Governor General’s Act

Marginal note:Election for former Governor General

• 8 (1) If the person to whom a former Governor General is married or with whom he or she is cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal nature, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year, would not be entitled to an annuity under section 7 in the event of the former Governor General’s death, the former Governor General may make an election, in accordance with the regulations, to reduce the amount of the annuity to which he or she is entitled in order that the person could become entitled to an annuity under subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Payment

  (2) A person referred to in subsection (1) is entitled to an annuity in an amount determined in accordance with the election and the regulations if the former Governor General dies and the election is not revoked or deemed to have been revoked, and the person was married to the former Governor General at the time of his or her death, or was cohabiting with the former Governor General in a relationship of a conjugal nature for a period of at least one year immediately before his or her death.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting

  • (a) the time, manner and circumstances in which an election may be made, revoked or deemed to have been revoked;

  • (b) the reduction to be made in the amount of a former Governor General’s pension when an election is made;

  • (c) the amount of the annuity to be paid under subsection (2); and

  • (d) any other matter that the Governor in Council considers necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this section.