Department of Employment and Social Development Act

Marginal note:Canada Pension Plan

65 If, in the Minister’s opinion, a person in addition to the appellant may be directly affected by the decision of the Tribunal relating to any of the following appeals, the Minister must notify the Tribunal of all such persons, and the Tribunal must add as a party to the appeal any such person who is not already a party to it:

• (a) an appeal in respect of a survivor’s pension payable to the survivor of a deceased contributor within the meaning of the Canada Pension Plan;

• (a.1) an appeal in respect of a death benefit, within the meaning of the Canada Pension Plan, payable to the estate or succession of a deceased contributor;

• (a.2) an appeal in respect of a disabled contributor’s child’s benefit, within the meaning of the Canada Pension Plan, payable to each child of a disabled contributor;

• (a.3) an appeal in respect of an orphan’s benefit, within the meaning of the Canada Pension Plan, payable to each orphan of a deceased contributor;

• (b) an appeal in respect of a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings under section 55, 55.1 or 55.2 of the Canada Pension Plan;

• (c) an appeal in respect of an assignment of a contributor’s retirement pension under section 65.1 of the Canada Pension Plan;

• (d) an appeal in respect of an allowance, as defined in section 2 of the Old Age Security Act, payable to the spouse, common-law partner or former common-law partner of a pensioner; or

• (e) an appeal in respect of a supplement, as defined in section 2 of the Old Age Security Act, payable to a pensioner whose spouse, common-law partner or former common-law partner is a beneficiary of a supplement or an allowance.