Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Regulations

9.1 (1) Where, under Part I or III of the Act, an amount has been paid in error to a person in respect of an annuity, annual allowance or supplementary benefit, the Minister shall immediately demand payment from that person of that amount.

(2) If a person from whom payment of an amount has been demanded pursuant to subsection (1) has not paid the amount within 30 days after the day on which the demand is made, the Minister may deduct the amount from the person’s annuity, annual allowance or supplementary benefit, in approximately equal monthly instalments equal to ten per cent of the gross monthly amount of the annuity, annual allowance or supplementary benefit, as the case may be.

(3) Where deductions are to be made pursuant to this section, the first deduction shall be made in the month following the month in which the 30 day period referred to in subsection (2) ends and further deductions shall be made in each month thereafter until the amount owing has been paid in full.

(4) A person in respect of whom deductions are made under subsection (2) may, at any time,

• (a) pay the amount then owing in one lump sum;

• (b) arrange to have the amount of the monthly instalments increased; or

• (c) make a partial payment and arrange to have the remaining amount owing deducted in approximately equal monthly instalments, over a period equal to or less than the period over which instalments would otherwise be payable under that subsection.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), where payment pursuant to that subsection would cause the person financial hardship, the person may pay the amount owing by reservation from the annuity, annual allowance or supplementary benefit of approximately equal instalments over a period not exceeding three times the period over which the instalments would be paid under that subsection or 15 years, whichever is the lesser.

(6) Where a person in respect of whom deductions are made pursuant to this section dies before the amount owing has been paid in full, the amount still owing shall be recovered from any further benefits payable under the Act in respect of that person.

(7) For the purposes of this section, a demand by or on behalf of the Minister for payment of an amount from a contributor or recipient shall be considered to have been made on the day on which a letter demanding payment, signed by or on behalf of the Minister and addressed to the contributor or recipient, is placed in the mail.

(8) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from paying an amount at any time before that amount becomes payable.