Canada Pension Plan Regulations

54 (1) For the purpose of determining whether an application for a division of unadjusted pensionable earnings under section 55 or paragraph 55.1(1)(b) or (c) of the Act may be approved, the applicant must, set out in the application, or furnish in writing when requested to do so by the Minister, the information required under section 52, with any modifications that the circumstances require, as well as the following information or evidence, as is applicable:

• (a) the name at birth and present name, the sex, address and Social Insurance Number of each spouse, former spouse or former common-law partner;

• (b) the date and place of birth of each spouse, former spouse or former common-law partner;

• (c) whether the spouse, former spouse or former common-law partner is or was in receipt of or has applied for a benefit under the Act or under a provincial pension plan;

• (d) the date and place of marriage of the spouses or former spouses and their certificate of marriage, a copy of that certificate or a copy of their act of marriage;

• (e) the date and place of the dissolution of the marriage of the former spouses;

• (f) documentary evidence of any such dissolution of marriage, including the decree absolute of divorce, the judgment granting a divorce under the Divorce Act, or the judgment of nullity;

• (g) the address of all residences where the spouses, former spouses or former common-law partners lived together;

• (h) the dates of any periods when the spouses, former spouses or former common-law partners did not live together and whether the separations or any of them were for any reason set out in paragraph 78(2)(a) or subsection 78.1(3);

• (i) the date that the spouses, former spouses or former common- law partners commenced to live separate and apart;

• (j) the dates of all periods when the spouses, former spouses or former common-law partners lived together in a conjugal relationship;

• (k) a copy of any written agreement between persons subject to a division that was entered into before June 4, 1986 or any written agreement between such persons that was entered into on or after that date and contains a provision that is binding on the Minister under subsection 55.2(3) of the Act; and

• (l) such additional documents, statements or records that are in the possession of, or are obtainable by, the applicant as will assist the Minister in ascertaining the accuracy of the information and evidence referred to in paragraphs (a) to (k).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 55.1(1)(a) of the Act, the information relating to the marriage is the following, as is applicable:

• (a) the name at birth and present name, the sex, address and Social Insurance Number of each of the former spouses;

• (b) the date and place of marriage of the former spouses and their certificate of marriage, a copy of that certificate or a copy of their act of marriage;

• (c) the date and place of the dissolution of the marriage of the former spouses;

• (d) a copy of the decree or judgment referred to in that paragraph;

• (e) the addresses of all residences where the former spouses lived together;

• (f) the dates of any periods when the former spouses did not live together and whether the separations or any of them were for any reason set out in paragraph 78(2)(a) or subsection 78.1(3);

• (g) the date that the former spouses commenced to live separate and apart;

• (h) the dates of all periods when the former spouses lived together in a conjugal relationship; and

• (i) a copy of any written agreement between persons subject to a division that was entered into before June 4, 1986 or any written agreement between such persons that was entered into on or after that date and contains a provision that is binding on the Minister under subsection 55.2(3) of the Act.

(3) If there are reasonable grounds to doubt the validity of the copy of a certificate or act of marriage referred to in paragraph (1)(d) or (2)(b), the Minister may require that the original certificate of marriage or, if applicable, a copy of the act of marriage issued by the competent authority be furnished.