Pension Diversion Regulations (SOR/84-48)

17. Where an application is made pursuant to section 35.3 of the Act, the Minister shall provide the following information to the person making the application:

• (a) the date on which the plan member ceased to be employed in the Public Service and the period of pensionable service to the credit of the plan member;

• (b) the date of birth of the plan member;

• (c) whether the plan member is, at the time of the application, eligible to exercise an option for a benefit under the Public Service Superannuation Act;

• (d) whether the plan member has made such an option and, if so, the details of the option;

• (e) if the plan member has not exercised such an option, the last day for exercising that option;

• (f) the amount of the deferred annuity that the plan member would be entitled to receive;

• (g) the annual allowance that the plan member would be entitled to receive had the member made an option for that benefit on the date of providing the information; and

• (h) the date on which the information is provided.

18. Where an application referred to in section 35.3 of the Act is received and the person named as a plan member in the application has not yet exercised an option under section 12 or 13 of the Public Service Superannuation Act, the application shall be retained by the Minister for a period of 12 months and the Minister shall inform the person who made the application of any option exercised by the plan member during that 12-month period.