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    (a) if the judge leaves a survivor, an annuity equal to one-fifth of the annuity that is provided for a survivor under subsection 44(1) or (2); and

    (b) if there is no survivor or the survivor dies, an annuity equal to two-fifths of the annuity that is provided for a survivor under subsection 44(1) or (2).

Maximum of annuities to children

(5) The total amount of the annuities paid under subsection (4) shall not exceed four-fifths, in the case described in paragraph (4)(a), and eight-fifths, in the case described in paragraph (4)(b), of the annuity that is provided for a survivor under subsection 44(1) or (2).

166. Subsection 48(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Children's annuities, to whom paid

(2) Where a child of a judge is granted an annuity under this Act, payment thereof shall, if the child is less than eighteen years of age, be made to the person having the custody and control of the child or, where there is no person having the custody and control of the child, to such person as the Minister of Justice may direct and, for the purposes of this subsection, the survivor of the judge, except where the child is living apart from the survivor, shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be the person having the custody and control of the child.

167. Subsection 52(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Diversion of payments to satisfy financial support order

52. (1) Where any court in Canada of competent jurisdiction has made an order requiring a recipient of an annuity or other amount payable under section 42, 43, 44, 44.1 or 44.2, or under subsection 51(1) to pay financial support, amounts so payable to the recipient are subject to being diverted to the person named in the order in accordance with Part II of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act.

Replacement of ``spouse'' with ``spouse or common-law partner''

168. The Act is amended by replacing ``spouse'' with ``spouse or common-law partner'' in subsection 27(6).

Replacement of ``surviving spouse'' and ``spouse'' with ``survivor''

169. The Act is amended by replacing ``surviving spouse'' and ``spouse'' with ``survivor'' in the following provisions:

    (a) subsections 44(1) to (3); and

    (b) section 49.

R.S., c. L-8

LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS SUPERANNUATION ACT

170. Section 2 of the Lieutenant Governors Superannuation Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

``survivor''
« survivant »

``survivor'' means

      (a) a person who was married

        (i) to a Lieutenant Governor or former Lieutenant Governor immediately before the death of the Lieutenant Governor or former Lieutenant Governor, and

        (ii) in the case of a former Lieutenant Governor, to him or her immediately before the time when he or she ceased to be a Lieutenant Governor; or

      (b) a person who establishes that the person was cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal nature

        (i) with a Lieutenant Governor or former Lieutenant Governor for at least one year immediately before the death of the Lieutenant Governor or former Lieutenant Governor, and

        (ii) in the case of a former Lieutenant Governor, with him or her immediately before he or she ceased to be a Lieutenant Governor.

171. The portion of subsection 3(5) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Interest on payment and amount of contributions

(5) When, at any time after December 31, 1975, a contributor or his or her survivor, estate or succession becomes entitled, pursuant to subsection (1) or (4) or section 8 or 9, to be paid any amount of the contributions made by the contributor under this Part, the President of the Treasury Board shall

172. Subsection 5(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:

When sections 3, 4, 7, 8 and 8.1 do not apply

(4) Sections 3 and 4 do not apply to a Lieutenant Governor who has made an election under this section and sections 7, 8 and 8.1 do not apply to the survivor of a Lieutenant Governor who has made an election under this section.

173. Subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Diversion to satisfy financial support order

6. (1) When any court in Canada of competent jurisdiction has made an order requiring a former Lieutenant Governor to pay financial support, amounts payable to the former Lieutenant Governor under this Part are subject to being diverted to the person named in the order in accordance with Part II of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act.

174. The heading before section 7 and sections 7 to 9 of the Act are replaced by the following:

Survivors

Pension of survivor

7. (1) When a contributor who has ceased to hold office as the Lieutenant Governor of a province but who is entitled to be paid an immediate pension or a deferred pension under section 3 dies, his or her survivor shall be paid a pension equal to one half of the immediate pension or deferred pension to which the contributor was entitled under that section.

Pension of survivor

(2) When a contributor who has, pursuant to subsection 4(2), ceased to be required to contribute pursuant to subsection 4(1) dies while holding office as the Lieutenant Governor of a province, his or her survivor shall be paid a pension equal to one half of the immediate pension or deferred pension to which the contributor would have become entitled under section 3 had he or she, immediately prior to his or her death, ceased, for any reason other than death, to hold office as the Lieutenant Governor of the province.

Apportion-
ment when two survivors

(3) When a pension is payable under subsection (1) or (2) and there are two survivors of the contributor, the total amount of the pension shall be apportioned so that

    (a) the survivor referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition ``survivor'' in section 2 receives an amount, if any, equal to the total amount less any amount determined under paragraph (b) of this subsection; and

    (b) the survivor referred to in paragraph (b) of that definition receives an amount equal to that proportion of the total amount that the number of years that the survivor cohabited with the contributor while the contributor was a Lieutenant Governor is of the number of years that the contributor was a Lieutenant Governor.

Years

(4) In determining a number of years for the purpose of paragraph (3)(b), a part of a year shall be counted as a full year if the part is six or more months and shall be ignored if it is less.

Commenceme nt of pension to survivor

(5) A pension that is payable under this section to a survivor of a contributor commences to be payable immediately after the death of the contributor.

Return of contributions to survivor

8. (1) When a contributor dies while holding office as the Lieutenant Governor of a province and his or her survivor is not entitled to a pension under section 7, his or her survivor shall be paid the total amount of the contributions made by the contributor under this Part, together with interest, if any, calculated pursuant to subsection 3(5).

Apportion-
ment when two survivors

(2) When a return of contributions is payable under subsection (1) and there are two survivors of the contributor, the total amount of the return of contributions shall be apportioned so that

    (a) the survivor referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition ``survivor'' in section 2 receives an amount, if any, equal to the total amount less any amount determined under paragraph (b) of this subsection; and

    (b) the survivor referred to in paragraph (b) of that definition receives an amount equal to that proportion of the total amount that the number of years that the survivor cohabited with the contributor while the contributor was a Lieutenant Governor is of the number of years that the contributor was a Lieutenant Governor.

Years

(3) In determining a number of years for the purpose of paragraph (2)(b), a part of a year shall be counted as a full year if the part is six or more months and shall be ignored if it is less.

Election for former Lieutenant Governor

8.1 (1) If the person to whom a former Lieutenant Governor 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 a pension under section 7 in the event of the former Lieutenant Governor's death, the former Lieutenant Governor may make an election, in accordance with the regulations, to reduce the amount of the pension to which he or she is entitled in order that the person could become entitled to a pension under subsection (2).

Payment

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

No entitlement

(3) A person who is entitled to receive a pension under section 7 after the former Lieutenant Governor's death is not entitled to a pension under subsection (2) in respect of that former Lieutenant Governor.

Death Benefit

Residual amounts

9. If, on the death of a contributor, there is no survivor to whom a pension or return of contributions under this Act may be paid, or if the contributor's survivor dies, any amount by which the total amount of the contributions made by the contributor under this Part, together with interest, if any, calculated pursuant to subsection 3(5), exceeds the total amount paid to the contributor and his or her survivor under this Part shall be paid, as a death benefit, to the contributor's estate or succession or, if less than $1,000, as the President of the Treasury Board may direct.

175. (1) Subparagraph 11(a)(ii) of the Act is replaced by the following:

      (ii) the amounts to be recovered from any pension payable to the survivor of a contributor under this Act

(2) Section 11 of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``and'' at the end of paragraph (b), by adding the word ``and'' at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after paragraph (c):

    (d) respecting the election that may be made under section 8.1, including regulations respecting

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

      (ii) the reduction to be made in the amount of a former Lieutenant Governor's pension when an election is made;

      (iii) the amount of the pension to be paid under subsection 8.1(2); and

      (iv) any other matter that the Governor in Council considers necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of section 8.1.

R.S., c. M-5

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT RETIRING ALLOWANCES ACT

Amendments

1992, c. 46, s. 81

176. (1) The definition ``joint and survivor benefit'' in subsection 2(1) of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act is repealed.

1992, c. 46, s. 81

(2) The portion of the definition ``child'' in subsection 2(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

``child'' « enfant »

``child'' means a child or stepchild of - or an individual adopted either legally or in fact by - a member or former member who

1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, ss. 5, 6

177. Sections 23 to 26 of the Act are replaced by the following:

Duration of entitlement

24. An allowance under section 20

    (a) shall be paid monthly in arrears in approximately equal instalments;

    (b) begins to be payable, in respect of the death of a member, on the first day of the month immediately after the month in which the member dies or, in respect of the death of a former member, on the day after the day on which the former member dies; and

    (c) in the case of an allowance under paragraph 20(1)(a), continues during the lifetime of the recipient.

Election for benefit

25. (1) If the person to whom a former member 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, in the event of the former member's death, to receive an allowance under paragraph 20(1)(a) or 40(1)(a), the former member may elect, in accordance with the regulations, in order that the person could become entitled to an allowance under subsection (3), to reduce the amount of

    (a) the former member's retirement allowance and any additional retirement allowance under this Part; and

    (b) the former member's compensation allowance, if any, and any additional compensation allowance under Part II.

Election for both Parts

(2) No election may be made by a former member under subsection (1) unless the former member makes an election under subsection 45(1), if applicable, at the same time.

Entitlement to allowance

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

Payment of allowance

(4) The allowance to the person referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid monthly in arrears in approximately equal instalments, beginning on the day after the day on which the former member dies, and continues during the person's lifetime.

No entitlement

(5) A person who is entitled to receive an allowance under section 20 or 40 after the former member's death is not entitled to an allowance under subsection (3) in respect of that former member.

1992, c. 46, s. 81; 1995, c. 30, ss. 14, 15

178. Sections 43 to 46 of the Act are replaced by the following:

Duration of entitlement

44. An allowance under section 40

    (a) shall be paid monthly in arrears in approximately equal instalments;

    (b) begins to be payable

      (i) in respect of the death of a member, on the first day of the month immediately after the month in which the member dies, or

      (ii) in respect of the death of a former member, on the day after the day on which the former member dies; and

    (c) in the case of an allowance under paragraph 40(1)(a), continues during the lifetime of the recipient.

Election for benefit

45. (1) If the person to whom a former member is married or with whom the former member is cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal nature, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year, would not be entitled, in the event of the former member's death, to receive an allowance under paragraph 20(1)(a) or 40(1)(a), the former member may elect, in accordance with the regulations, in order that the person could become entitled to an allowance under subsection (3), to reduce the amount of

    (a) the former member's retirement allowance and any additional retirement allowance under Part I; and

    (b) the former member's compensation allowance, if any, and any additional compensation allowance under this Part.

Election for both Parts

(2) No election may be made by a former member under subsection (1) unless the former member makes an election under subsection 25(1), if applicable, at the same time.

Entitlement to allowance

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

Payment of allowance

(4) The allowance to the person referred to in subsection (1) shall be paid monthly in arrears in approximately equal instalments, beginning on the day after the day on which the former member dies, and continues during the person's lifetime.

No entitlement

(5) A person who is entitled to receive an allowance under section 20 or 40 after the former member's death is not entitled to an allowance under subsection (3) in respect of that former member.