Canada Pension Plan Regulations

46.2 (1) A beneficiary may submit to the Minister, within the interval between the date of commencement of payment of the benefit and the expiration of 12 months after that date, a request in writing that the benefit be cancelled.

(2) If an applicant for a disability pension is in receipt of a retirement pension and they are deemed to have become disabled for the purpose of entitlement to the disability pension before the month in which the retirement pension became payable, the application for the disability pension is deemed to be a request for the cancellation of the retirement pension.

(2.1) Despite subsection (1), if an applicant for a benefit under a provincial pension plan that is comparable to a disability pension is in receipt of a retirement pension and they are deemed to have become disabled for the purpose of entitlement to the benefit before the month in which the retirement pension became payable, the applicant may request cancellation of the retirement pension by submitting a written request to the Minister within the period beginning on the day of commencement of payment of the retirement pension and ending 90 days after the day on which the applicant receives notice of the decision deeming them to be disabled.

(2.2) An applicant referred to in subsection (2) may request cancellation of the disability pension and reinstatement of the retirement pension by submitting a written request to the Minister within 60 days after receipt of notice of their entitlement to the disability pension.

(3) The Minister shall grant a request submitted in accordance with subsection (1), (2.1) or (2.2) or deemed to be made under subsection (2).

(4) If a request referred to in subsection 66.1(2) of the Act is granted under this section, the amount described in that subsection shall be repayable within the time beginning on the granting of the request and ending on the expiration of 12 months following the month in which the request is granted.