An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act, the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act and the Salaries Act (S.C. 2001, c. 20)
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Assented to 2001-11-01
27. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 60:
Marginal note:Persons in receipt of disability allowance
60.1 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person who is entitled to and elects to receive a disability allowance under section 71.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act is deemed to remain a member until the person’s entitlement to that allowance ceases.
Marginal note:Contributions
(2) The contributions that the member is required to make under this Act shall be made by reservation from the member’s disability allowance, commencing on the day that the allowance becomes payable, and shall be calculated in respect of the salaries and allowances on which the disability allowance is based.
Marginal note:1992, c. 46, s. 81
28. Paragraph 64(1)(l) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(l) prescribing, for the purposes of sections 9, 11, 12, 31, 33 and 34, the manner of determining a portion of the earnings limit of a member for a calendar year;
(l.1) respecting the determination of the amounts of contributions and interest to be paid by members under subsection 33(4);
R.S., c. S-3SALARIES ACT
Marginal note:1998, c. 23, ss. 15 and 16
29. Sections 4 and 5 of the Salaries Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Prime Minister’s annual salary
4. (1) Commencing on January 1, 2001, the Prime Minister’s annual salary is equal to the remuneration reference amount referred to in section 54.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act, multiplied by 50 per cent.
Marginal note:Salaries of ministers
(2) Commencing on January 1, 2001, the annual salary of the following ministers, being members of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, is equal to the remuneration reference amount referred to in section 54.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act, multiplied by 24 per cent:
(a) the Minister of Justice and Attorney General;
(b) the Minister of National Defence;
(c) the Minister of National Revenue;
(d) the Minister of Finance;
(e) the Minister of Transport;
(f) the President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada;
(g) the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food;
(h) the Minister of Labour;
(i) the Minister of Veterans Affairs;
(j) the Associate Minister of National Defence;
(k) the Solicitor General of Canada;
(l) the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development;
(m) the President of the Treasury Board;
(n) the Minister of the Environment;
(o) the Leader of the Government in the Senate;
(p) the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans;
(q) the Minister for International Trade;
(r) the Minister for International Cooperation;
(s) the Minister of Western Economic Diversification;
(t) the Member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada appointed by Commission under the Great Seal to be the Minister for the purposes of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act;
(u) the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration;
(v) the Minister of Natural Resources;
(w) the Minister of Industry;
(x) the Minister of Foreign Affairs;
(y) the Minister of Public Works and Government Services;
(z) the Minister of Canadian Heritage;
(z.1) the Minister of Health; and
(z.2) the Minister of Human Resources Development.
Marginal note:Salaries of ministers of State
(3) Commencing on January 1, 2001, the annual salary of each minister of State, being a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, who presides over a ministry of State is equal to the remuneration reference amount referred to in section 54.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act, multiplied by 24 per cent.
APPLICATION
Marginal note:Amendments apply to members who make an election and to future members
30. (1) The provisions of the Parliament of Canada Act, the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act and the Salaries Act, as amended by this Act, apply
(a) to any member of the Senate or the House of Commons who files an election in writing with the Clerk of that House, within 90 days after the day on which this section comes into force, to have them apply to the member; and
(b) to any person who becomes a member of the Senate or the House of Commons after the day on which this section comes into force.
Marginal note:Failure to elect
(2) The provisions amended or repealed by this Act, other than paragraph 80(1)(a) of the Parliament of Canada Act as enacted by section 13, apply to any member who fails to make an election under paragraph (1)(a) as they read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force.
Marginal note:Deemed election
(3) A member who dies before making an election under paragraph (1)(a) is deemed to have elected immediately before the member’s death to have the provisions referred to in subsection (1) apply to the member.
Marginal note:Election irrevocable
(4) An election under paragraph (1)(a) is irrevocable.
COMING INTO FORCE
Marginal note:Coming into force
31. The provisions of this Act come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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