Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

common-law partner

common-law partner means a person who establishes that the person is cohabiting with a Public Official in a relationship of a conjugal nature, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; (conjoint de fait)

Public Office

Public Office has a meaning corresponding to that of Public Official, and a person shall be deemed to be serving in a Public Office during such time as he is entitled to receive the salary annexed to that Public Office;  (charge diplomatique)

Public Official

Public Official means an ambassador, minister, high commissioner or consul-general of Canada to another country and such other person of comparable status serving in another country in the public service of Canada as the Governor in Council may designate; (diplomate)

survivor

  survivor means a person

• (a) who was married to a Public Official immediately before the death of the Public Official; or

• (b) who establishes that the person was cohabiting with a Public Official in a relationship of a conjugal nature for a period of at least one year immediately before the death of the Public Official. (survivant)