Employment Insurance Regulations - Amendments

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1. (1) Subsection 89(1) of the Employment Insurance Regulations¹ is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

"Canadian citizen" means citizen as in the Citizenship Act. (citoyen canadien)

"permanent resident" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (résident permanent)

(2) Subsections 89(9) to (13) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

(9) Every application for the registration of a person who is in Canada, who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident and in respect of whom the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has, in accordance with section 90 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, directed the Commission to issue a Social Insurance Number Card shall be accompanied by, in addition to the documents and information described in subsection (3), the grounds that support the application.

(10) Every application for the registration of a person who is not in Canada, who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident and in respect of whom the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has, in accordance with section 90 of of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, directed the Commission to issue a Social Insurance Number Card shall be accompanied by, in addition to the documents and information described in subsection (3), the grounds that support the application.

(10.1) The Commission shall issue to each person described in subsection (9) or (10) who meets the applicable requirements set out in this section a Social Insurance Number Card that bears a number beginning with the digit "9".

(10.2) Subject to subsection (10.4), on or after March 30, 2003, every Social Insurance Number Card issued to a person described in subsection (9) shall bear an expiry date that is

(a) if an expiry date is indicated on the person's authorization to remain in Canada as determined by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, the same as the expiry date on the authorization; and

(b) if no expiry date is indicated on the person's authorization to remain in Canada as determined by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, two years after the date on which that Minister authorized the person to remain in Canada.

(10.3) On or after March 30, 2003, every Social Insurance Number Card that is issued to a person described in subsection (10) shall bear an expiry date which shall be five years after the date on which it is issued.

(10.4) A Social Insurance Number Card that is issued under subsection (10.1) is valid for a maximum of five years beginning on the date on which it is issued.

(10.5) In the case of a Social Insurance Number Card that was issued to persons other than Canadian citizens or permanent residents before March 30, 2003 and that has no expiry date, the card holder shall, on or before April 3, 2004, provide the Commission with documents and other information that are sufficient to confirm the identity and status of the card holder in accordance with subsection (3) and to establish that the person continues to require a Social Insurance Number Card.

(10.6) The Commission shall issue a new Social Insurance Number Card that bears a number beginning with the digit "9" and an expiry date in accordance with subsection (10.2) or (10.3), as applicable, to the card holder referred to in subsection (10.5) who meets the requirements of that subsection.

(10.7) Subject to subsection (10.8), no person shall use a Social Insurance Number Card or its number on or after

(a) in the case of a person described in subsection (10.5), April 3, 2004; and

(b) in the case of any other person, the expiry date indicated on their Social Insurance Number Card.

(10.8) If a Social Insurance Number Card issued under subsection (10.1) has expired, the Commission shall issue a new Social Insurance Number Card to the card holder if the documents and other information provided to the Commission, by the card holder or by a federal department or agency that is referred to in the Treasury Board Manual, Chapter 3-4, as amended from time to time, that relates to the use of the social insurance number, are sufficient to confirm the identity and status of that card holder in accordance with subsection (3) and to establish that the card holder continues to require a Social Insurance Number Card.

(11) Where a person who has been issued a Social Insurance Number Card that bears a number beginning with the digit "9" becomes a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, the Commission shall, on application by the person, void that Social Insurance Number and, in its place, assign a new Social Insurance Number that begins with a digit other than "9" and issue a new Social Insurance Number Card to the person.

(12) Where a Social Insurance Number Card issued to a person has been lost, destroyed or defaced, the person may apply to the Commission for a new Social Insurance Number Card.

(13) Where a registered person named in an application for a new Social Insurance Number Card under subsection (12) or under section 140 of the Act is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident and has previously been assigned a Social Insurance Number that begins with a digit other than "9", the Commission shall void that number and assign a new Social Insurance Number that begins with the digit "9" and issue a new Social Insurance Number Card that bears an expiry date in accordance with subsection (10.2) or (10.3), as applicable.

2. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

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¹SOR/96-332