Emergency Maintenance Allowance : Contents
Home detention
A client may be in prison for a short time before being released on home detention.
Period in prison less than 31 days
If the period in prison is less than 31 days an initial stand-down is not imposed if they apply for a benefit immediately after their release.
Period in prison more than 31 days
If the period in prison is 31 days or more, an initial stand-down will be imposed.
Exception
A client's Emergency Maintenance Allowance may have continued as a temporary caregiver was caring for the client's children. No stand-down will be imposed. The client's benefit will need to be reassessed and the agent will need to be removed.
For more information see:
- Emergency Maintenance Allowance Prisoners - no stand-down applies
- Transfer between benefits
Legislation
- Exemptions from stand down: youth training, relationship breakdown, chronic illness, health condition, injury or disability from accident or birth, prison regulation 177(1)(5) Social Security Regulations 2018
