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11.1.5.60 Money not subject to restrictions under income management

Discretionary funds

There are no restrictions on how a person may spend the proportion of their income support or family payments that is not income managed (discretionary funds). Similarly, there are no restrictions on how unrestricted direct payments may be spent.

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