Public Service Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Election

• 5.5 (1) A person who has ceased to be employed in the public service before the day on which this subsection comes into force may, subject to the regulations, elect to count as pensionable service the period of service in respect of which that person was unable to contribute to the Superannuation Account by reason of the person being a person described in paragraph 5(1)(j) of this Act, as it read on the day immediately before that day.

• Marginal note:Payment

  (2) A person who makes an election under subsection (1) shall pay into the Superannuation Account, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the regulations, an amount determined in accordance with the regulations.

• Marginal note:Crediting of pensionable service

  (3) Where a person makes an election under subsection (1), the period of service that the person elects to count as pensionable service is deemed to be to the person’s credit as at the date the person most recently ceased to be employed in the public service.