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Bill C-512

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R.S., c. 13 (2nd Supp.); R.S., c. 18 (3rd Supp.); 1992, c. 1

Public Pensions Reporting Act

20. (1) Paragraph 3(1)(f) of the Public Pensions Reporting Act is replaced by the following:

    (f) the Seniors' Income Security Act.

(2) Paragraph 3(3)(b) and (c) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    (b) in respect of the pension plan established under Part I of the Seniors' Income Security Act, a date not later than December 31, 2000 and, thereafter, dates not more than three years apart; and

    (c) in respect of the pension plans established under Parts II and III of the Seniors' Income Security Act, a date fixed by the Governor in Council and, thereafter, dates not more than three years apart.

R.S., 1985, c. T-2; c. 48 (1st Supp.); c. 16 (3rd Supp.); cc. 1, 51 (4th Supp.); 1990, c. 45; 1991, c. 49; 1992, c. 24; 1993, c. 27; 1994, c. 26; 1995, cc. 18, 38; 1996, cc. 22, 23; 1998, c. 19; 1999, c. 10

Tax Court of Canada Act

21. Subsection 12(l) of the Tax Court of Canada Act is replaced by the following:

Jurisdiction

12. (1) The Court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine references and appeals to the Court on matters arising under the Canada Pension Plan, the Cultural Property Export and Import Act, the Employment Insurance Act, Part IX of the Excise Tax Act, the Income Tax Act, the Seniors' Income Security Act and the Petroleum and Gas Revenue Tax Act, where references or appeals to the Court are provided for in those Acts.

22. Paragraph 18.29(1)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    (c) the Seniors' Income Security Act, to the extent that a ground of the appeal involves a decision or determination as to income; and

R.S., 1985, c. w-3; R.S., c. 7, (1st Supp.); c. 12 (2nd Supp.); cc. 20, 28 (3rd Supp.); 1990, cc. 39, 43; 1992, cc. 24, 48; 1995, cc. 17, 18; 1996, c. 11; 1998, c. 21; 1999, cc. 10, 22

War Veterans Allowance Act

23. Subparagraph 4(3)(c)(i) of the War Veterans Allowance Act is replaced by the following:

      (i) payable under the Seniors' Income Security Act or, if no such benefits are payable, such benefits as are deemed to be payable pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 25(p), to or in respect of the veteran and the veteran's spouse, if any, or the widow, widower or orphan,as the case may be, or

24. (1) The portion of subsection 7(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Definition of ``income''

7. (1) For the purposes of this Act, ``income'', of a person for a calendar year, has the same meaning as in section 13 of the Seniors' Income Security Act except that, for the purposes of this Act,

(2) Subsection 7(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

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(2) Despite subsection (1), if it appears to the Minister that any amendment to the Income Tax Act or the regulations made under that Act or to the Seniors' Income Security Act would result in a significant change in the amount of any allowance payable in respect of any class of persons under this Act, the Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make orders to alleviate for the purposes of this Act the effect of the change by deeming revenue specified in the orders or a part of that revenue to be or not to be, as the case may require, income of a person referred to in subsection (1).

25. (1) Subsection 22(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Increases

22. (1) The income factors specified in column II of the schedule, except the income factor specified for orphans and children, shall be increased simultaneously with and by the same amount as any increase in the amount of each of the Seniors' Income Security pension and the Guaranteed Income Supplement provided from time to time by amendments to the Seniors' Income Security Act , other than regular quarterly adjustments made under that Act in relation to the Consumer Price Index.

(2) Subsection 22(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

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(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of the increase in the maximum amount of the Guaranteed Income Supplement provided for by subsection 12(5) of the Seniors' Income Security Act.

26. Subsection 30(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Communica-
tion of information

(2) Any information obtained by an officer or employee of the Department pursuant to this Act or the regulations may be communicated to an officer or employee of the Department of Human Resources Development for the purposes of administering this Act or the Seniors' Income Security Act.

CONDITIONAL AMENDMENTS

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act

27. If section 100 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act, assented to on December 18, 1997, is not in force on the day on which this Act is assented to, then on the day on which this Act is assented to, the enacting provision in subsection 100(1) of that Act and the heading before it are replaced by the following:

AMENDMENTS TO THE SENIOR'S INCOME SECURITY ACT

100. (1) Subsection 27.1(1) of the Seniors' Income Security Act is replaced by the following:

28. (1) If subsection 44(4) of the Old Age Security Act as enacted by section 106 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act, assented to on December 18, 1997, is not in force on the day on which this Act is assented to, then on the day on which this Act is assented to

    (a) the reference to ``Act'' in the enacting provision in section 106 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act as it relates to the enactment of subsection 44(4) of the 0ld Age Pension Act, shall be read as a reference to the Seniors' Income Security Act; and

    (b) the reference to subsection 44(4) of the Old Age Security Act in subsection 110(2) of the Canada Pension Investment Board Act is replaced by a reference to subsection 44(4) of the Seniors' Income Security Act.

(2) If section 44.1 of the Old Age Security Act as enacted by section 107 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act, assented to on December 18, 1997, is not in force on the day on which this Act is assented to, then on the day on which this Act is assented to

    (a) the reference to ``Act'' in the enacting provision in section 107 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act shall be read as a reference to the Seniors' Income Security Act; and

    (b) the reference to section 44.1 of the Old Age Security Act in subsection 110(2) of the Canada Pension Investment Board Act is replaced by a reference to section 44.1 of the Seniors' Income Security Act.

Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act

C. 12, 2000

29. (1) On the later of the coming into force of section 60 of the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, assented to on June 29, 2000, and this Act, subsection 82(1) of the Canada Pension Plan is replaced by the following:

Appeal to Review Tribunal

82. (1) A party who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Minister made under section 81 or subsection 84(2), or a person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the Minister made under subsection 27.1(2) of the Seniors' Income Security Act, or, subject to the regulations, any person on their behalf, may appeal the decision to a Review Tribunal in writing within 90 days, or any longer period that the Commissioner of Review Tribunals may, either before or after the expiration of those 90 days, allow, after the day on which the party was notified in the prescribed manner of the decision or the person was notified in writing of the Minister's decision and of the reasons for it.

(2) On the later of the coming into force of section 61 of the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, assented to on June 29, 2000, and this Act, subsection 83(1) of the Canada Pension Plan is replaced by the following:

Appeal to Pension Appeals Board

83. (1) A party or, subject to the regulations, any person on behalf thereof, or the Minister, if dissatisfied with a decision of a Review Tribunal made under section 82, other than a decision made in respect of an appeal referred to in subsection 28(l) of the Seniors' Income Security Act, or under subsection 84(2), may, within ninety days after the day on which that decision was communicated to the party or Minister, or within such longer period as the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Pension Appeals Board may either before or after the expiration of those ninety days allow, apply in writing to the Chairman or Vice-Chairman for leave to appeal that decision to the Pension Appeals Board.

30. If subsection 192(1) of the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, assented to on June 29, 2000, is not in force on the day on which this Act is assented to, then on the day on which this Act is assented to, subsection 192(1) and the heading before it are replaced by the following:

Seniors' Income Security Act

192. (1) The definitions ``spouse'' and ``widow'' in section 2 of the Seniors' Income Security Act are repealed.

31. On the later of the coming into force of subsection 318(2) of the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, assented to on June 29, 2000, and this Act, subparagraph 4(3)(c)(i) of the War Veterans Allowance Act is replaced by the following:

      (i) payable under the Seniors' Income Security Act or, if no such benefits are payable, such benefits as are deemed to be payable pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 25(p), to or in respect of the veteran and the veteran's spouse or common-law partner, if any, or the survivor or orphan, as the case may be, or