• 76.28 (1) If a province that has a provincial plan has paid or is required to pay to the Receiver General a premium adjustment that corresponds to the amount of employee’s premiums deducted in respect of an employee under that plan, that amount shall be taken into account as though the amount of the premium adjustment had been paid on account of the employee’s premiums under the Act for the purpose of determining whether there has been an overpayment by the employee for the purposes of Part IV of the Act.

• (2) Where a premium adjustment referred to in subsection 76.26(1) has been paid or is required to be paid to a province that has a provincial plan, the amount of that premium adjustment shall not be taken into account for the purposes of Part IV of the Act.

76.29 A claimant’s social insurance number shall be used for the purpose of facilitating the exchange, between the Government of Canada and a province, of information obtained with respect to a claimant under provincial law or the Act.

76.3 The Canada Revenue Agency and the Minister of National Revenue are authorized to disclose to a province that has a provincial plan information necessary for the administration of this Part that has been obtained by the Agency or the Minister under the Act or these Regulations and any information prepared from that information.

76.31 The following definitions apply in this Part.

“plan established under a provincial law”

“plan established under a provincial law” means a plan, established under a provincial law, that provides for the payment of provincial benefits and in respect of which the premium payable under section 152.21 of the Act is subject to a system for reducing that premium if the payment of allowances, money or other benefits payable under the provincial law would have the effect of reducing or eliminating benefits payable under section 152.04 or 152.05 of the Act. (régime établi en vertu d’une loi provinciale)

“provincial benefits”

“provincial benefits” means allowances, money or other benefits, paid to a self-employed person under a plan established under a provincial law because of pregnancy or in respect of the care by that person of one or more of their new-born children or one or more children placed with them for the purpose of adoption. (prestations provinciales)

76.32 A plan established under a provincial law shall meet the following requirements:

• (a) the plan must provide for the payment of provincial benefits;

• (b) the plan must, at a minimum, cover substantially the same persons as those who are self-employed persons under the Act;

• (c) the global amount of provincial benefits payable to a person under the plan must be substantially equivalent to or greater than the global amount of benefits payable to a self-employed person under section 152.04 or 152.05 of the Act;

• (d) the plan must provide that an applicant who has received provincial benefits in respect of at least one week under it shall continue to receive such benefits for their full period of entitlement, even if, after receiving provincial benefits in respect of one week, they become a resident of a different province; and

• (e) the plan must provide for the sharing, by the province with the Government of Canada, of information obtained in the course of administering the plan that is necessary for the administration of a premium reduction system established by this Part, as well as information prepared from that information.