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Social Security Act 2018

Assistance - Supported living payment - Supported living payment on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness

36: Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: ineligibility

You could also call this:

“You can't get support if you caused your own work problems or blindness on purpose”

You can’t get a supported living payment if you purposely caused your own restricted ability to work or blindness. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) decides if you did this to try to get a benefit. If MSD thinks you did, they won’t give you the payment.

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Supported living payment: Supported living payment on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness

36Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: ineligibility

  1. A person (P) must not be granted a supported living payment if MSD is satisfied that P’s restricted capacity for work or total blindness was self-inflicted and brought about by P with a view to qualifying for a benefit.

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