COVID-19 Emergency Response Act (S.C. 2020, c. 5)

DIVISION 2Medical Certificates

Marginal note:Medical certificates

• 58 (1) Despite any provision of the Employment Insurance Act and of any regulations made under it,

  • (a) every reference in any provision of that Act or those regulations to a certificate issued by a medical doctor or other medical professional or medical practitioner or by a nurse practitioner is deemed to be of no effect; and

  • (b) any benefit that would have been payable to a claimant had such a certificate been issued is payable to them if the Commission is satisfied that they are entitled to the benefit.

• Marginal note:Application of provisions

  (2) The Commission is authorized to apply the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act and of the regulations in the manner that it considers most appropriate for the purpose of applying subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Duration

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply until September 30, 2020.

• Marginal note:Words and expressions

  (4) Words and expressions used in this section and section 60 have the same meaning as in the Employment Insurance Act.

Marginal note:Repeal

59 Section 58 is repealed.

Marginal note:Transitional provision

60 Section 58, as it read immediately before the day fixed under section 61, continues to apply in respect of any claimant whose benefit period begins before that day.

Marginal note:October 1, 2020

61 Section 59 comes into force on October 1, 2020.