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Social Security Act 2018

Factors affecting benefits - Factors affecting benefits - Factors affecting benefit: issue of warrant for beneficiary’s arrest

215: MSD must give beneficiary notice of immediate suspension

You could also call this:

“MSD must quickly tell you in writing if they stop your benefit because of an arrest warrant”

If the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) immediately stops your benefit because of a warrant for your arrest, they must tell you about it in writing as soon as they can. This notice will explain that your benefit has been suspended and why. It will also tell you what you can do if you think there’s been a mistake about the warrant or if you want to sort out the warrant issue.

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Part 4 Factors affecting benefits
Factors affecting benefits: Factors affecting benefit: issue of warrant for beneficiary’s arrest

215MSD must give beneficiary notice of immediate suspension

  1. This section applies if under section 213 MSD suspends immediately a benefit payable to a person (P).

  2. As soon as reasonably practicable, MSD must give P a written notice that—

  3. states that the benefit has been suspended; and
    1. states the reason for the suspension; and
      1. specifies the steps that P may take to dispute that P is the subject of the warrant or to resolve the warrant.

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