Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Election for absence from duty

• 6.1 (1) Subject to subsection (3), where, under any regulations made under paragraph 50(c), a contributor is required to count as pensionable service for the purposes of this Act a period of service that exceeds three months, the contributor may, notwithstanding those regulations, elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the regulations made under paragraph 50.1(1)(b), not to count as pensionable service that portion of the period that is in excess of three months.

• Marginal note:Contributions not required

  (2) Notwithstanding section 5, a contributor who makes an election under subsection (1) is not required to contribute to the Superannuation Account or the Canadian Forces Pension Fund under that section in respect of the portion of the period to which the election relates.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (3) A contributor is not entitled to make an election under subsection (1) if

  • (a) the period of service referred to in that subsection ended before the day on which that subsection comes into force; and

  • (b) the contributor has, before that day, made all of the contributions that are required to be made by the contributor to the Superannuation Account in respect of that period.

• Marginal note:Transitional

  (4) A contributor who makes an election under subsection (1) in respect of a period of service that ended before the day on which that subsection comes into force and who has, before that day, made some but not all of the contributions that are required to be made by the contributor to the Superannuation Account in respect of that period shall, at the time the election is made, cease to be required to make any further contributions to the Superannuation Account in respect of that period and shall count as pensionable service for the purposes of this Act such portion of that period as is prescribed by the regulations.