Social Security Tribunal Rules of Procedure

Marginal note:Notifying the Board of Appeal

• 54 (1) The Tribunal notifies the Board of Appeal when an appellant files a notice of appeal from a Board of Appeal decision.

• Marginal note:Sending the Tribunal the appeal record

  (2) Within seven business days after the day the Tribunal notifies the Board of Appeal, the Board of Appeal must send the Tribunal

  • (a) contact information for any party, if the Tribunal asks for it; and

  • (b) the appeal record, which must include a copy of the following:

    • (i) the Commission’s reconsideration file sent to the Board of Appeal,

    • (ii) all other documents that were before the Board of Appeal members when reaching their decision, including all documents a party sent the Board of Appeal (such as forms, letters, evidence and arguments) and all documents the Board of Appeal sent a party (such as notices, letters and decisions), and

    • (iii) any recording of the hearing.

• Marginal note:Filing in a single organized file

  (3) The documents referred to in section 54(2)(b)(ii) must be filed in a single organized file.

• Marginal note:Filing in a specific form and manner

  (4) The Tribunal may require that the Board of Appeal file any document referred to in section 54(2)(b)(ii) or any recording referred to in section 54(2)(b)(iii) in a specific form and manner.

• Marginal note:Sending copies to parties

  (5) The Tribunal must send the parties a copy of the documents in the appeal record. If the appeal record includes a recording of the hearing and a party asks for a copy of it, the Tribunal must send a copy to all parties.