Canada Pension Plan

Marginal note:Authority to determine questions of law and fact

• 84 (1) A Review Tribunal and the Pension Appeals Board have authority to determine any question of law or fact as to

  • (a) whether any benefit is payable to a person,

  • (b) the amount of any such benefit,

  • (c) whether any person is eligible for a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings,

  • (d) the amount of that division,

  • (e) whether any person is eligible for an assignment of a contributor’s retirement pension,

  • (f) the amount of that assignment,

  • (g) whether a penalty should be imposed under this Part, or

  • (h) the amount of that penalty,

  and the decision of a Review Tribunal, except as provided in this Act, or the decision of the Pension Appeals Board, except for judicial review under the Federal Courts Act, as the case may be, is final and binding for all purposes of this Act.

• Marginal note:Rescission or amendment of decision

  (2) The Minister, a Review Tribunal or the Pension Appeals Board may, notwithstanding subsection (1), on new facts, rescind or amend a decision under this Act given by him, the Tribunal or the Board, as the case may be.