Canada Disability Benefit Regulations

Marginal note:Potential ineligibility

• 10 (1) If the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that a beneficiary does not meet the eligibility criteria set out in section 2 or that an inquiry with respect to their eligibility is necessary, the Minister may suspend payment of the benefit to the beneficiary until the Minister is satisfied that they are eligible.

• Marginal note:Reasonable time

  (2) The Minister must review a beneficiary’s eligibility within a reasonable time.

• Marginal note:Resumption of payments

  (3) If a suspension is lifted, the Minister must resume payment of the benefit and make a lump sum payment that is equal to the sum of the monthly benefits to which the beneficiary was entitled to receive during the period of the suspension.