Social Security Tribunal Rules of Procedure

Marginal note:How to file documents

• 19 (1) A party that needs to file a document with the Tribunal must file the document in one of the following ways:

  • (a) by email, using the address set out on the Tribunal’s website;

  • (b) by mail, using the address set out on the Tribunal’s website; or

  • (c) electronically, using the electronic filing procedure set out on the Tribunal’s website.

• Marginal note:Filing documents in a specific form and manner

  (1.1) The Tribunal may require a party to file a document in a specific form and manner.

• Marginal note:When a document is filed

  (2) A document is considered filed on the date the Tribunal receives it. On each document, the Tribunal indicates the date it received the document.

• Marginal note:Extending a deadline that falls on a weekend or holiday

  (3) If a filing deadline set by the Tribunal or these Rules falls on a day that is not a business day, the deadline is extended to the next business day.