Disability Allowance : Contents
Costs paid for
Disability Allowance can be paid to help people (or their partner or dependent children) with disabilities to meet costs that are:
- regular and ongoing and
- a direct result of a disability which is expected to continue for at least 6 months and
- additional to, or over and above those costs that a person without a disability would have and
- not fully funded by another agency (for example, Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora, ACC or other accident insurers, Ministry of Education, or regional councils) and
- not a residential care service
For more information see:
- Additional costs
- Proof of costs
- Types of costs
- Costs not included
- Definition of disability
- Review of Disability Allowance Verification of costs
Legislation
- Disability allowance: discretionary grant section 85(2) Social Security Act 2018
- Disability allowance: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances section 86 Social Security Act 2018
- Disability allowance: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances section 87 Social Security Act 2018
