1. These Regulations may be cited as the Counting of Service by Former Members of the Senate or House of Commons Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Public Service Superannuation Act; (Loi)

“contributor”

“contributor” means a person who is a contributor under the Act; (contributeur)

“Minister”

“Minister” means the President of the Treasury Board. (ministre)

3. A contributor may elect to count a period of service in respect of which he contributed under the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act as pensionable service for the purposes of Part I of the Act if

• (a) he elects to do so in a form prescribed by the Minister; and

• (b) in the case of a contributor who is entitled to an allowance under the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act for service in respect of which he made contributions, he surrenders his rights to that allowance.

4. A contributor who makes an election pursuant to section 3 shall, for the purposes of Part I of the Act, be credited with a period of pensionable service equal to the aggregate of

• (a) the periods of pensionable service to his credit pursuant to subsection 24(2) of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act at the time he ceased to be a member of the Senate or House of Commons; and

• (b) the period of pensionable service in respect of which he made contributions under Part I or VI of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act that has not been counted for the purpose of establishing the periods of pensionable service referred to in paragraph (a).

• 5. (1) A contributor who elects within one year of becoming a contributor to count pensionable service pursuant to section 3 shall be medically examined unless he has, during the five-year period immediately prior to the election, been employed without interruption in the Public Service or as a member of the regular force, the Force, the Senate or House of Commons or in any combination of those employments.

• (2) A contributor who elects after one year of becoming a contributor to count pensionable service pursuant to section 3 shall be medically examined.

• (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a contributor who elects to count pensionable service pursuant to section 3 and to whom paragraph 3(b) applies shall be medically examined.