Senate Sessional Allowance (Suspension) Regulations

Senate Sessional Allowance (Suspension) Regulations The Senate, pursuant to section 59 of the Parliament of Canada Act, hereby makes the annexed Senate Sessional Allowance (Suspension) Regulations. February 19, 1998 If the Senate suspends a member, there shall be deducted from the member’s sessional allowance for the period of suspension the amount otherwise payable after deductions required by any Act of Parliament. If the conviction of a member who was suspended because of a conviction of a criminal offence in proceedings by indictment is overturned on appeal, there shall be paid to the member the total of all amounts deducted under subsection (1) as a result of the suspension. The amount payable under subsection (2) is payable without interest and without regard to any duty of the member to mitigate. These Regulations come into force on February 19, 1998.