• 78. (1) For the purposes of section 112 of the Act, a request for reconsideration of a decision of the Commission must be in writing and contain the following information:

  • (a) the name of the person making the request and their

    • (i) social insurance number or the business number assigned to them by the Minister of National Revenue, as the case may be,

    • (ii) address and telephone number, and

    • (iii) facsimile number and email address, if any;

  • (b) the date on which the decision was communicated to the person;

  • (c) the reasons why the person is requesting a reconsideration of the decision; and

  • (d) any relevant information that was not previously provided to the Commission.

• (2) A request for reconsideration must be filed with the Commission at the address, facsimile number or email address — or in accordance with the electronic filing procedure — provided by the Commission on the website of the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development.

79. The Commission must render decisions on requests for reconsideration without delay.

80. Benefits are not payable in accordance with a decision of the Employment Insurance Section of the Social Security Tribunal if, within 21 days after the day on which a decision is given, the Commission makes an application for leave to appeal to the Appeal Division of that Tribunal on the ground that the Employment Insurance Section has erred in law.

81. If the Commission makes an application under the Federal Courts Act for judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal, benefits are not payable in respect of the claim for benefits that is the object of the decision until the final determination of the application for judicial review.

• 82. (1) If a decision of the General Division of the Social Security Tribunal that declares a provision of the Act or these Regulations to be ultra vires is appealed by the Commission to the Appeal Division of that Tribunal, benefits are not payable in respect of the claim for benefits that is the object of the decision — nor in respect of any other claim for benefits made after the decision of the General Division, if benefits would not be payable except for that decision — until

  • (a) the final determination of the appeal by the Appeal Division; or

  • (b) the final determination of any application made by the Commission under the Federal Courts Act for judicial review of the final determination of the appeal by the Appeal Division, if the final determination of the appeal declares the provision of the Act or these Regulations to be ultra vires.

• (2) If the Commission makes an application under the Federal Courts Act for judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division of the Social Security Tribunal that declares a provision of the Act or these Regulations to be ultra vires, benefits are not payable in respect of the claim for benefits that is the object of the decision — nor in respect of any other claim for benefits made after the decision of the Appeal Division, if benefits would not be payable except for that decision — until the final determination of the application for judicial review.