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Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (S.C. 2012, c. 19)

Assented to 2012-06-29

R.S., c. C-8Canada Pension Plan

 Subsections 98(4) to (6) of the Canada Pension Plan are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Assignment of Number

    (4) The Minister shall, on application by an individual to whom a Social Insurance Number has not earlier been assigned, cause a Social Insurance Number to be assigned to the individual and a Social Insurance Number Card may be issued to the individual.

  • Marginal note:Employer to maintain record of Social Insurance Number

    (5) Every employer who employs an employee in pensionable employment shall, in the case of an employee to whom subsection (2) applies, within 30 days after the day on which the employee reaches 18 years of age or becomes employed in pensionable employment, whichever is the later, require the employee to inform the employer of their Social Insurance Number, and the employer shall maintain a record of the Social Insurance Number of each employee.

  • Marginal note:Employee to provide Social Insurance Number

    (6) Every employee who is required under subsection (5) to inform the employer of their Social Insurance Number shall do so within 30 days after the day on which they are required to do so by the employer.

 Subsection 99(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Change of name

    (2) When the name of an individual to whom a Social Insurance Number has been assigned changes, by reason of marriage or otherwise, the individual shall inform the Minister of their new name, unless they have already so informed another authority empowered to receive that information,

    • (a) if the individual is employed in pensionable employment, within 60 days after the day on which the change of name becomes effective; or

    • (b) if the individual is not employed in pensionable employment but later becomes so employed, or is required to make a contribution under this Act in respect of their self-employed earnings, within 60 days after the day on which the individual becomes so employed or after the first day on or before which they are required under section 33 to pay any amount as or on account of the contribution required to be made by them in respect of those earnings, as the case may be.

1996, c. 23Employment Insurance Act

 Subsection 77(1) of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d):

 Sections 138 to 141 of the Act are replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Obligation

138. Every person employed in insurable employment, and every self-employed person in respect of whom Part VII.1 applies, must have a Social Insurance Number that has been assigned to that person under an Act of Parliament.

Marginal note:Change of name

139. When the name of a person to whom a Social Insurance Number has been assigned changes because of marriage or otherwise, the person shall inform the Commission of their new name within 60 days after the day on which the change of name becomes effective, unless they have already so informed another authority empowered to receive that information.

Marginal note:Regulations

140. For the purposes of sections 138 and 139, the Commission may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations respecting

  • (a) applications for a Social Insurance Number;

  • (b) the assignment and use of Social Insurance Numbers;

  • (c) requirements that must be met by persons who have been assigned Social Insurance Numbers; and

  • (d) requirements that must be met by employers.

Consequential Amendments

R.S., c. C-24Canadian Wheat Board Act

Marginal note:1998, c. 17, s. 28(E)

 Subsections 67(3) and (4) of the Canadian Wheat Board Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Assignment of Number

    (3) The Corporation shall, on application by a producer, other than a corporation, to whom a Social Insurance Number has not earlier been assigned, cause a Social Insurance Number to be assigned to that producer.

  • Marginal note:Change of name

    (4) When, at any time, the name of a producer to whom a Social Insurance Number has been assigned changes, by reason of marriage or otherwise, that producer shall inform the Corporation within 60 days after the day on which the change of name becomes effective, unless the producer has already so informed another authority empowered to receive that information.

1991, c. 22Farm Income Protection Act

 Subsections 10(2) and (3) of the Farm Income Protection Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Assignment of number

    (2) The Minister shall, on application by a producer to whom a Social Insurance Number has not been assigned, cause a Social Insurance Number to be assigned to the producer.

  • Marginal note:Change of name

    (3) When, at any time, the name of a producer participating directly or indirectly as part of a corporation or other entity in a program under an agreement and to whom a Social Insurance Number has been assigned changes, by reason of marriage or otherwise, that producer shall inform the Minister of their new name within 60 days after the day on which the change of name becomes effective, unless the producer has already so informed another authority empowered to receive that information.

2001, c. 27Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

 Section 90 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the heading before it are replaced by the following:

Social Insurance Numbers

Marginal note:Minister directs special numbers to be issued

90. The Minister may direct the Canada Employment Insurance Commission to assign to persons, other than Canadian citizens or permanent residents, Social Insurance Numbers identifying those persons as persons who may be required under this Act to obtain authorization to work in Canada.

2005, c. 47, s. 1Wage Earner Protection Program Act

Marginal note:2005, c. 47, s. 140(2)

 Section 27 of the Wage Earner Protection Program Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Information must be made available to Minister

27. Personal information relating to an applicant that is collected or obtained by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission must, if requested by the Minister, be made available to the Minister to determine the applicant’s eligibility to receive a payment under this Act.

Coordinating Amendment

Marginal note:2011, c. 25, Part 2

 Section 309 of this Act is repealed if the day on which this Act receives royal assent is after August 1, 2012.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

 Sections 304 to 312 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Division 9Amendments Relating to the Parks Canada Agency

1998, c. 31Parks Canada Agency Act

 The Parks Canada Agency Act is amended by adding the following after section 6:

Marginal note:Other Acts and regulations
  • 6.1 (1) If considerations of geography make it impractical for the body or minister responsible for administering and enforcing an Act listed in Part 3 of the schedule — or any regulation made under that Act — or any regulation listed in Part 4 of the schedule to do so in a part of Canada, the Agency may enter into an agreement with that body or minister under which the Agency may assist that body or minister in the administration and enforcement of the Act or regulation in that part of Canada.

  • Marginal note:Park wardens

    (2) For the purposes of an agreement entered into under subsection (1), persons designated as park wardens under section 18 of the Canada National Parks Act may, with the Chief Executive Officer’s approval,

    • (a) be designated under the Acts listed in Part 3 of the schedule to exercise powers set out in the designation in relation to the administration and enforcement of those Acts and any regulations made under them; and

    • (b) be designated under the Acts under which the regulations listed in Part 4 of the schedule are made to exercise powers set out in the designation in relation to the administration and enforcement of those regulations.

  • Meaning of “part of Canada”

    (3) In this section, “part of Canada” means a part of Canada that is outside national parks, national historic sites, national marine conservation areas and other protected heritage areas.

 Section 7 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 7(1) and is amended by adding the following:

  • Marginal note:Additions to or deletions from schedule

    (2) For the purposes of section 6.1, the Governor in Council may, by order, add to or delete from the schedule any Act of Parliament or regulation made under an Act of Parliament, or part of such an Act or regulation, that relates to the environment.

 The portion of subsection 21(3) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Payments out of New Parks and Historic Sites Account

    (3) Despite any other Act of Parliament, amounts may be paid out of the New Parks and Historic Sites Account for the following purposes:

Marginal note:2002, c. 18, s. 39.

 Section 31 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Report — heritage areas and programs

31. At least every five years, the Chief Executive Officer shall provide the Minister with a report, to be tabled in each House of Parliament, on the state of national parks, national historic sites, national marine conservation areas and other protected heritage areas and heritage protection programs, and on the Agency’s performance in carrying out its responsibilities under section 6.

 Subsection 32(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Review of management plans by Minister

    (2) The Minister shall review the management plan for each national historic site or other protected heritage area at least every 10 years and shall cause any amendments to the plan to be tabled in each House of Parliament.

 

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