4.1.9 Hardship Provisions

Deprivation disregard

Under hardship provisions, deprivation provisions CAN be disregarded in limited circumstances.

For hardship provisions to apply the person MUST be receiving a:

a social security pension (section 23(1)-'social security pension'), OR
a social security benefit (section 23(1)-'social security benefit').

Assessing hardship is discussed in 4.6.7.

Act reference: SSAct section 23(1)-'social security benefit', section 23(1)-'social security pension', section 1129 Access to financial hardship rules - pensions, section 1131 Access to financial hardship rules - benefits

Policy reference: SS Guide 4.6.7 Asset Hardship Rules

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Last reviewed: 3 December 2007

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