Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Regulations

• 26.1 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations

  • (a) fixing an annual rate of pay for the purposes of subsection 5(9) or prescribing the manner of determining the annual rate of pay;

  • (b) prescribing the time at which and the manner in which an election may be made under subsection 6.1(1);

  • (c) prescribing, for the purposes of subsection 6.1(4), the portion of the period of leave of absence that shall be counted as pensionable service under clause 6(a)(ii)(A);

  • (c.1) prescribing the number of hours per week and the number of days per year for the purposes of subsection 5(10), clauses 6(b)(ii)(F.1), (M) and (N) and paragraph 7(1)(i);

  • (c.2) respecting the manner of determining the amount of the commuted value of an annuity, the terms and conditions under which a contributor may become entitled to direct a transfer of such a commuted value, and respecting any other matters that the Governor in Council considers necessary for the purposes of carrying out section 12.1;

  • (c.3) respecting the manner in which and the determination of the balances on which interest is to be calculated under subsection 9(6) and respecting the rates of interest for the purposes of paragraph 9(6)(b);

  • (d) notwithstanding any regulations made under paragraph 26(c), determining the amounts to be paid under paragraph 7(1)(i);

  • (e) prescribing the time at which and the manner in which an election may be made under subsection 14.1(1) and determining, for the purposes of subsection 14.1(4), the time at which the election is deemed to be revoked;

  • (f) respecting the reduction to be made in the amount of an annuity or annual allowance under subsection 14.1(2);

  • (g) respecting the amount of the immediate annual allowance to be paid to a spouse under subsection 14.1(3);

  • (h) respecting the rates at which interest shall be credited to the Superannuation Account under paragraph 29(1)(b), the manner in which it shall be calculated and the times at which it shall be credited to the Account;

  • (h.1) respecting the additional information that is required to be included in annual reports referred to in section 31;

  • (h.2) prescribing periods of service in the Force and periods of pensionable service for the purposes of sections 11, 12.1, 13 and 14, these periods being in no case shorter than two years or longer than, in the case of paragraphs 11(7)(a) and 11(8)(a) and sections 13 and 14, five years, in the case of paragraphs 11(1)(a), 11(2)(a), 11(3)(a) and 11(5)(a), subparagraph 11(9)(b)(iii), subsection 11(11) and section 12.1, ten years, in the case of paragraphs 11(3)(c) and 11(5)(c), twenty years, in the case of paragraph 11(5)(d) and subparagraph 11(9)(b)(ii), twenty-five years, in the case of paragraph 11(9)(a) and clause 11(9)(b)(iii)(B), thirty years, and in the case of subsection 11(12), thirty-five years;

  • (h.3) prescribing classes of pension plans or retirement savings plans for the purposes of subsection 24.1(1) and respecting the extent to which, and the terms and conditions subject to which, service may be counted as pensionable service pursuant to subsection 24.1(9);

  • (h.4) respecting the manner in which and extent to which any provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act apply to a member of the Force who is engaged to work at least the number of hours per week or the number of days per year prescribed in regulations made under paragraph (c.1) and adapting any of those provisions for the purposes of that application;

  • (h.5) respecting the terms and conditions under which and the time and manner in which an election may be made in respect of a period of service specified in clauses 6(b)(ii)(F.1) and (L) to (P), the manner of determining in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(i) the amounts that are to be paid in respect of that election, the periods of service that may be counted for the purposes of that election, and the manner in which and extent to which section 8 and any regulations referred to in section 8 apply in respect of that election and to any contributor who makes that election and adapting any of those provisions for the purposes of that application;

  • (h.6) prescribing ages for the purposes of subsection 11(9), these ages being no greater than, in the case of paragraph 11(9)(a) and subparagraph 11(9)(b)(iii), fifty-five years of age and in the case of subparagraph 11(9)(b)(ii), fifty years of age; and

  • (i) generally as the Governor in Council may consider necessary for carrying out and giving effect to any provision of this Act referred to in this subsection.

• Marginal note:Retroactive application of regulations

  (2) Regulations made under paragraph (1)(a), (c), (d) or (h) may, if they so provide, be retroactive and have effect with respect to any period before they are made.