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11.1.6 Criteria that must be satisfied before funds can be paid from a person's income management account

Introduction

The delegate must be satisfied that certain specified conditions are met before making a payment from a person's income management account under the SS(Admin)Act Part 3B Division 6.

Income managed funds can only be debited from a person's income management account when the amount to be debited does not exceed the credit balance of the person's income management account, and:

the action taken is directed towards meeting the priority needs of the person, the person's partner or the person's dependants, or
the action taken is for a purpose other than meeting priority needs and the delegate is satisfied that all relevant current and reasonably foreseeable priority needs can still be met if the funds are debited, or
the person ceases to be subject to income management.

Act reference: SS(Admin)Act Part 3B Division 6 Debits from income management accounts

Last reviewed: 11 November 2019

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