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438A: Regulations: requirement regarding specified benefits

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The Governor-General can make rules about which benefits are special benefits for a certain part of the law, like subpart 3A of Part 6. You can find out more about how these rules are made by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The Governor-General can also make rules about when an exception is allowed under section 310E(1) and section 310B(1).

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Part 8Other provisions
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438ARegulations: requirement regarding specified benefits

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for either or both of the following purposes:

  2. designating the benefits or kinds of benefits that are a specified benefit or specified benefits for the purposes of subpart 3A of Part 6:
    1. prescribing circumstances for the exception under section 310E(1) from the requirement for MSD to undertake a mandatory review under section 310B(1).

      1. Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 438A: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Social Security (Mandatory Reviews) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 30).