SI-2021-59 Certain Unauthorized Reimbursements Made Under the Public Service Health Care Plan Remission Order

Current to 2021-08-26 · last amended 2021-08-11

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Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, considering that the collection of certain amounts is unreasonable and unjust, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board and the President of the Treasury Board, pursuant to subsection 23(2.1) a of the Financial Administration Act b, makes the annexed Certain Unauthorized Reimbursements Made Under the Public Service Health Care Plan Remission Order. S.C. 1991, c. 24, s. 7(2) R.S., c. F-11

s. 1 — Definition of Plan

In this Order, Plan means the Public Service Health Care Plan.

s. 2 — Remission

Remission is granted to persons described in subsection (2) of amounts equal to the reimbursements the persons received for eligible expenses, as described in the Public Service Health Care Plan Directive, under the terms of the Plan during the relevant period, less amounts the persons paid as contributions in accordance with the terms of the Plan during the relevant period.

s. 2(2) — Persons to whom remission is granted

For the purpose of subsection (1), a person is granted remission if they were enrolled in error in the Plan when they were not eligible to join the Plan and

they were employed by the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation or by the Canadian Wheat Board and, under the Public Service Superannuation Act, are in receipt of an immediate annuity or an annual allowance or were in receipt of such an annuity or allowance immediately before their death; or

they would have been eligible to be a dependant of a former employee of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation or of the Canadian Wheat Board if that former employee had been eligible to be a member of the Plan and, under the Public Service Superannuation Act, they are in receipt of a survivor’s benefit.

s. 2(3) — Relevant period

For the purpose of subsection (1), the relevant period is the period that begins on the day that a person described in subsection (2) was enrolled in error in the Plan and ends on the earlier of the day that this Order is made and the day that the person died.