Canada Disability Benefit Regulations (SOR/2025-35)

Marginal note:Inspections

• 32 (1) The Minister may, for any purpose relating to the administration or enforcement of the Act or these Regulations, examine any document that relates or may relate to the entitlement of a person to a benefit or the amount of a benefit.

• Marginal note:Requirement to provide information or documents

  (2) Despite any other provision of the Act or these Regulations, the Minister may, subject to subsection (3), by notice served personally or by confirmed delivery service, require that any person provide any information or document for any purpose relating to the administration or enforcement of the Act or these Regulations within the reasonable time specified in the notice.

• Marginal note:Other persons

  (3) The Minister must obtain the authorization of a judge under subsection (4) before requiring that a person — other than an applicant, a beneficiary or the representative of an applicant or beneficiary who is incapable of managing their own affairs — provide information or documents under subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Judicial authorization

  (4) On an ex parte application by the Minister, a judge may, subject to the conditions that the judge considers appropriate, authorize the Minister to require information or documents under subsection (2) from a person referred to in subsection (3) if the judge is satisfied by information on oath that the information or documents are required to verify compliance by the person with a duty or obligation under the Act or these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Service of authorization

  (5) An authorization granted under subsection (4) must be served together with the notice referred to in subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Review of authorization

  (6) A person on whom an authorization and a notice are served under subsection (5) may, not later than 15 days after the day on which the authorization and notice are served, apply to the judge who granted the authorization under subsection (4) or, if that judge is unable to act, to another judge of the same court for a review of the authorization.

• Marginal note:Powers on review

  (7) On hearing an application under subsection (6), a judge may cancel the authorization previously granted if the judge is not then satisfied that the conditions referred to in subsection (4) have been met, and the judge may confirm or vary the authorization if the judge is satisfied that those conditions have been met.

• Definition of judge

  (8) For the purposes of this section, judge means a judge of a superior court having jurisdiction in the province where the matter arises or a judge of the Federal Court.