Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  Canadian Forces Pension Fund

  Canadian Forces Pension Fund means the fund established under section 55.2; (Caisse de retraite des Forces canadiennes)

  Canadian Forces Superannuation Investment Fund

  Canadian Forces Superannuation Investment Fund means the fund established under section 55.1; (Fonds de placement du compte de pension de retraite des Forces canadiennes)

  child

  child means a child or stepchild of — or an individual adopted either legally or in fact by — a contributor, who at the time of the contributor’s death was dependent on the contributor for support; (enfant)

  contributor

  contributor means a person who is required by section 5 to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires,

  • (a) a person who has ceased to be so required to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund, and

  • (b) for the purposes of sections 26 to 35 and 38 to 40, a contributor under Part V of the former Act who has become entitled to a pension under that Part or has died; (contributeur)

  disabled

  disabled, as applied to any member of the regular force, has reference to any condition rendering him mentally or physically unfit to perform his duties as such member; (invalide)

  former Act

  former Act means the Defence Services Pension Act, chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1952, as it read before March 1, 1960, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires, any other enactment of Parliament providing for the payment of pensions to members of the regular force based on length of service, other than this Act; (ancienne loi)

  intermediate engagement

  intermediate engagement means a fixed period of service of a member of the regular force of such duration as is prescribed by regulation; (engagement de durée intermédiaire)

  member of the regular force

  member of the regular force means an officer or non-commissioned member of the regular force; (membre de la force régulière)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of National Defence; (ministre)

  officer

  officer means a commissioned or subordinate officer of the regular force; (officier)

  pay

  pay, as applied to the Canadian Forces, means pay at the rates prescribed or established under the National Defence Act for the rank held by the person in respect of whom the expression is being applied, together with the allowances prescribed by the regulations made under this Act for that rank, and, as applied to the Public Service or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, means the salary or pay and allowances, as the case may be, applicable in the case of that person, as determined under the Public Service Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act; (solde)

  provincial pension plan

  provincial pension plan has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan; (régime provincial de pensions)

  Public Service

  Public Service has the meaning given that expression in subsection 3(1) of the Public Service Superannuation Act; (fonction publique)

  rank

  rank includes appointment; (grade)

  regular force

  regular force means the regular force of the Canadian Forces and includes

  • (a) the forces known before February 1, 1968 as the regular forces of the Canadian Forces, and

  • (b) the forces known before February 1, 1968 as the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army Active Force, the Permanent Active Militia, the Permanent Militia Corps, the permanent staff of the Militia, the Royal Canadian Air Force (Regular) and the Permanent Active Air Force; (force régulière)

  retirement age

  retirement age, as applied to any rank of contributor, means such age as is fixed by the regulations made under the National Defence Act as the retirement age applicable to that rank; (âge de la retraite)

  salary

  salary as applied to a member of the Canadian Forces means the pay received by the member from employment as a member of the Canadian Forces; (traitement)

  short engagement

  short engagement means a fixed period of service of a member of the regular force as an officer, other than as a subordinate officer, of such duration shorter than an intermediate engagement as is prescribed by regulation; (engagement de courte durée)

  Superannuation Account

  Superannuation Account means the Canadian Forces Superannuation Account referred to in section 4; (compte de pension de retraite)

  supplementary benefit

  supplementary benefit means a supplementary benefit payable under Part III; (prestation supplémentaire)

  survivor

  survivor, in relation to a contributor, means

  • (a) a person who was married to the contributor at the time of the contributor’s death, or

  • (b) a person referred to in subsection 29(1). (survivant)

• (2) [Repealed, 1999, c. 34, s. 115]

• Marginal note:References to R.C.M.P. Superannuation Act

  (3) A reference in this Act to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act shall be construed as including a reference to any other enactment of Parliament in force either before or after March 1, 1960 providing for the payment of pensions to members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police based on length of service.

• Marginal note:Employment in forces pensionable employment

  (4) Except as provided in the regulations, employment as a member of the Canadian Forces is not excepted employment for the purposes of the Canada Pension Plan.