Public Service Superannuation Regulations

7 (1) Subject to subsection 5.3(2) of the Act and subsections (2) and (3), a contributor who is absent from the Public Service on leave without pay is required to contribute to the Superannuation Account

• (a) in respect of the first three consecutive months of any such absence, the amount required to be paid by that contributor pursuant to subsection 5(1) and section 65 of the Act had the contributor not been absent; and

• (b) in respect of any portion of the period of absence subsequent to the portion referred to in paragraph (a), twice the amount required to be paid by that contributor pursuant to subsection 5(1) and section 65 of the Act had the contributor not been absent.

(2) Subject to subsection 5.3(2) of the Act, where a contributor is absent from the Public Service on leave without pay and

• (a) the deputy head of the employing department certifies to the Minister that the contributor is absent

  • (i) for the purpose of undergoing training or instruction that is advantageous to the department,

  • (ii) by reason of illness or injury,

  • (iii) because of the pregnancy of the contributor,

  • (iv) for the purpose of serving with a board, commission or agency that is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada but not part of the Public Service,

  • (v) for the purpose of serving with any organization, including a government other than the Government of Canada, but not including a Public Service bargaining agent or a credit union, and the service of that contributor with that organization is to the advantage of the department or is being performed at the request of the Government of Canada,

  • (vi) for the purpose of serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, or

  • (vii) because of personal needs for a period not exceeding three months and leave for personal needs was approved by the appropriate authority, or

• (b) is during that absence an employee engaged locally outside Canada by Her Majesty in right of Canada,

the amount that the contributor is required to contribute to the Superannuation Account in respect of the period of that absence is the amount that would have been payable pursuant to sections 5 and 65 of the Act had the contributor not been absent.

(3) Subject to subsection 5.3(2) of the Act, where a contributor is absent from the Public Service on leave without pay

• (a) because of the birth of a child of the contributor,

• (b) in order to carry out parental responsibilities in respect of the acceptance of custody of a child for adoption, or

• (c) to provide a child of the contributor with care and custody,

and the deputy head of the employing department certifies to the Minister that the contributor is on leave without pay for that reason, the contributor shall pay into the Superannuation Account, in respect of any portion of the period of absence that falls within the 52 week period following the day of birth of a child of the contributor or the day of adoption of a child by the contributor, the amount that the contributor would have had to pay pursuant to sections 5 and 65 of the Act had the contributor not been absent.