Order in Council 519/2017

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Public Service Pension Act, the Public Service Pension Plan set out in Schedule 1 thereto, as amended, is further amended, as follows:

1. Section 10 is amended by adding the following as subsection (6.1):
   1. (a) This subsection applies in respect of members who:
      1. are represented by the Professional Engineers, Government of Ontario and who qualify for a benefit under a long term income protection plan on or after May 1, 2017.
   2. Subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) do not apply to a member beginning on the first day of the month immediately following the month in which the member
      1. would, upon ceasing to be a member, be entitled to a pension in accordance with subsections 15 (2), (3) or (4.1), and has accrued at least 30 years of credit in the Plan; or
      2. attains sixty-five years of age.
   3. A member to whom subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) do not apply by virtue of this subsection may elect to continue to accrue credit in the Plan while the member qualifies for a benefit under a long term income protection plan by contributing to the Fund the amounts set out in subsections (3), (4) and (5).
   4. The employer that employed the member on the date when the member qualified for the benefit shall continue to make contributions required by section 7 for as long as the member makes contributions in accordance with this subsection and, for greater certainty, shall not be required to make contributions to the Fund on behalf of the member in accordance with subsection (2).
   5. For greater certainty, if the member does not elect to make contributions pursuant to this subsection, the employer shall not make any contributions pursuant to subsection (2) or section 7.