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R-9 - Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan
Section 139
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139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made to Retraite Québec in writing or as prescribed by regulation of Retraite Québec and payment thereof has been authorized. The application must be made on the form prescribed by Retraite Québec or contain the information required therein.
Where Retraite Québec is notified by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec that a contributor is entitled to an income replacement indemnity under the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25), the contributor is presumed, for the purposes of this section, to have made an application for a disability pension under this Act. The notice must be accompanied with a photocopy of the income replacement indemnity application and with all documents supporting such application.
The beneficiary of a disability pension is presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension in the month preceding the beneficiary’s sixtieth birthday. In addition, the beneficiary of a disability pension or a replacement indemnity who is not the beneficiary of a retirement pension is presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension in the month preceding the beneficiary’s sixty-fifth birthday.
A contributor 59 years of age or over who makes an application for a disability pension is presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension in whichever of the following months occurs first:
(a) the month in which an application for a disability pension is made; or
(b) the earlier of the month of the contributor’s fifty-ninth birthday and the month preceding the month in which the disability pension becomes payable under section 165.
In addition, a contributor who is 65 years of age or over who belongs to a group defined by regulation or a contributor who is entitled to an additional pension under section 120.3 is, if Retraite Québec is in possession of sufficient information in his regard to begin payment of the retirement pension, presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension on the date fixed in accordance with the regulation.
139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made to Retraite Québec in writing or as prescribed by regulation of Retraite Québec and payment thereof has been authorized. The application must be made on the form prescribed by Retraite Québec or contain the information required therein.
Where Retraite Québec is notified by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec that a contributor is entitled to an income replacement indemnity under the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25), the contributor is presumed, for the purposes of this section, to have made an application for a disability pension under this Act. The notice must be accompanied with a photocopy of the income replacement indemnity application and with all documents supporting such application.
The beneficiary of a disability pension or a replacement indemnity is presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension in the month preceding his 65th birthday.
In addition, a contributor who is 65 years of age or over who belongs to a group defined by regulation or a contributor who is entitled to an additional pension under section 120.3 is, if Retraite Québec is in possession of sufficient information in his regard to begin payment of the retirement pension, presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension on the date fixed in accordance with the regulation.
139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made to the Board in writing or as prescribed by regulation of the Board and payment thereof has been authorized. The application must be made on the form prescribed by the Board or contain the information required therein.
Where the Board is notified by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec that a contributor is entitled to an income replacement indemnity under the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25), the contributor is presumed, for the purposes of this section, to have made an application for a disability pension under this Act. The notice must be accompanied with a photocopy of the income replacement indemnity application and with all documents supporting such application.
The beneficiary of a disability pension or a replacement indemnity is presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension in the month preceding his 65th birthday.
In addition, a contributor who is 65 years of age or over who belongs to a group defined by regulation or a contributor who is entitled to an additional pension under section 120.3 is, if the Board is in possession of sufficient information in his regard to begin payment of the retirement pension, presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension on the date fixed in accordance with the regulation.
139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made to the Board in writing and payment thereof has been authorized. The application must be made on the form prescribed by the Board or contain the information required therein.
Where the Board is notified by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec that a contributor is entitled to an income replacement indemnity under the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25), the contributor is presumed, for the purposes of this section, to have made an application for a disability pension under this Act. The notice must be accompanied with a photocopy of the income replacement indemnity application and with all documents supporting such application.
The beneficiary of a disability pension or a replacement indemnity is presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension in the month preceding his sixty-fifth birthday.
In addition, a contributor who is 65 years of age or over who belongs to a group defined by regulation is, if the Board is in possession of sufficient information in his regard to begin payment of the retirement pension, presumed to have made an application for a retirement pension on the date fixed in accordance with the regulation.
139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made on the form prescribed by the Board and payment thereof has been approved.
Where the Board is notified by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec that a contributor is entitled to an income replacement indemnity under the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25), the contributor is presumed, for the purposes of this section, to have made an application for a disability pension under this Act. The notice must be accompanied with a photocopy of the income replacement indemnity application and with all documents supporting such application.
139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made on the form prescribed by the Board and payment thereof has been approved.
Where the Board is notified by the Régie de l’assurance automobile du Québec that a contributor is entitled to an income replacement indemnity under the Automobile Insurance Act (chapter A-25), the contributor is presumed, for the purposes of this section, to have made an application for a disability pension under this Act. The notice must be accompanied with a photocopy of the income replacement indemnity application and with all documents supporting such application.
139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made on the form prescribed by the Board and payment thereof has been approved.
139. No benefit is payable unless an application therefor has been made and payment thereof has been approved.
