Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

Marginal note:Allowance on ceasing to be a member before January 1, 1992

• 14 (1) Subject to section 58, where a person ceased to be a member before January 1, 1992, having contributed or elected to contribute under Part I or III of the former Act as a member for at least six years, there shall be paid to that person during the lifetime of that person in respect of all those contributions, other than those made under subsection 21(5) or (7) of that Act, a retirement allowance equal to the average annual sessional indemnity of that person as a member, multiplied by

  • (a) with respect to each year or portion of a year of pensionable service calculated in accordance with subsections (2) and (3), the aggregate of

    • (i) the number of years of pensionable service to the credit of that person as a result of contributions made under subsection 21(4) or subparagraph 23(a)(iii) of that Act multiplied by 0.02,

    • (ii) the number of years of pensionable service to the credit of that person as a result of contributions made as a member of the House of Commons under Parts I and III of that Act, other than subsection 21(4) or subparagraph 23(a)(iii), multiplied by

      • (A) 0.035, in the case of each of the first ten years,

      • (B) 0.03, in the case of each of the next ten years, and

      • (C) 0.02, in the case of each year thereafter, and

    • (iii) the number of years of pensionable service to the credit of that person as a result of contributions made as a Senator under Parts I and III of that Act, other than subsection 21(4) or subparagraph 23(a)(iii), multiplied by 0.03; and

  • (b) with respect to each year and portion of a year of pensionable service calculated in accordance with subsections (4) and (5), the number of those years and portions of years multiplied by 0.05.

• Marginal note:Calculation of years of pensionable service

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), in respect of time spent as a Senator or time spent as a member of the House of Commons before August 1, 1981, and in respect of which no election under subsection 22(2) of the former Act was made, a person is, on ceasing to be a member, deemed to have one year of pensionable service to the credit of that person

  • (a) for each $240 contributed or elected to be contributed on the amount received as a member by way of sessional indemnity in respect of sessions of Parliament held before November 12, 1953;

  • (b) for each $480 contributed or elected to be contributed on the amount received as a member by way of sessional indemnity in respect of sessions of Parliament held after November 11, 1953 and before April 8, 1963;

  • (c) for each amount, equal to seven and one-half per cent of the sessional indemnity payable to a member of the House of Commons during any period of twelve months beginning on April 8, 1963, or on April 8 of any subsequent year, that the person has contributed or elected to contribute on the amount received as a member of the House of Commons by way of sessional indemnity in respect of sessions held in whole or in part during that period of twelve months;

  • (d) for each amount, equal to six per cent of the sessional indemnity payable to a member of the Senate during any period of twelve months beginning on April 4, 1965, or on April 4 of any subsequent year, that the person has contributed or elected to contribute on the amount received as a member of the Senate by way of sessional indemnity in respect of sessions held in whole or in part during that period of twelve months; and

  • (e) for each amount, equal to the greater of $1,350 and seven and one-half per cent of the sessional indemnity payable to a member of the House of Commons, during any calendar year, that the person has contributed or elected to contribute in respect of any amount paid by way of salary or annual allowance during that calendar year.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) Where any amount that a person referred to in subsection (2) has contributed or elected to contribute under Parts I and III of the former Act, in respect of any sessions referred to in paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) or in respect of any salary or annual allowance described in paragraph (2)(e), is less than the amount set out in that paragraph, the person is deemed to have to the credit of that person such portion of a year’s pensionable service as that lesser amount bears to the amount set out in that paragraph.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), in respect of time spent as a member of the House of Commons after July 31, 1981 and before 1992, or any period in respect of which an election under subsection 22(2) of the former Act was made, a person is, on ceasing to be a member, deemed to have one year of pensionable service to the credit of that person for each amount, equal to ten per cent of the sessional indemnity payable to a member of the House of Commons during any period of twelve months beginning on April 8 of any year, that the person has contributed or elected to contribute on the amount received as a member of the House of Commons by way of sessional indemnity in respect of sessions held in whole or in part during that period of twelve months.

• Marginal note:Application of subsection (3)

  (5) In the application of subsection (4), the deeming provision of subsection (3) in relation to a portion of a year’s pensionable service shall apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (6) Notwithstanding anything in this section, the retirement allowance payable to a person under this section shall not exceed the average annual sessional indemnity of the person multiplied by 0.75.