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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Notices and communications, services, and preferred suppliers - Goods or services, for beneficiaries or others, supplied by preferred suppliers

372: Preferred suppliers: transitional or savings provisions directions

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“The Minister can tell MSD how to handle changes when new suppliers are chosen”

The Minister can write instructions to MSD about how to handle changes when new preferred suppliers are chosen. These instructions explain what to do for people who are getting help with goods or services that will be affected by the new supplier contracts. The instructions can cover what happens when the new contract starts or for a while after that.

When the Minister gives these instructions, MSD must follow them. These instructions are more important than some other rules in the law. They change how MSD usually deals with preferred suppliers.

These instructions from the Minister are a type of law called secondary legislation. This means they need to be made public in a special way.

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Part 6 Administration
Notices and communications, services, and preferred suppliers: Goods or services, for beneficiaries or others, supplied by preferred suppliers

372Preferred suppliers: transitional or savings provisions directions

  1. The Minister may from time to time give to MSD under this section written directions that set out transitional or savings provisions that apply—

  2. to persons receiving assistance under this Act in respect of goods or services that would be affected by a contract with a preferred supplier in respect of those goods or services; and
    1. at, or within a specified period after, the time or times when a contract under section 366 (including, without limitation, one that varies or replaces all or any of an earlier contract of that kind) takes effect.

      1. A direction given under this section—

      2. overrides sections 347, 367(2)(b), and 368 to 370; and
        1. must be complied with by MSD; and
          1. is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

            1. Repealed
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            Notes
            • Section 372(2): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
            • Section 372(3): repealed, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).