38. If, at the date of the end of a fiscal year, the plan’s assets administered by Retraite Québec, determined on a solvency basis and reduced by the estimated amount of the administration expenses to be assumed by the pension fund, exceeds the liabilities increased by the provision for adverse deviation, referred to in subparagraph 2 of section 128 of the Act, the members and beneficiaries to whom a pension is being paid by Retraite Québec on that date are entitled for the next fiscal year to the payment of an amount determined on the basis of that excess amount.
That amount, which is payable in a lump sum after the actuarial valuation has been sent pursuant to section 119 of the Act, is equal to the annual amount of a pension that could be guaranteed with the portion of the excess amount allocated to each member or beneficiary, proportionately to the value of the portion of his or her benefits that is administered by Retraite Québec. The amount of the pension is determined according to an estimation of the premium that an insurer would have charged to guarantee the benefits of each member or beneficiary in the 30-day period following the actuarial valuation date.