Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act

Marginal note:Manner of payment

• 57 (1) Every amount required to be paid by a member under section 11, 11.1, 33, 33.1 or 33.2 shall be paid at his or her option

  • (a) in a lump sum, at the time of the making of the election; or

  • (b) in instalments, payable on such terms and conditions as are provided for by the regulations and in amounts established using such bases as to mortality and interest as are prescribed.

• Marginal note:Recovery of amounts due

  (2) If any amount payable by a member or former member under a provision of this Act has become due but remains unpaid at the time of death of the member or former member, that amount, with interest at a rate prescribed from the time when it became due, may be recovered, in the prescribed manner, from any allowance payable under subsection 20(1), 25(3), 40(1), 45(3), 49(1) or 49.1(2) to another person in respect of the member or former member, without prejudice to any other recourse available to Her Majesty with respect to the recovery of that amount, and any amount so recovered is deemed, for the purposes of that provision, to have been paid by the member or former member.