310BMSD must review eligibility for, and rate of, specified benefits

1. MSD must, for the purpose set out in subsection (2), review a specified benefit that has been granted—

2. within 52 weeks after the date on which the benefit commences; and
3. within 52 weeks after the date of completion of the most recent review of the benefit under this subpart or section 304 for that purpose.

4. The purpose referred to in subsection (1) is to ascertain whether the beneficiary—

5. is, or remains, entitled to receive the benefit, or the rate of benefit, that is being paid to the beneficiary; or
6. was not entitled to receive the benefit, or the rate of benefit, that was paid to the beneficiary.

7. MSD must review all specified benefits when undertaking a mandatory review and must review those specified benefits no later than 52 weeks after the later of the following dates:

8. if the client receives a main benefit that is a specified benefit,—
   1. the date on which the beneficiary’s main benefit commenced; or
   2. the date on which the beneficiary’s main benefit was last reviewed:
9. if the client does not receive a main benefit that is a specified benefit,—
   1. the date on which the beneficiary’s last specified benefit that is a supplementary benefit commenced; or
   2. the date on which the beneficiary’s last specified benefit that is a supplementary benefit was last reviewed.

10. Subsections (1) to (3) are subject to sections 310C to 310G.

11. To avoid doubt, a beneficiary remains entitled to receive the specified benefit, and the rate of the specified benefit, that the beneficiary received immediately before the review if the review determines that the beneficiary’s circumstances are unchanged.

Notes

• Section 310B: inserted, on 2 March 2026, by section 4 of the Social Security (Mandatory Reviews) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 30).