Public Service Superannuation Regulations

72 (1) For the purposes of sections 68 to 71, the following are the only demographic assumptions on which the actuarial values are to be based:

• (a) the rate of mortality for any contributor is the average of the rates of mortality for contributors who receive benefits in relation to a disability and contributors who receive benefits not in relation to a disability, of the same age group as the contributor, as set out in the actuarial valuation report laid before Parliament in accordance with section 45 of the Act, taking into account the mortality projection factors set out in the report, which average is weighted in accordance with the benefits paid to contributors in relation to a disability and to contributors other than in relation to a disability;

• (b) the rates of mortality of surviving spouses are those set out for spouses in the actuarial valuation report laid before Parliament in accordance with section 45 of the Act, taking into account the mortality projection factors set out in the report; and

• (c) the rates of divorce shall be those established by the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in accordance with statistics on divorce published by Statistics Canada.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the actuarial valuation referred to in that subsection is the most recent actuarial valuation report, or, where the most recent actuarial valuation report was tabled less than two months before the day on which the contributor made an election, the previously tabled report.