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Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 (S.C. 2018, c. 12)

Assented to 2018-06-21

PART 6Various Measures (continued)

DIVISION 19R.S., c. C-8Canada Pension Plan (continued)

Amendments to the Act (continued)

  •  (1) The formula in subsection 59.1(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    [(A × F/B) × C × D × E]/12

  • (2) Subsection 59.1(3) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of the description of D, by adding “and” at the end of the description of E and by adding the following after the description of E:

    F
    is the amount determined by the formula

    G/H

    where

    G
    is the amount of the earnings referred to in subparagraph 53.1(1)(b)(i), and
    H
    is the aggregate of the earnings referred to in subparagraph 53.1(1)(b)(i) and those referred to in subparagraph 53.1(1)(b)(ii).
  • (3) The formula in subsection 59.1(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    [(A × F/B) × C × D × E]/12

  • (4) Subsection 59.1(5) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of the description of D, by adding “and” at the end of the description of E and by adding the following after the description of E:

    F
    is the amount determined by the formula

    G/H

    where

    G
    is the amount of the earnings referred to in subparagraph 53.2(1)(b)(i), and
    H
    is the aggregate of the earnings referred to in subparagraph 53.2(1)(b)(i) and those referred to in subparagraph 53.2(1)(b)(ii).

 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 59.1:

Post-retirement Disability Benefit

Marginal note:Amount of benefit

59.2 A post-retirement disability benefit payable to a contributor is a basic monthly amount that is

  • (a) in the case of a benefit payable for a month in the year 2019, an amount calculated by multiplying

    by

    • (ii) the ratio that the Pension Index for 2019 bears to the Pension Index for 2018; and

  • (b) in the case of a benefit payable for a month in the year 2020 or any subsequent year, an amount calculated by multiplying

    • (i) the amount of the benefit that would have been payable for a month in the year preceding that year

    by

    • (ii) the ratio that the Pension Index for the year in which the benefit is payable bears to the Pension Index for the year preceding that year.

 Subsection 60(2.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Certain applications may not be approved

    (2.1) An application referred to in subsection (2) is not to be approved if it is made in respect of a post-retirement disability benefit or, if the application is received after December 31, 1997, a disability pension.

 Subsection 65(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (3) Despite subsections (1) and (1.1), if an administrator of a disability income program who is approved by the Minister makes a payment under that program to a person for a month or any portion of a month that would not have been made if a benefit under paragraph 44(1)(b) or (h) had been paid to that person for that period and subsequently a benefit becomes payable or payment of a benefit may be made under this Act to that person for that period, the Minister may, in accordance with any terms and conditions that may be prescribed, deduct from that benefit and pay to the administrator an amount not exceeding the amount of the payment made under that program.

 The heading before section 69 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Disability Pension and Post-retirement Disability Benefit

 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 70:

Marginal note:Commencement of benefit

70.01 Subject to section 62, if payment of a post-retirement disability benefit is approved, the benefit is payable for each month commencing with the fourth month following the month after December 2018 in which the applicant became disabled, except that if the applicant was, at any time during the five-year period next before the month in which the applicant became disabled as a result of which the payment is approved, in receipt of a disability pension payable under this Act or under a provincial pension plan or a post-retirement disability benefit,

  • (a) the benefit is payable for each month commencing with the month next following the month after December 2018 in which the applicant became disabled as a result of which the payment is approved; and

  • (b) the reference to “fifteen months” in paragraph 42(2)(b) shall be read as a reference to “twelve months”.

Marginal note:When benefit ceases to be payable

70.02 A post-retirement disability benefit ceases to be payable with the payment

  • (a) for the month in which the beneficiary ceases to be disabled;

  • (b) for the month in which the beneficiary reaches 65 years of age; or

  • (c) for the month in which the beneficiary dies.

  •  (1) Subsections 70.1(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Reinstatement of disability pension or post-retirement disability benefit

    • 70.1 (1) Subject to this section, a person who has ceased to receive a disability pension or a post-retirement disability benefit because they have returned to work is entitled to have that pension or benefit reinstated if, within two years after the month in which they ceased to receive it, they become incapable again of working.

    • Marginal note:Request for reinstatement

      (2) A request by a person for reinstatement of a disability pension or a post-retirement disability benefit shall be made to the Minister in accordance with the regulations. Subsections 60(2), (4), (5) and (8) to (12) apply to the request, with any modifications that the circumstances require.

  • (2) Paragraphs 70.1(3)(a) to (c) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) the person has a severe and prolonged mental or physical disability that is the same as, or is related to, the disability that entitled the person to receive the disability pension or post-retirement disability benefit that is the subject of the request;

    • (b) not more than two years have elapsed from the month in which the person ceased to receive the disability pension or post-retirement disability benefit to the month when they became incapable again of working; and

    • (c) the person had not reached 65 years of age and, if the request is for reinstatement of a disability pension, was not receiving a retirement pension in the month in which they became incapable again of working.

  • (3) Subsections 70.1(4) to (8) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Reinstatement of disabled contributor’s child benefit

      (4) On reinstatement of a pension or benefit under subsection (3), the Minister shall approve the reinstatement of a disabled contributor’s child benefit that had been payable to the child of the person whose pension or benefit is reinstated if the Minister is satisfied that the child meets the requirements under this Act for payment of a disabled contributor’s child benefit.

    • Marginal note:Notification of decision — disability pension or post-retirement disability benefit

      (5) The Minister shall in writing inform a person who makes the request for reinstatement of a pension or benefit of the Minister’s decision whether or not to approve the request.

    • Marginal note:Notification of decision — disabled contributor’s child benefit

      (6) The Minister shall in writing inform the person who has made the request for reinstatement of a pension or benefit, a child of that person or, in relation to that child, a person or agency referred to in section 75 of the Minister’s decision whether or not to approve a disabled contributor’s child benefit.

    • Marginal note:Application of provisions — reinstated pension or benefit

      (7) The provisions of this Act that apply to a disability pension or a post-retirement disability benefit, as the case may be, except paragraphs 42(2)(b), 44(1)(b) and (h) and (2)(a) and subsection 44(4) and sections 69 and 70.01, apply to a pension or benefit that is reinstated under this section, with any modifications that the circumstances require.

    • Marginal note:Application of provisions — disabled contributor’s child benefit

      (8) The provisions of this Act that apply to a disabled contributor’s child benefit, except paragraphs 44(1)(e) and 44(2)(a) and subsections 44(4) and 74(2), apply to a disabled contributor’s child benefit that is reinstated under this section, with such modifications as the circumstances require.

  • (4) Subsection 70.1(10) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Commencement of payments

      (10) A disability pension, post-retirement disability benefit or disabled contributor’s child benefit that is reinstated pursuant to a request under this section is payable commencing with the month following the month in which the person who made the request under this section became incapable again of working.

 

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