Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

Marginal note:Commencement of allowances

• 37.1 (1) Notwithstanding sections 36 and 37, the allowances otherwise payable to a person under those sections in respect of pensionable service calculated by reference to contributions made on or after the day on which this section comes into force, otherwise than pursuant to an election made before that day, are not payable until the earlier of

  • (a) the day on which the person reaches fifty-five years of age, and

  • (b) the day on which the person, after ceasing to be a member, becomes entitled to receive a disability pension under the Canada Pension Plan or a provincial pension plan similar thereto.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, on ceasing to be a member, is entitled to receive a disability pension under the Canada Pension Plan or a provincial pension plan similar thereto.