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Social Security Act 2018

Obligations - Beneficiaries’ obligations - General obligations: obligations in relation to overseas pensions

178: MSD may give notice requiring beneficiary to provide information as to rate of overseas pension

You could also call this:

“MSD can ask you about your overseas pensions to check your benefit amount”

If you receive a benefit from New Zealand, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) can send you a letter asking for information. This letter might ask you to tell MSD about any overseas pensions that you, your partner, or someone who depends on you gets. You need to provide enough information to show MSD exactly how much these overseas pensions are. This helps MSD make sure they’re giving you the right amount of benefit.

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Part 3 Obligations
Beneficiaries’ obligations: General obligations: obligations in relation to overseas pensions

178MSD may give notice requiring beneficiary to provide information as to rate of overseas pension

  1. This section applies if a person (P) receives a benefit under the NZ benefits legislation.

  2. MSD may give P a written notice requiring P to provide MSD with information establishing to MSD’s satisfaction the rate of any overseas pension that is received by any of the following persons:

  3. P:
    1. P’s spouse or partner:
      1. P’s dependant.

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