TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Marginal note:Continuation of existing order

• 5. (1) The Special Duty Area Pension Order made under subsection 91.1(1) of the Pension Act, as that subsection read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, continues in force subject to being repealed under section 91.2 of the Pension Act, as enacted by section 3 of this Act.

• Marginal note:Re-enactment of provisions of existing order

  (2) Under section 91.2 of the Pension Act, as enacted by section 3 of this Act, the Minister of National Defence is deemed to have the authority, after consulting the Minister of Veterans Affairs, to make an order that re-enacts the provisions of the order referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

Marginal note:Reference to special duty areas

• 6. (1) In the definition “special duty service” in subsection 3(1) of the Pension Act, as enacted by subsection 1(3) of this Act, the expression “special duty area designated under section 91.2” shall be read as including a special duty area designated by the Special Duty Area Pension Order made under subsection 91.1(1) of the Pension Act, as that subsection read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, until that order is repealed.

• Marginal note:Reference to special duty areas

  (2) In the definition “special duty service” in subsection 32.1(2) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, as enacted by section 4 of this Act, the reference to a special duty area designated under section 91.2 of the Pension Act shall be read as including a special duty area designated by the Special Duty Area Pension Order made under subsection 91.1(1) of the Pension Act, as that subsection read immediately before the coming into force of this Act, until that order is repealed.

Marginal note:Regulations made under the Department of Veterans Affairs Act

7. Regulations made under the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, and in force immediately before the coming into force of this Act, that confer on members of the Canadian Forces and their survivors a benefit for disability or death by reason of service in a special duty area apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of members of the Canadian Forces and their survivors in relation to disability or death by reason of special duty service, as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Pension Act as amended by subsection 1(3) of this Act.