Social Security Act 2018

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

348: Requirement for beneficiary, spouse or partner, or both, to undertake budgeting activity

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"Getting a benefit early means you must do a budget plan with the Ministry of Social Development."

If you get a benefit and you want to get some of your money early, this rule applies to you. You have to follow this rule if you apply for an advance payment of your benefit under section 347. The Ministry of Social Development, or MSD, might ask you, your spouse or partner, or both of you, to do a budgeting activity that they are happy with, and this activity will be decided by rules made under section 447.

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348Requirement for beneficiary, spouse or partner, or both, to undertake budgeting activity

  1. This section applies to a beneficiary who has applied for an advance payment under section 347 of a benefit.

  2. MSD may, in circumstances prescribed by regulations made under section 447, require the beneficiary, the beneficiary’s spouse or partner, or both, to undertake to MSD’s satisfaction a budgeting activity of a kind specified in regulations made under section 447.

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