Employment Insurance Regulations - Part V - Administrative Provisions
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PART V
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Direct Deposit of Benefits
92. (1) For the purposes of this section, sections 2 and 4 to 8 of the Direct Deposit Regulations apply.
(2) Subject to subsection (7), a claimant shall have their benefits deposited directly to their bank account if the claimant has provided the Commission with the number of an active account registered in the claimant's name in a financial institution in Canada.
(3) A claimant is responsible for the accuracy of the data supplied by the claimant in order to register for the direct deposit of benefits.
(4) In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the following documents together constitute evidence of the transfer of funds to a claimant's account and the payment of benefits to the claimant:
(a) a document certified by a person acting for the Commission to be an extract from the record authorizing a direct deposit transaction, in respect of the claimant, to be directed to the financial institution where the account of the claimant is located; and
(b) a certified extract of the records of that financial institution indicating the crediting of the amount of the deposit to the account of the claimant.
(5) In order to terminate the direct deposit of benefits, the claimant shall notify the Commission.
(6) For greater certainty, sections 38 and 135 of the Act apply to declarations made in the context of the payment of benefits under this section.
(7) The acts and omissions specified in subsections 38(1) and 135(1) of the Act are deemed to include the acts or omissions of a person who knowingly attempts to interfere with the operation of the electronic systems used for the direct deposit of benefits, and the penalty provided for by subsection 38(2) of the Act and the punishment provided for by subsection 135(3) of the Act are deemed to include the right to refuse access to those electronic systems to such a person.
(8) Unless otherwise advised by the claimant, the Commission may redirect the deposit of benefits from an active account at a financial institution the number of which was provided to the Commission by the claimant to another financial institution, branch or account number when the financial institution notifies the Commission of a change of the financial institution, branch or account number.
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