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A recipient may request a change in payment delivery day (1.1.D.55). This will result in a change in the entitlement period. (1.1.E.125). Payments can only be delivered on a weekday, not Saturday or Sunday.
Where a recipient has had a change in their payment delivery day, they will be paid an adjustment payment (1.1.A.65) in order to get them onto a new payment cycle.
When a recipient changes their paycode they are seen as entering a new pay period therefore the supplement will be paid. The participant will need to have worked at least one day since their last pay regardless of whether the period was short or long.
Note: References to CDEP in this Guide apply only to CDEP scheme participants who were receiving CDEP scheme payment before 1 July 2009. These participants are known as continuing participants.
Act reference: SSAct section 1188B CDEP Scheme participants
Generally, recipients with a partner (1.1.P.70) will have their entitlement periods aligned. This ensures as far as possible that changes in circumstances affect each of the couple from the same point in time.
If one member of a couple is already in receipt of a social security payment (section 23(1)-'social security payment') any claim by the other partner will result in their entitlement periods being automatically aligned.
Where both members of the couple (1.1.M.120) are recipients they will generally need to have their entitlement periods aligned.
However, due to current processing requirements of financial institutions, recipients on different payments may have different payment delivery days although their entitlement periods are aligned. They will either both have the same delivery day or consecutive delivery days.
Act reference: SSAct section 23(1)-'social security payment'
Policy reference: SS Guide 3.10.2.30 Alignment of an Entitlement Period for Partnered Recipients, 3.10.2.70 Changing an Entitlement Period, 3.10.3.10 Timing of Payment Delivery, 3.10.3.60 Partnered Customers - Payment Delivery, 2.2.5.10 Determining a De Facto Relationship
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Last reviewed: 1 March 2010
