Supplementary Death Benefit Regulations

20 Subject to sections 21 and 22, a participant, other than an elective participant, is deemed, for the purposes of Part II of the Act, to have ceased to be employed in the public service

• (a) in the case of a participant other than a participant described in paragraphs (b) to (e), on the day after the last day for which they receive pay for their employment in the public service;

• (b) in the case of a participant who dies, on the day after the day of their death;

• (c) in the case of a participant who is on authorized leave of absence without pay, on the earlier of

  • (i) the day after the day on which their deputy head advises the Minister in writing that the participant has ceased to be employed in the public service, and

  • (ii) the day on which, under any other Act of Parliament governing employment outside the public service, the participant becomes a contributor to any other superannuation or pension fund or plan;

• (d) in the case of a participant who is on unauthorized leave of absence without pay, on the day after the day on which their deputy head advises the Minister in writing that the participant has ceased to be employed in the public service;

• (e) in the case of a participant who is under suspension under any Act of Parliament, on the day on which they cease to be employed in the public service as certified by their deputy head; or

• (f) in the case of a participant who ceases to be required to contribute under Part I of the Act by reason of becoming a person described in paragraph 5(1)(g) or (h) or subsection 5.1(1) of the Act, on the day after the last day on which they are required to contribute.

• (g) [Repealed, SOR/99-378, s. 7]