to in subsection (1) has been sent.

Marginal note:Application of subsection 28(6.1)
  •  (1) If an investment has been implemented during the transition period, the Minister of Industry may make a determination under subsection 28(6.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 144(4), in respect of an entity directly or indirectly involved in the investment only if he or she has sent to the entity, within 60 days after the end of the transition period, a notice stating that he or she is undertaking an assessment to determine whether the entity was controlled in fact by a state-owned enterprise, as defined in section 3 of the Act, at the time the investment was implemented, or whether there was an acquisition of control in fact of that entity by such a state-owned enterprise, as the case may be.

  • Marginal note:Application of subsection 28(6.2)

    (2) For greater certainty, subsection 28(6.2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 144(4), applies if the notice referred to in subsection (1) has been sent.

Marginal note:Applications under section 37

 Section 37 of the Act, as it read immediately before the day on which section 145 comes into force, continues to apply in respect of applications made under that section 37 before that day.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

 The provisions of this Division, except sections 136, 143 to 145, 149 and 151 to 153, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 7R.S., c. C-8Canada Pension Plan

Marginal note:R.S., c. 30 (2nd Supp.), s. 3

 Subsection 8(2) of the Canada Pension Plan is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Excess amount

    (2) An excess amount has been paid when the aggregate of all amounts deducted as required from the remuneration of an employee for a year, whether by one or more employers, on account of the employee’s contribution for the year under this Act or under a provincial pension plan exceeds the sum obtained by adding the following amounts:

    • (a) the product obtained when the contribution rate for employees for the year under this Act is multiplied by the lesser of

      • (i) the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply, plus the employee’s contributory self-employed earnings for the year in the case of an individual who is described in section 10 and to whom the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply, minus the prorated portion of the employee’s basic exemption for the year calculated under subsection (4), and

      • (ii) the prorated portion of the employee’s maximum contributory earnings for the year calculated under subsection (5); and

    • (b) the product obtained when the contribution rate for employees for the year under a provincial pension plan is multiplied by the lesser of

      • (i) the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of a provincial pension plan apply, minus the prorated portion of the employee’s basic exemption for the year calculated under subsection (6), and

      • (ii) the prorated portion of the employee’s maximum contributory earnings for the year calculated under subsection (7).

  • Marginal note:Overpayment

    (3) The overpayment made by the employee on account of an employee’s contribution for the year under this Act is the product obtained when the excess amount determined under subsection (2) is multiplied by the ratio that

    • (a) the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply, subject to the maximum pensionable earnings in respect of each pensionable employment,

    bears to

    • (b) the aggregate of the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply or to which the provisions of a provincial pension plan apply, subject to the maximum pensionable earnings in respect of each pensionable employment.

  • Marginal note:Prorated portion of employee’s basic exemption

    (4) For the purposes of subparagraph (2)(a)(i), the prorated portion of the employee’s basic exemption for the year is the product obtained when the employee’s basic exemption is multiplied by the ratio that

    • (a) the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply, subject to the maximum pensionable earnings in respect of each pensionable employment,

    bears to

    • (b) the aggregate of the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply or to which the provisions of a provincial pension plan apply, subject to the maximum pensionable earnings in respect of each pensionable employment.

  • Marginal note:Prorated portion of employee’s maximum contributory earnings

    (5) For the purposes of subparagraph (2)(a)(ii), the prorated portion of the employee’s maximum contributory earnings for the year is the product obtained when the employee’s maximum contributory earnings is multiplied by the ratio that

    • (a) the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply, subject to the maximum pensionable earnings in respect of each pensionable employment,

    bears to

    • (b) the aggregate of the employee’s contributory salary and wages for the year in respect of pensionable employment to which the provisions of this Act relating to the making of contributions apply or to which the provisions of a provincial pension plan apply, subject to the maximum pensionable earnings in respect of each pensionable employment.

  • Marginal note:Prorated portion of employee’s basic exemption

    (6) For the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(i), the prorated portion of the employee’s basic exemption for the year is the difference between the employee’s basic exemption, determined without taking into account paragraphs 19(b) and (c), and the prorated portion calculated under subsection (4).

  • Marginal note:Prorated portion of employee’s maximum contributory earnings

    (7) For the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b)(ii), the prorated portion of the employee’s maximum contributory earnings for the year is the difference between the employee’s maximum contributory earnings, determined without taking into account paragraphs 17(b) and (c) and 19(b) and (c), and the prorated portion calculated under subsection (5).

Division 8Improving Veterans’ Benefits

R.S., c. P-6Pension Act

 Subsection 32(2) of the Pension Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Retroactive pension

    (2) If any person who is or has been in receipt of relief or unemployment assistance from the Department is or has been awarded a retroactive pension or a retroactive increase of pension, the difference between the amount actually paid by the Department and the amount that would have been paid if the retroactive pension or the retroactive increase of pension had been payable when the relief or unemployment assistance was issued shall be a second charge on the accumulated unpaid instalments of the pension and shall be withheld accordingly, subject to the payments to be made, as a first charge, to a province pursuant to subsection 30(2).

R.S., c. W-3War Veterans Allowance Act

Marginal note:2000, c. 12, s. 318(2), c. 34, s. 70(1)

 Subparagraph 4(3)(c)(ii) of the War Veterans Allowance Act is replaced by the following:

  • (ii) payable under section 34 of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act, any enactment prescribed by regulations made under section 25, or any similar or equivalent laws of the country in whose forces the veteran served.

 

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