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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Commencement, stand downs, ending, and expiry and regrant - Ending of benefits

330: Supported living payment on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness and cancelled on medical grounds

You could also call this:

“Your supported living payment might end if a doctor says you no longer need it”

If you receive a supported living payment because you have limited ability to work or you are totally blind, it might be cancelled for medical reasons. This means that a doctor or other medical professional has decided you no longer qualify for the payment.

When this happens, the payment doesn’t stop right away. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) will set a date for the payment to end. This date will be after the day they decide to cancel it, but not more than 28 days later. This gives you some time to adjust to the change in your situation.

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Commencement, stand downs, ending, and expiry and regrant: Ending of benefits

330Supported living payment on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness and cancelled on medical grounds

  1. This section applies to a supported living payment on the ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness, and that is cancelled on medical grounds.

  2. The benefit ends on a date set by MSD and that is after, but not later than 28 days after, the date of cancellation of that benefit.

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