Canada Pension Plan Regulations

54.1 (1) For the purpose of determining whether an application for an assignment of a portion of a retirement pension under section 65.1 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 the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (b) the date and place of birth of the applicant’s spouse or common-law partner;

• (c) whether the applicant’s spouse or 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 and their certificate of marriage, a copy of that certificate or a copy of their act of marriage;

• (e) the month in which the spouses or common-law partners commenced to live together in a conjugal relationship;

• (f) the dates of any periods when the spouses or 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);

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

• (h) 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 (g).

(2) 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), 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.