339Payment generally to, or on account of, beneficiary personally

1. All or part of an instalment of a benefit is paid to, or on account of, the beneficiary personally, or, if MSD for good cause directs,—

2. to, or on account of, some other person authorised by the beneficiary; or
3. for a beneficiary who lacks sufficient capacity in law, to a person appointed by MSD for the purpose of receiving it; or
4. with or without the consent of the beneficiary—
   1. to a person in payment of the beneficiary’s lawful debts or other liabilities:
   2. to, or for the benefit of, the spouse or partner of the beneficiary or a dependent child or children of the beneficiary.

5. Subsection (1) is subject to contrary provisions in, or in regulations made under, this Act (for example,—

6. exceptions provided for in regulations made under section 442; and
7. section 340A, on the manner of payment of certain payments to people subject to a sanction for a first failure; and
8. sections 341 and 344, on when certain payments to a young person are or may be subject to youth money management; and
9. section 351, which requires an amount for tax paid under section 350(2) by MSD to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue to be considered to be a payment of a benefit made on account of, and received by, the beneficiary; and
10. sections 368 to 370, on when MSD must pay a disability allowance, special assistance granted under a programme approved under section 100 or 101, or an advance payment, to a preferred supplier of goods or services).