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Pension Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-6)

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Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2020-07-27. Previous Versions

RELATED PROVISIONS

  • — 2003, c. 12, s. 5

    • Continuation of existing order
      • 5 (1) The Special Duty Area Pension Order made under subsection 91.1(1) of the Pension Act, as that subsection read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, continues in force subject to being repealed under section 91.2 of the Pension Act, as enacted by section 3 of this Act.

      • Re-enactment of provisions of existing order

        (2) Under section 91.2 of the Pension Act, as enacted by section 3 of this Act, the Minister of National Defence is deemed to have the authority, after consulting the Minister of Veterans Affairs, to make an order that re-enacts the provisions of the order referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

  • — 2003, c. 12, s. 6(1)

    • Reference to special duty areas
      • 6 (1) In the definition special duty service in subsection 3(1) of the Pension Act, as enacted by subsection 1(3) of this Act, the expression “special duty area designated under section 91.2” shall be read as including a special duty area designated by the Special Duty Area Pension Order made under subsection 91.1(1) of the Pension Act, as that subsection read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, until that order is repealed.

  • — 2005, c. 21, s. 96

  • — 2005, c. 21, s. 97

    • Effect of designations under Pension Act

      97 The designations made under section 91.2 or 91.3 of the Pension Act, as those sections read immediately before the coming into force of sections 69 and 70 of this Act, have effect as if they were made under section 69 or 70 of this Act, respectively.

  • — 2011, c. 12, s. 20.1

    • Review

      20.1 Within two years after the day on which this section comes into force, a comprehensive review of the provisions and operations of this Act must be undertaken by any committees of the Senate and of the House of Commons that are designated or established by the Senate and the House of Commons for that purpose.

  • — 2013, c. 33, s. 159

    • Retroactive pension

      159 If, on the day on which this Division comes into force, a person is or has been in receipt of war veterans allowance referred to in subsection 32(2) of the Pension Act as it read immediately before that day and, on or after that day, is awarded a retroactive pension or a retroactive increase of pension under that Act, then any pension payments made under that Act in respect of a month the whole of which is before that day are subject to that subsection 32(2) and to section 13 of the War Veterans Allowance Act as they read immediately before that day.

  • — 2016, c. 3, s. 9.1

    • Mature minors, advance requests and mental illness
      • 9.1 (1) The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health must, no later than 180 days after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, initiate one or more independent reviews of issues relating to requests by mature minors for medical assistance in dying, to advance requests and to requests where mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition.

      • (2) The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health must, no later than two years after the day on which a review is initiated, cause one or more reports on the review, including any findings or recommendations resulting from it, to be laid before each House of Parliament.

  • — 2016, c. 3, s. 10

    • Review by committee
      • 10 (1) At the start of the fifth year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the provisions enacted by this Act are to be referred to the committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament that may be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing the provisions.

      • Report

        (2) The committee to which the provisions are referred is to review them and the state of palliative care in Canada and submit a report to the House or Houses of Parliament of which it is a committee, including a statement setting out any changes to the provisions that the committee recommends.

  • — 2020, c. 11, s. 10

    • Payment out of Consolidated Revenue Fund

      10 Any amount payable by the Minister of Employment and Social Development in relation to the administration of a program to provide a one-time payment to persons with disabilities for reasons related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including any administrative cost, is to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.


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