Section 69 — Canada Pension Plan: Commencement of pension

Subject to section 62, where payment of a disability pension is approved, the pension is payable for each month commencing with the fourth month following the month in which the applicant became disabled, except that where the applicant was, at any time during the five year period next before the month in which the applicant became disabled as a result of which the payment is approved, in receipt of a disability pension payable under this Act or under a provincial pension plan, the pension is payable for each month commencing with the month next following the month in which the applicant became disabled as a result of which the payment is approved; and the reference to “fifteen months” in paragraph 42(2)(b) shall be read as a reference to “twelve months”.