Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

Marginal note:Contributions in respect of previous sessions — election before January 1, 2016

• 11 (1) If a member elects before January 1, 2016 to contribute to the Retiring Allowances Account in respect of a previous session, he or she shall pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund

  • (a) if the election is made on or after January 1, 2001 and the member’s sessional indemnity in respect of that previous session exceeds the member’s earnings limit for the calendar year

    • (i) a contribution equal to four per cent of that portion of the sessional indemnity paid to the member in respect of that previous session that does not exceed the member’s earnings limit, and

    • (ii) the interest on that contribution calculated at a rate and in the manner prescribed from the day on which the final payment by way of sessional indemnity was made to the member in respect of that session to the day on which the election is made;

  • (a.1) if the election is made on or after January 1, 1992 and before January 1, 2001, or if the member’s sessional indemnity in respect of that previous session does not exceed the member’s earnings limit for the calendar year and the election is made on or after January 1, 2001,

    • (i) a contribution equal to four per cent of the aggregate of the amounts paid to the member in respect of that previous session

      • (A) by way of sessional indemnity, and

      • (B) by way of salary or annual allowance, if the member so elects to contribute in respect of that salary or annual allowance, and

    • (ii) the interest on that contribution calculated at a rate and in the manner prescribed from the day on which the final payment by way of sessional indemnity, salary or annual allowance, as the case may be, was made to the member in respect of that session to the day on which the election is made; and

  • (b) in the case of an election made before January 1, 1992,

    • (i) where a member of the House of Commons made an election under subsection 22(1) of the former Act before August 1, 1981, or a member of the Senate made an election under that subsection, a contribution equal to

      • (A) six per cent of the amount of the sessional allowance paid to the member under section 55 of the Parliament of Canada Act in respect of that session if it was held before the commencement of the 26th Parliament,

      • (B) seven and one-half per cent of the amount paid to the member as a member of the House of Commons, or six per cent of the amount paid to the member as a Senator, as the case may be, by way of sessional indemnity, in respect of that session if it was held after the 25th Parliament, and

      • (C) seven and one-half per cent of the amount paid to the member by way of salary or annual allowance in respect of that session if the member, by the election, elected to contribute thereon,

      minus the total amount of any contributions that the member paid or elected to pay under Parts I to V of the former Act in respect of those amounts and that were not repaid as a withdrawal allowance,

    • (ii) where a member of the House of Commons made an election under subsection 22(1) of the former Act after August 1, 1981 and before January 1, 1992, or a member made an election under subsection 22(2) of that Act, a contribution equal to ten per cent of the amount paid to the member as a member of the House of Commons by way of sessional indemnity in respect of that session, minus the total amount of any contributions that the member paid or elected to pay under Parts I to V of the former Act in respect of those amounts and that were not repaid as a withdrawal allowance,

    • (iii) where a member made an election under subsection 21(7) of the former Act in respect of a salary or an annual allowance, a contribution equal to two and one-half per cent of the amount paid to the member by way of that salary or allowance in respect of that session,

    • (iv) where a member made an election under subsection 22(3) of the former Act in respect of a salary or an annual allowance, a contribution not exceeding ten per cent of the amount paid to the member by way of that salary or allowance in respect of that session,

    • (v) except in respect of the portion of that contribution specified in subparagraph (vi), interest on that contribution calculated at a rate and in the manner prescribed from the day on which the final payment by way of sessional indemnity, salary or annual allowance, as the case may be, was made to the member in respect of that session to the day on which the election is made, and

    • (vi) in respect of the portion of that contribution included in a withdrawal allowance paid under Parts I to V of the former Act, the interest on the aggregate of

      • (A) that portion of the contribution, and

      • (B) the interest on that portion of the contribution that was included in the withdrawal allowance,

      calculated at a rate and in the manner prescribed from the day on which the payment of the withdrawal allowance was made to the day on which the election is made.

• Marginal note:Contributions in respect of previous period

  (1.1) If a member elects under subsection 10(1.1) to contribute to the Retiring Allowances Account in respect of the period referred to in that subsection, the member shall pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund

  • (a) a contribution equal to four per cent of the aggregate of the amounts paid to the member in respect of that period

    • (i) by way of sessional indemnity, and

    • (ii) by way of salary or annual allowance, if the member so elects to contribute in respect of that salary or annual allowance; and

  • (b) the interest on that contribution calculated at a rate and in the manner prescribed from the day on which the final payment by way of sessional indemnity, salary or annual allowance, as the case may be, was made to the member in respect of that period to the day on which the election is made.

• Marginal note:Maximum contribution

  (2) Notwithstanding clause (1)(a.1)(i)(B) or subparagraph (1.1)(a)(ii), where the aggregate of amounts paid to a person as a member in respect of one or more previous sessions, or in respect of a particular period, in a calendar year by way of sessional indemnity, salary or annual allowance exceeds

  • (a) the earnings limit of the member for that calendar year, or

  • (b) where the person was not a member during the whole of that calendar year, that portion of the earnings limit of the member for that calendar year that the part of the calendar year during which the person is a member bears in relation to the whole of the calendar year, determined in accordance with the regulations,

  the member shall not, in respect of that previous session or particular period, contribute under that clause or subparagraph on the excess amount.