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Canada Pension Integration Regulations
made under Section 33 of the
Public Service Superannuation Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 377
December 31, 1965, N.S. Reg. 32/65
as amended up to O.I.C. 73-1021 (October 2, 1973), N.S. Reg. 84/73
1 (1) In these regulations:
(a) “Act” means the Public Service Superannuation Act;
(b) “employee” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Act;
(c) “Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings” has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan.
(2) For the purposes of these regulations, a person is deemed to be entitled to a retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan when, having made contributions under that Plan, he reaches the age at which he is eligible to make application for a retirement pension under that Plan if he has retired from regular employment.
2 (1) The Minister of Finance shall deduct on each pay period from the salary of every employee and pay into the Superannuation Fund in lieu of the amounts required by Section 9 of the Act to be deducted and paid, the following amounts in the case of an employee:
(a) while in receipt of a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum or less, 3.4 per centum of his salary;
(b) while in receipt of a salary in excess of twelve hundred dollars and not in excess of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, 3.9 per centum of his salary;
(c) while in receipt of salary over fifteen hundred dollars per annum, 4.4 per centum of that part of his salary that is equal to or less than the amount of Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings and 6 per centum of that part of his salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings.
(2) In this regulation [Section], “salary” has the same meaning as in Section 1(j) of the Act.
Section 2 replaced: O.I.C. 73-1021, N.S. Reg. 84/73.
3 The Minister of Finance shall, in respect of persons employed by Her Majesty in right of Nova Scotia or by an agent of Her Majesty in right of Nova Scotia, pay or cause to be paid any sums required under the Canada Pension Plan to be paid by the employer.
4 The annual superannuation allowance payable on retirement to an employee who is entitled to a retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan shall be calculated in the following manner in lieu of the manner of calculation provided in Section 13:
(a) for the years in which he was employed before the 1st day of January, 1966, 2 per centum of his average salary as computed under Section 13 of the Act for each year that he was so employed up to a maximum of thirty-five years; and
(b) for the years in which he was employed after the 1st day of January, 1966, which when added to the years in which he was employed before the 1st day of January, 1966, total not more than thirty-five years, for each such year,
(i) 1.3 per centum of that part of his average salary as computed under Section 13 of the Act that is equal to or less than the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings, and
(ii) 2 per centum of that part of his average salary as so computed that exceeds the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings.
5 (1) When a person who before he became entitled to a retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan has received a superannuation allowance under the provisions of Part I of the Act becomes entitled to a retirement pension under the Canada Pension Plan, his superannuation allowance under the Act shall be recalculated and paid in the manner set out in Regulation [Section] 4.
(2) This regulation [Section] does not apply to a person who retired before the 1st day of January, 1966.
6 When the sum of the superannuation allowance payable to an employee under Regulation [Section] 4 and the retirement pension to which he is entitled under the Canada Pension Plan is less than the superannuation allowance that would have been payable to him under Part I of the Act, the superannuation allowance payable to him under these regulations shall be increased by an amount sufficient to make the sum of the superannuation allowance payable under these regulations and the retirement pension to which he is entitled under the Canada Pension Plan equal to the amount of the superannuation allowance that would be payable to him under Part I of the Act if these regulations had not been made.
7 Notwithstanding these regulations, for the purpose of determining the allowance payable to a widow or dependant of a deceased employee, the superannuation allowance of that employee shall be calculated in the manner set out in Part I of the Act.
8 These regulations do not apply to or in respect of employees whose employment is not pensionable employment under the Canada Pension Plan.
9 These regulations come into force on the 1st day of January, 1966.