Part 3
Obligations
Beneficiaries’ obligations:
General obligations: obligations in relation to overseas pensions
174MSD may give notice requiring person to take reasonable steps to obtain overseas pension
MSD may give a notice to any of the following persons requiring that person to take all reasonable steps to obtain an overseas pension to which that person may be entitled or which that person may be granted:
- an applicant (A) for a benefit under the NZ benefits legislation:
- a recipient (R) of a benefit under the NZ benefits legislation:
- the spouse or partner of A or R.
The notice must—
- be in writing; and
- specify that the person to whom the notice is given must take all reasonable steps to obtain the overseas pension for that person; and
- specify the period during which the person must take the necessary steps.
Compare
- 1964 No 136 s 69G(2)