Former Members of Parliament Elections for Joint and Survivor Benefits Regulations (SOR/96-320)

Effective Date of Joint and Survivor Benefit

• 15 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), a joint and survivor benefit is payable to a former member effective on the first day of the second month after the month in which the election is made.

• (2) Where payment of the allowances to which the former member is entitled is deferred pursuant to section 37.1 of the Act, the former member’s joint and survivor benefit becomes payable on the later of

  • (a) the first day of the month after the month in which those allowances become payable, and

  • (b) the first day of the second month after the month in which the election is made.

• (3) In the case of a former member described in subsection 10(1), the adjustment of the amount of the former member’s joint and survivor benefit is effective on the first day of the month after the month in which their retiring or compensation allowances or supplementary benefits, as the case may be, become payable.

• (4) In the case of a former member described in subsection 10(2), the adjustment of the amount of the former member’s joint and survivor benefit is effective on the first day of the month after the month in which their retiring or compensation allowances or supplementary benefits, as the case may be, would become payable.

Termination of Joint and Survivor Benefit

16 Where an election is revoked pursuant to section 13 or 14, the joint and survivor benefit payable to the former member ceases to be payable on the first day of the month in which the revocation takes place.

Joint and Survivor Benefit for Spouse

17 The joint and survivor benefit to which a spouse is entitled on the death of the former member who had made an election is equal to an amount determined in accordance with clause 9(1)(b)(ii)(B), if paragraph 9(1)(b) were read without reference to supplementary benefits payable under Part IV of the Act.