Bills        

Bill 126
Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act (amended)
Received Royal Assent December 18, 2015

Bill 102
University Pension Plan Transfer Act (Whalen)
An Act to Facilitate the Transfer of University Pension Plans to the Public Service Superannuation Plan
Received Royal Assent May 11, 2015

Bill 38
Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act* (Whalen)
Received Royal Assent November 20, 2014

Government Resources       

• Pooled Registered Pension Plans Available to Help Save for Future, Finance and Treasury Board, August 25, 2016
• Pooled Registered Pension Plans [website], Finance and Treasury Board; PRPP Act proclaimed in force and effective May 4, 2016
• Amendments to New Pooled Registered Pension Plan Act, Finance and Treasury Board, November 19, 2015
• Pooled Registered Pension Plans, Finance and Treasury Board, September 9, 2015
• Proposed PRPP Act Regulations (draft for consultation)
• PRPP Fact Sheet
• Nova Scotians Can Access New Pension Plan, Finance & Treasury Board, October 15, 2014
• Nova Scotia PRPP Q and A
• Government to Amend Pension Benefits Regulations, Finance and Treasury Board, September 12, 2014

News/Analysis

• Target benefit plans continue to gain traction, Osler, February 13, 2018
• N.S. looking at changes to DB pension funding framework, target-benefit plans, Benefits Canada, September 11, 2017
• New Nova Scotia temporary solvency relief for defined benefit pension plans, Stewart McKelvey, August 10, 2017
• Pensions for SMEs: NS Dives into Pooled Registered Pension Plans, Halifax Chamber of Commerce, July 4, 2016
• Canada and four provinces sign PRPP agreement, Benefits Canada, June 27, 2016
• Pension Update: Countdown to Nova Scotia Pooled Registered Pension Plans, Stewart McKelvey, May 17, 2016
• Pension Primer: Pooled Registered Pension Plans ("PRPPs") in Nova Scotia, Stewart McKelvey, April 22, 2016
• Client Update: Nova Scotia Consultation on Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) Regulations, Stewart McKelvey, September 11, 2015
• New Nova Scotia Pension Benefits Act (PBA) Provides Framework for New Plan Designs, Eckler Special Notice, July 2, 2015
• New Nova Scotia Pension Legislation Effective June 1, 2015, Willis Towers Watson, May 26, 2015
• N.S. universities could join public service pension plan, Benefits Canada, April 27, 2015
• Client Update: New Nova Scotia Pension Benefits Act and Regulations Effective June 1, 2015, Stewart McKelvey, April 23, 2015
• Nova Scotia introduces Bill 38: the Pooled Retirement Pension Plans Act, Morneau Shepell, November 2014
• Pooled Registered Pension Plans coming to Nova Scotia, CBC News, October 15, 2014
• Nova Scotia amends Pension Benefits Regulations, Benefits Canada, September 15, 2014
• Nova Scotia to make changes to Teachers’ Pension Plan, Benefits Canada, June 13, 2014