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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Application, inquiry, and grant - Grant

301: MSD decides whether to grant benefit

You could also call this:

“MSD checks your application and decides if you can get a benefit”

After you make a claim for a benefit, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) must decide whether to give you the benefit. If needed, MSD might look into your claim first. This is part of the process for getting a benefit in New Zealand.

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Part 6 Administration
Application, inquiry, and grant: Grant

301MSD decides whether to grant benefit

  1. MSD must, after a claim for a benefit is made (and, if applicable, inquired into under section 298), decide whether to grant the benefit.

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