Canadian Forces Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Regulations

• 50.1 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations

  • (a) fixing an annual rate of pay for the purposes of subsection 5(6) or prescribing the manner of determining the annual rate of pay;

  • (b) prescribing the time at which and the manner in which an election may be made under subsection 6.1(1);

  • (c) prescribing, for the purposes of subsection 6.1(4), the portion of the period of service that shall be counted as pensionable service for the purposes of this Act;

  • (d) respecting, notwithstanding any regulations made under paragraph 50(c), the terms and conditions under which and the time and manner in which an election may be made in respect of a period of service or a kind of period of service referred to in clause 6(b)(ii)(L), (M) or (N), the manner of determining in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(l) the amounts that are to be paid in respect of that election, the periods of service that may be counted for the purposes of that election, and the manner in which and extent to which section 8 and any regulations referred to in section 8 apply in respect of that election and to any contributor who makes that election and adapting any of those provisions for the purposes of that application;

  • (d.1) respecting the manner of determining the amount of the commuted value of an annuity, the terms and conditions under which a contributor may become entitled to direct a transfer of such a commuted value, and respecting any other matters that the Governor in Council considers necessary for the purposes of carrying out section 24.1;

  • (d.2) prescribing periods of service in the regular force for the purposes of sections 16, 17, 18, 19 and 25, these periods being in no case shorter than two years or longer than three years in the case of paragraphs 16(a) and 18(2)(a), longer than five years in the case of subsection 25(3), longer than ten years in the case of paragraphs 16(c), 17(2)(e), 18(1)(a), 18(2)(b) and 19(1)(a) and subsection 19(2), longer than twenty years in the case of paragraphs 18(2)(c) and 19(1)(b) and longer than twenty-five years in the case of paragraph 19(1)(c);

  • (d.3) respecting the manner in which and the determination of the balances on which interest is to be calculated under section 13 and respecting the rates of interest for the purposes of paragraph 13(b);

  • (d.4) respecting the additional information that is required to be included in annual reports referred to in section 57;

  • (e) prescribing the time at which and the manner in which an election may be made under subsection 25.1(1) and determining, for the purposes of subsection 25.1(4), the time at which the election is deemed to be revoked;

  • (f) respecting the reduction to be made in the amount of an annuity under subsection 25.1(2);

  • (g) respecting the amount of the immediate annual allowance to be paid to a spouse under subsection 25.1(3);

  • (h) prescribing the manner in which an election may be made under subsection 41(4) and determining the amount to be paid by a person under subsection 41(5) and prescribing the time at which and manner in which it shall be paid;

  • (i) respecting the rates at which interest shall be credited to the Superannuation Account under paragraph 55(1)(b), the manner in which it shall be calculated and the time at which it shall be credited to the Account; and

  • (j) generally as the Governor in Council may consider necessary for carrying out and giving effect to any provision of this Act referred to in this subsection.

• Marginal note:Retroactive application of regulations

  (2) Regulations made under paragraph (1)(a), (c), (d) or (i) may, if they so provide, be retroactive and have effect with respect to any period before they are made.