Employment Insurance Regulations (SOR/96-332)

76.11 A person is considered to be an insured participant for the purpose of paragraph 58(1)(b) of the Act if they would have been entitled to receive special benefits under section 22 or 23 of the Act and would have had a benefit period established for that purpose within the time required by that paragraph, had they not been paid provincial benefits.

• 76.12 (1) Paragraph 12(1)(a) is considered to include a week in respect of which a claimant is paid provincial benefits within the meaning of this Part or Part III.2.

• (2) Paragraph 12(2)(d) is considered to include a week in respect of which a claimant is paid provincial benefits within the meaning of this Part or Part III.2 as a prescribed week that is not to be taken into account when determining what weeks are within the rate calculation period.

76.13 The reference to “a week during which the person was in receipt of benefits” in subsection 8(5) of the Act shall be read as including a week for which the person was paid provincial benefits within the meaning of this Part or Part III.2.

• 76.14 (1) For the purpose of extending a claimant’s benefit period under subsection 10(13), (13.1), (13.2) or (13.3) of the Act, each of the following references is considered to include a reference to the corresponding type of provincial benefits:

  • (a) a reference in paragraph 10(13)(b), (13.1)(b), (13.2)(b) or (13.3)(b) of the Act to benefits paid for the reasons mentioned in paragraph 12(3)(a) or (b) of the Act, as the case may be; and

  • (b) a reference in paragraph 10(13)(c), (13.1)(c), (13.2)(c) or (13.3)(c) of the Act to benefits that were not paid for the maximum number of weeks established for the reasons mentioned in paragraph 12(3)(a) or (b) of the Act, as the case may be.

• (2) For the purpose of extending a claimant’s benefit period under subsection 10(13) of the Act, the reference following paragraph 10(13)(c) of the Act to “each of paragraphs 12(3)(a), (b) and (c)” shall be read as a reference to “paragraph 12(3)(c)”.

• (3) For the purpose of extending a claimant’s benefit period under subsection 10(13.1) of the Act, the reference following paragraph 10(13.1)(c) of the Act to “each of paragraphs 12(3)(b), (c) and (d)” shall be read as a reference to “each of paragraphs 12(3)(c) and (d)”.

• (4) For the purpose of extending a claimant’s benefit period under subsection 10(13.2) of the Act, the reference following paragraph 10(13.2)(c) of the Act to “each of paragraphs 12(3)(a), (b) and (d)” shall be read as a reference to “paragraph 12(3)(d)”.

• (5) For the purpose of extending a claimant’s benefit period under subsection 10(13.3) of the Act, the reference following paragraph 10(13.3)(c) of the Act to “each of those paragraphs” shall be read as a reference to “each of paragraphs 12(3)(c) and (d)”.