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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Means assessment - Review of means assessment

48: Review if assets subsequently fall below applicable asset threshold

You could also call this:

"Check if you can get more help if your assets drop below a certain amount"

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If you have been means assessed and have assets above a certain level, this section applies to you. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) can review your means assessment at any time if they think your assets have fallen, or are about to fall, below this level. You can find more information about similar laws by looking at the Public Act 1986 No 120.

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Part 6Means assessment
Review of means assessment

48Review if assets subsequently fall below applicable asset threshold

  1. This section applies if a person (P) has been means assessed and been found to have assets above the applicable asset threshold.

  2. MSD may review P’s means assessment at any time if MSD considers that P’s assets have fallen, or are about to fall, to a level below or equal to the applicable asset threshold.

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