Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Immediate annuity

• 16 (1) A contributor who ceases to be a member of the regular force and who has to their credit two or more years of pensionable service is entitled to an immediate annuity if

  • (a) they have completed not less than 25 years of Canadian Forces service as prescribed by regulations made under paragraph 50(1)(m);

  • (b) they have reached 60 years of age;

  • (c) they have reached 55 years of age and have to their credit not less than 30 years of pensionable service;

  • (d) they are disabled and have to their credit not less than 10 years of pensionable service; or

  • (e) they cease, otherwise than voluntarily, to be a member of the regular force because of a reduction in the maximum number of officers or non-commissioned members of the regular force authorized by the Governor in Council under section 15 of the National Defence Act or they cease, otherwise than voluntarily, to be a member of the regular force in any circumstances specified by the Treasury Board, and

    • (i) they have reached 55 years of age and have to their credit not less than 10 years of pensionable service, or

    • (ii) they have to their credit not less than 20 years of pensionable service.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), the Governor in Council may make regulations establishing, for officers, according to their rank, a number of years of Canadian Forces service greater than the minimum number of 25 years referred to in that paragraph and providing for that number to be reduced to 25 years over a maximum period of five years from the coming into force of this section, in the case of

  • (a) contributors who are members of the regular force on the coming into force of this section; and

  • (b) contributors who are entitled to an annuity on the coming into force of this section and who are subsequently re-enrolled in the regular force.