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Public Service Superannuation Plan Regulations

made under Section 20 of the

Public Service Superannuation Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 377

O.I.C. 2010-409 (November 9, 2010, effective May 11, 2010), N.S. Reg. 166/2010

 

Citation  

1     These regulations may be cited as the Public Service Superannuation Plan Regulations.

Definitions

2     In these regulations,

 

“Act” means the Public Service Superannuation Act;

 

“employer” means an employer that participates in the pension plan.

Definition of “employee who first commences employment on or after the sixth day of April, 2010”

3     (1)    In the Act, “employee who first commences employment on or after the sixth day of April, 2010” means a person who, on April 5, 2010, was not an employee of an employer or a member of the pension plan, and who first becomes an employee of an employer on or after April 6, 2010, but does not include an employee who meets the criteria set out in subsection (2).

 

       (2)    To be excluded from the definition in subsection (1), a person must meet 1 of the following criteria:

 

                (a)    they entered into negotiations with an employer before April 6, 2010, either directly or through a representative or intermediary, regarding employment with the employer, and subsequently become an employee of the employer and entitled to receive compensation from the employer on or before March 31, 2011;

 

                (b)    their employment by an employer was approved by the Executive Council, either specifically or in principle, before April 6, 2010, and they become an employee of the employer and entitled to receive compensation from the employer on or before March 31, 2011;

 

                (c)    they were employed by an employer before April 6, 2010, but are subsequently laid off or their employment terminated, and then later become an employee of an employer and entitled to receive compensation from the employer on or before March 31, 2016.

 

       (3)    A determination of whether an employee meets the criteria in subsection (2) is made by the Trustee.

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