Human Resources Legislative Update

Regulation Filed on Asset Transfers under Section 80.1 of Pension Benefits Act

Human Resources Legislative Update

Regulation Filed on Asset Transfers under Section 80.1 of Pension Benefits Act

Date: July 2, 2015

On June 18, 2015, O. Reg. 147/15 amending O. Reg. 308/13 (Assets Transfers under section 80.1 of the Act) made under the Pension Benefits Act (“PBA”) came into force.

O. Reg. 147/15 amends the date of the effective transfer of assets under section 80.1 from June 30, 2015 to a date not later than the date that section is repealed. The date that plan administrators must file cost actuarial certificates with the Superintendent after such a transfer has been extended from June 30, 2015 to no later than the date on which section 80.1 of the PBA is repealed.