Confidentiality of information
28(1)Subject to subsection (2) and to the
Financial and Consumer Services Commission Act, all information collected by, submitted to or filed with the Superintendent regarding a pension plan is confidential and is not subject to disclosure.
28(2)Only the persons mentioned in subsection (3) are entitled to inspect at the offices of the Superintendent during business hours of the Superintendent the documents that comprise a pension plan and such other prescribed documents as are filed in respect of the pension plan, and are entitled to copies of the documents upon payment of the prescribed fee.
28(3)The persons entitled to make the inspection in respect of a pension plan are
(c)
the spouse or common-law partner of a member or former member,
(d)
an agent authorized in writing by a member, former member or the spouse or common-law partner of a member or former member, or
(e)
a representative of a trade union that represents members of the pension plan.
28(3.1)If a provision of this Act is inconsistent or in conflict with a provision of the
Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the provision of this Act prevails.
28(4)Notwithstanding subsection (1), any information that was disclosed contrary to subsection (1) before the enactment of this section shall be deemed to have been validly disclosed.
28(5)In the case of a conflict or an inconsistency between a provision of this Act and a provision of the
Financial and Consumer Services Commission Act, this Act prevails.
2003, c.10, s.1; 2009, c.R-10.6, s.94; 2008, c.5, s.3; 2013, c.31, s.23; 2013, c.34, s.26; 2016, c.36, s.11; 2021, c.41, s.7