Pensions Legislation and Updates
About Alberta Pensions Legislation
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- Pension Legislation and Regulations:
Private
Sector
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Sector - EPPA Updates issued in 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Pension Legislation
and Regulations
Please note: Legislation and Regulations are stored on the Queen's Printer (QP) website. Please see their copyright/disclaimer. Regulations are consolidated up to the most recent amendment as soon as possible. The most recent amendment regulation which has been consolidated is noted at the top of the regulation.
Legislation and Regulation which applies to Private Sector Pension PlansLegislation and Regulations which apply to Public Sector Pension Plans
- Public Sector Pension Plans Act (PSPPA)
- Public Sector Pension Plans (Legislative Provisions) Regulation
- Public Service Pension Plan
- Local Authorities Pension Plan
- Management Employees Pension Plan
- Special
Forces Pension Plan
- Teachers’ Pension Plans Act (TPPA)
- Teachers' Pension Plans (Legislative Provisions) Regulation
- Teachers' and Private School Teachers' Pension Plans
Employment Pension
Plans Act (EPPA) Updates
Documents produced by Alberta Treasury Board and Finance, Employment Pensions, related to EPPA legislation.
| EPPA
Updates -- issued in 2011 (no updates issued in 2010): |
Released mm/dd/yy |
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11-01 - Canadian Institute of Actuaries Revised Standards of Practice for Pension Plans |
01/31/11 |
| EPPA
Updates -- issued in 2008: |
Released mm/dd/yy |
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| 08-04 - Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 – Summary of Changes | 11/12/08 |
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08-03 - Capital Accumulation Plans (CAP) Guidelines - Surveys of Plan Members |
09/12/08 |
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| 08-02 - Application of Phased Retirement Provisions Under the Income Tax Act | 07/22/08 |
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08-01 - Capital
Accumulation Plans (CAP) Guidelines - Surveys of Plan Sponsors |
01/15/08 |
| EPPA
Updates -- issued in 2007: |
Released mm/dd/yy |
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| 07-03 - 50% Unlocking
Cheat Sheet See also: Accessing Pension Funds |
01/10/08 |
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| 07-02 - Employment
Pension Plans Regulation Amendment, November 2007 See also: Policy Bulletin #39, Letters of Credit |
11/28/07 |
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| 07-01 - ALERT – Illegal Locked-in Account Unlocking Scheme | 11/14/07 |
Released
mm/dd/yy |
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| 05-01 (formerly (04-03) - Guidelines for Filing Annual Actuarial Valuations Under the Employment Pension Plans Act - renamed to Policy Bulletin #26 12/23/05. | n/a |
n/a |
Released
mm/dd/yy |
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| 04-02 - Merger of two or more fund holders and the impact on registered pension plans | 07/27/04 |
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| 04-01 - Application of the Personal Information Protection Act to Registered Pension Plans under the Employment Pension Plans Act | 06/24/04 |
Released
mm/dd/yy |
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| 03-06 - Definition of "Spouse" Changed in EPPA | 07/16/03 |
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| 03-05 - Alberta Financial Hardship Access | 12/16/03 |
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| 03-04 - Consequences of the 2003 Federal Budget on Pension Plans Registered Under the EPPA | 03/08/03 |
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| 03-03 - Interpretation of Calculation of Solvency Deficiency in Pension Plans Containing Defined Benefit Provisions | 03/08/03 |
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| 03-02 - Guidelines for Actuarial Assumptions Used in Valuations Filed Under the Employment Pension Plans Act - removed 04/29/04 - see Disclosure Paper on the Pension Plan Risk Assessment Program. | n/a |
n/a |
| 03-01 - Changes to Policy Bulletin #4: Removal of Funds | 01/17/03 |
Released
mm/dd/yy |
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| 02-02 - United Nations Suppression of Terrorism Regulations | 06/19/02 |
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| 02-01 - Concordance for Revised Statute | 05/02/02 |
Released
mm/dd/yy |
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| 01-01 - Maintenance Enforcement Orders and Pensions | 06/19/02 |
Released
mm/dd/yy |
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| 00-01 - New Legislation in Effect | 06/19/02 |
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| 00-02 - Pension Benefits and Marriage Breakdown (withdrawn/replaced by Policy Bulletin #3) | n/a |
n/a |
| 00-03 - Specified Multi-Employer Pension Plans | 06/19/02 |
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| 00-04 - LIRAs, LIFs and LRIFs | 06/19/02 |
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| 00-05 - Maximum Commutable Amounts | 01/03/03 |
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| 00-06 - Commutation due to Non-residency Status | 06/19/02 |
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| 00-07 - New Fee Structure in Effect | 06/19/02 |
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| 00-08 - Reminder Re Filing Requirements for PSIs | 06/19/02 |
