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Budget Implementation Act, 2009 (S.C. 2009, c. 2)

Assented to 2009-03-12

Marginal note:2007, c. 1

Consequential Amendment to the International Bridges and Tunnels Act

341. Subsections 4(3) and (4) of the International Bridges and Tunnels Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Application of other Acts

    (3) Nothing in this Act or any regulations made under it affects the application of any other Act of Parliament, including any requirement for a person to obtain a licence, permit or other authorization in respect of an international bridge or tunnel.

PART 8

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Division 1

Wage Earner Protection Program

Marginal note:2005, c. 47, s. 1

Wage Earner Protection Program Act

Marginal note:2007, c. 36, s. 83

342. Subsection 2(1) of the Wage Earner Protection Program Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Definitions

  • 2. (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.

    “eligible wages”

    « salaire admissible »

    “eligible wages” means

    • (a) wages other than severance pay and termination pay that were earned during the six-month period ending on the date of the bankruptcy or the first day on which there was a receiver in relation to the former employer; and

    • (b) severance pay and termination pay that relate to employment that ended during the period referred to in paragraph (a).

    “wages”

    « salaire »

    “wages” includes salaries, commissions, compensation for services rendered, vacation pay, severance pay, termination pay and any other amounts prescribed by regulation.

Marginal note:2007, c. 36, s. 84

  • 343. (1) Paragraph 5(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (a) the individual’s employment ended for a reason prescribed by regulation;

  • (2) Section 5 is amended by adding “and” after paragraph (b) and by replacing paragraphs (c) and (d) with the following:

    • (c) the individual is owed eligible wages by the former employer.

Marginal note:2007, c. 36, s. 85

344. The portion of section 6 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Exceptions

6. An individual is not eligible to receive a payment in respect of any wages earned during, or that otherwise relate to, a period in which the individual