Bill C-271: An Act to amend the Governor General’s Act

Bill C-271 If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at [email protected]. First Reading LEGISinfo Bilingual view XML PDF Skip to Document Navigation Skip to Document Content ENGLISHSUMMARYSUMMARY1 Governor General’s Act1 Governor General’s Act4 Consequential amendments4 Consequential amendments4 Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act4 Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act5 Pension Benefits Division Act5 Pension Benefits Division Act6 Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act6 Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act8 Transitional provision8 Transitional provision9 Coming into Force9 Coming into Force Second Session, Forty-third Parliament, 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-271 An Act to amend the Governor General’s Act FIRST READING, February 19, 2021 Mr. Marcil 432095 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Governor General’s Act to set the Governor General’s annual salary at $1. It also repeals Part II of the Act in order to remove the right to a retiring annuity and amends other acts in consequence. Available on the House of Commons website at the following address: www.ourcommons.ca 2nd Session, 43rd Parliament, 69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-271 An Act to amend the Governor General’s Act Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: R.‍S.‍, c. G-9 Governor General’s Act 1 Subsection 4(1) of the Governor General’s Act is replaced by the following: Salary 4 (1) There shall be payable to the Governor General an annual salary of $1 beginning on February 1, 2021. 2 Section 4.‍1 of the Act is repealed. 3 Part II of the Act is repealed. Consequential amendments R.‍S.‍, c. G-2 Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act 4 The schedule to the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act is amended by striking out the reference to “1 Governor General’s Act.‍”. 1992, c. 46, Sch. II Pension Benefits Division Act 5 The definition pension plan in section 2 of the Pension Benefits Division Act is amended by striking out subparagraph (a)‍(viii). R.‍S.‍, c. S-24 Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act 6 Paragraph 8(2)‍(c) of the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act is replaced by the following: (c) any benefit calculated by reference to an annuity payable under the Judges Act, 7 Schedule I to the Act is amended by striking out the reference to “1 Governor General’s Act.‍”. Transitional provision 8 Part II of the Governor General’s Act, as it read immediately before February 1, 2021, continues to apply with respect to an annuity referred to in section 6 or 7 that became payable before that date. Coming into Force February 1, 2021 9 This Act is deemed to have come into force on February 1, 2021. Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons Publication Explorer Publication Explorer ParlVU