R-9 - Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan

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134.3. (Replaced).
1983, c. 12, s. 20; 1993, c. 15, s. 51.
134.3. From 1 January 1984 and notwithstanding sections 134 and 134.1, where the surviving spouse, 65 years of age or over, of a contributor first becomes entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension provided for in this Act or to a retirement pension payable under this Act or under a similar plan, having become entitled to the other such pension, the surviving spouse’s pension payable to the surviving spouse thereafter is a basic monthly amount equal to the lesser of the two following amounts:
(a)  the greater of the amounts calculated in accordance with paragraph a of section 134.2, and
(b)  the difference between
i.  1/12 of 25% of the average of the Maximum Pensionable Earnings for the year in which the surviving spouse first became entitled to the surviving spouse’s pension provided for in this Act or to a retirement plan payable under this Act or under a similar plan, having become entitled to the other such pension, and for each of the two preceding years, and
ii.  the amount of the retirement pension of the surviving spouse.
1983, c. 12, s. 20.