Public Service Superannuation Regulations

92 (1) In determining the actuarial present value of the accrued pension benefits referred to in subsection 90(1), the following actuarial assumptions are to be used:

• (a) the mortality rates for former contributors and surviving spouses, including mortality projection factors, shall be those used in the preparation of the most recent actuarial valuation report relating to the pension plan established under the Act;

• (b) the interest rates shall be the interest rates for fully indexed pensions set out in the Recommendations for the Computation of Transfer Values from Registered Pension Plans, published by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries effective September 1, 1993, adjusted by the interest rates for unindexed pensions to take into account the provisions of Part III of the Act;

• (c) the probability that a contributor will be survived by children shall be based on the rates regarding the assumed number, average age and eligibility status of children at the death of a contributor used in the preparation of the most recent actuarial valuation report relating to the pension plan established under the Act;

• (d) the probability that a contributor will become entitled to a benefit by reason of disability shall be based on the disability incidence rates used in the preparation of the most recent actuarial valuation report relating to the pension plan established under the Act, taking into account the probability set out in that report that, where termination of employment was on account of disability, there would be immediate eligibility for Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension Plan disability benefits;

• (e) the rates of marriage on termination of employment and the rates of divorce after termination of employment shall be those established by the Chief Actuary of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in accordance with statistics on marriage and divorce published by Statistics Canada; and

• (f) the determination of the age difference between spouses on termination of employment shall be established by the Chief Actuary of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in accordance with statistics published by Statistics Canada.

(2) The actuarial valuation report referred to in paragraphs (1)(a), (c) and (d) is the actuarial valuation report most recently laid before Parliament in accordance with section 45 of the Act before valuation day or, if that report was laid before Parliament in the month in which valuation day occurs or in the preceding month, the report that was laid before Parliament immediately previous to that report.