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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Payment of benefits, tax on benefits, debts and deductions - Payment of benefits

340: Required manner of payment: general

You could also call this:

“How MSD decides to pay your benefit money”

MSD (Ministry of Social Development) decides how to pay you your benefit. They might pay all or part of it in a certain way. For example, they might put your jobseeker support money directly into your bank account.

Sometimes, there are different rules about how to pay benefits. These rules can be found in other parts of this law or in other rules made under this law. For instance, there are special rules for how to pay youth support payments.

If you don’t like how MSD has decided to pay your benefit, you can ask them to look at their decision again. But you can’t make a formal appeal about it under a different part of the law.

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Part 6 Administration
Payment of benefits, tax on benefits, debts and deductions: Payment of benefits

340Required manner of payment: general

  1. All or part of an instalment of a benefit must be paid in a manner from time to time determined by MSD.

    Example

    An instalment of jobseeker support must be paid by electronic transfer of funds into the beneficiary’s bank account, if that is what MSD has determined.

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

  3. section 341, on the manner of payment of specified youth support payments; and
    1. default determinations, and exceptions, provided for in regulations made under section 442).

      1. A determination made by MSD under this section of a required manner of payment—

      2. may be reviewed under subpart 3 of this Part; but
        1. cannot be reviewed, or appealed against, under Part 7.

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