O. Reg. 597/21: SALARY AND BENEFITS OF CASE MANAGEMENT MASTERS

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ontario regulation 597/21

made under the

Courts of Justice Act

Made: August 26, 2021
Filed: August 27, 2021
Published on e-Laws: August 27, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: September 11, 2021

Amending O. Reg. 485/16

(SALARY AND BENEFITS OF CASE MANAGEMENT MASTERS)

1. The title to Ontario Regulation 485/16 is amended by striking out “CASE MANAGEMENT MASTERS” at the end and substituting “ASSOCIATE JUDGES”.

2. (1) Subsection 5 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$2,500” and substituting “$3,750”.

(2) Subsection 5 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “April 1, 2011” at the end and substituting “April 1, 2018”.

3. Section 6 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Vacation credits

6. Associate judges shall receive vacation credits at the rate of 3 1/3 days per month.

4. (1) The definition of “eligible person” in subsection 8 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

“eligible person” means any of the following persons:

1.  A person who is receiving a pension and whose last contribution to a fund from which the pension is paid, or the last contribution made on his or her behalf to a fund from which the pension is paid, was made while the person was holding the office of associate judge or case management master, as the case may be, if,

i.  the person,

A.  has at least 10 years of credit in the pension plan, or

B.  contributed or had contributions made on his or her behalf to a fund from which the pension is paid in respect of continuous service of at least 10 years, and has credit in the pension plan for some part of each of those 10 years; and

ii.  in the case of a person who was appointed as an associate judge or a case management master, as the case may be, on or after January 1, 2017, the person begins receiving an immediate unreduced pension upon retiring as an associate judge.

2.  A person who dies while holding the office of associate judge or case management master, as the case may be, if, as of the date of the person’s death, he or she met the requirements of subparagraph 1 i and was eligible to retire to an immediate unreduced pension; (“personne admissible”)

(2) Clauses 8 (4) (b) and (c) of the Regulation are amended by striking out “case management master” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “associate judge or case management master, as the case may be”.

(3) Subsection 8 (8) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “case management master” and substituting “associate judge or case management master, as the case may be,”.

5. (1) The Regulation is amended by,

(a)  striking out “case management master” or “a case management master” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “associate judge” or “an associate judge” respectively, except in subsections 8 (1) and 8 (1.1), clauses 8 (4) (b) and (c) and subsection 8 (8); and

(b)  striking out “case management masters” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “associate judges”.

(2) The English version of the Regulation is amended by striking out “case management master’s” or “a case management master’s” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “associate judge’s” or “an associate judge’s” respectively.

Commencement

6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Sections 1 and 3 to 5 of the Regulation come into force on the later of the day subsection 11 (1) of Schedule 3 to the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

 

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