Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Canada Pension Plan (Social Insurance Numbers) Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Act

Act means the Canada Pension Plan; (Loi)

Card

Card means a Social Insurance Number Card; (carte)

Commission

Commission means the Canada Employment Insurance Commission; (Commission)

local office of the Commission

local office of the Commission means an office established by the Commission in any locality, and includes any office designated as such by the Commission and, in relation to an employer, the nearest local office servicing the area of his place of business and, in relation to any other person, the local office nearest to his residence; (bureau local de la Commission)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Human Resources Development. (Ministre)

Manner of Making Application

• 3 (1) Every individual who is required by the Act to file an application with the Minister or to apply to the Minister for the assignment to him of a Social Insurance Number shall do so by delivering or mailing to a local office of the Commission an application, in the form prescribed by the Minister for that purpose, containing

  • (a) his full name;

  • (b) his name at birth if it differs from his name at the time of application;

  • (c) his date of birth;

  • (d) his place of birth;

  • (e) his mother's surname at her birth;

  • (f) the first given name of his father; and

  • (g) any other information required in the form prescribed by the Minister.

• (2) Every individual who changes his name, by reason of marriage or otherwise, and who is required by the Act to apply to the Minister for the issue to him of a new Card in his new name shall do so by delivering or mailing to a local office of the Commission an application, in the form prescribed by the Minister for the purpose, containing

  • (a) the information required by subsection (1) in respect of an application for the issue of a Social Insurance Number;

  • (b) his Social Insurance Number; and

  • (c) his full name before the change of name.

• (3) Every individual whose Card is lost or has been destroyed and who, if he had not already been assigned a Social Insurance Number, would be required by the Act to file an application with the Minister or to apply to the Minister for the assignment to him of a Social Insurance Number, shall apply for a new Card within 30 days after he learns of such loss or destruction, by delivering or mailing to a local office of the Commission an application, in the form prescribed by the Minister for that purpose, containing

  • (a) the information required by subsection (1) in respect of an application for the issue of a Social Insurance Number; and

  • (b) his Social Insurance Number or, if it is unknown to him, a statement that he had previously had a Social Insurance Number assigned to him.

• (4) Every individual who expects to be an individual required by the Act to file an application with the Minister or to apply to the Minister for the assignment to him of a Social Insurance Number may, if he has not earlier been assigned a Social Insurance Number, make application, on the form and in the manner specified in subsection (1), for the assignment to him of a Social Insurance Number.

Sources of Application Forms

4 Applications in the form prescribed by the Minister for the purposes of section 3 may be obtained from

• (a) any post office;

• (b) any local office of the Commission;

• (c) any office of the Department of National Revenue; and

• (d) any office of the Department of Human Resources Development.

Duties of Employer

5 Where an employer, in accordance with subsection 98(5) of the Act, requires an employee to produce the employee's Card to the employer and the employee informs the employer or the employer ascertains that

• (a) the employee has not had a Social Insurance Number assigned to him,

• (b) the employee has changed his name since a Card was last issued to him, or

• (c) the employee's Card is lost or has been destroyed,

the employer shall forthwith provide the employee with the appropriate form of application so that he may make application in accordance with section 3 for the issue to him of a Social Insurance Number or a new Card, as the case may be.

• 6 (1) Where an employee fails to produce his Card to his employer within the required time, the employer shall, within three days after the expiration of the required time, report the circumstances of the failure to the local office of the Commission giving such particulars with respect to the employee as are necessary to identify him.

• (2) If the employee produces his Card to the employer after the report referred to in subsection (1) has been made by the employer to the local office of the Commission, the employer shall promptly so notify the local office of the Commission.

Authority of Minister

7 The Minister is hereby authorized to cause a Social Insurance Number to be assigned and a Card to be issued to any individual who has not already been assigned a Social Insurance Number.

8 The Minister of National Revenue is hereby authorized to cause a Social Insurance Number to be assigned and a Card to be issued to any individual who has not earlier been assigned a Social Insurance Number.