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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Notices and communications, services, and preferred suppliers - Administration services provided by contracted service providers

373: Administration service providers: contracts

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“Rules for MSD hiring people to help with government services”

MSD (which stands for Ministry of Social Development) can make agreements with people or groups to help provide services. These services are for young people and other people who might need help from the government.

For young people, these services can be about helping them get into education, training, or jobs instead of getting money from the government. They can also be about helping young people with money matters. The government can also decide on other types of services for young people.

For people who aren’t young, the services can be about different kinds of help that the government gives. The government can also decide what these services are.

Before MSD makes an agreement with someone to provide these services, they need to make sure of a few things. They need to check that the person or group is right for the job, that they’re good at working with the people who need help, and that they can legally make and follow through on the agreement.

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Part 6 Administration
Notices and communications, services, and preferred suppliers: Administration services provided by contracted service providers

373Administration service providers: contracts

  1. MSD may from time to time, on behalf of the Crown, enter into a contract with any person, body, or organisation (a contracted service provider) for the provision by the contracted service provider of services—

  2. that, in relation to young people, are—
    1. services of either or both of the following kinds:
      1. services of the kind referred to in section 365(1)(a) (that is, services to encourage and help young people to move into or remain in education, training, and employment, rather than receiving financial support under this Act):
        1. services in relation to financial support for young people; and
        2. services of a kind or description stated for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations made under section 418(1)(m); and
        3. that, in relation to people other than young people, are services in relation to all or any of Parts 1 to 6 (and that may, but need not, be services of a kind or description stated for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations made under section 418(1)(m)).

          1. MSD must not enter into a contract with a person, body, or organisation for the provision of services of a kind stated in subsection (1) unless MSD is satisfied that the person, body, or organisation—

          2. is suitable to provide the services specified in the contract; and
            1. is suitable to work with people to whom the services relate in providing those services; and
              1. has the powers and capacity to enter into and perform a contract for those services.

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