Canada Disability Benefit Regulations (SOR/2025-35)

Marginal note:Request for extension

• 19 (1) A person may request that the Minister extend the 180‑day period referred to in subsections 18(1) and (2) not later than 185 days after the end of that period.

• Marginal note:Making of request

  (2) A request for an extension of time must be made in the form and manner specified by the Minister.

• Marginal note:Situations

  (3) The Minister must allow an extension of time if the Minister is satisfied that at least one of the following situations has occurred and has significantly impacted the ability of the person referred to in subsection (1) to respect the time period:

  • (a) an emergency, if a state of emergency has been declared by a federal or provincial minister under federal or provincial law;

  • (b) a natural or human‑made disaster, such as a flood or fire;

  • (c) a civil disturbance, such as a riot;

  • (d) a disruption in public services, such as a strike;

  • (e) a serious accident, injury or illness suffered by the person; or

  • (f) an emotional or mental distress suffered by the person, such as from a death in their family.

• Marginal note:Minister’s decision

  (4) The Minister must consider a request for an extension of time within a reasonable time and must notify, in writing, the person who made the request of the Minister’s decision and the reason for it.