Emergency Maintenance Allowance : Contents
Obligations
Emergency Maintenance Allowance clients have the following obligations:
- they must advise of any change in circumstances that affects their entitlement or rate of benefit payable
- they may need to meet additional conditions of grant
- they must take all reasonable steps to meet social obligations that apply for each dependent child in their care
- if required, participate in a Work Ability Assessment
- if required, work with a contracted service provider
- advise Work and Income if they are intending to travel overseas, before they depart
For more information see:
Legislation
- Specific obligations: work-test obligations section 144 and sections 146-147 Social Security Act 2018
- Beneficiary must notify change of circumstances section 113 Social Security Act 2018
- Specific obligations: social obligations in relation to dependent children sections 128-135 Social Security Act 2018
- Social obligations in relation to dependent children part 3, subpart 4 Social Security Regulations 2018
- MSD must make people affected aware of their obligations, consequences of non-compliance, and their review and appeal rights section 106 Social Security Act 2018
- Specific obligations: obligation to work with contracted service providers sections 170-171 Social Security Act 2018
- If exception to general rule applies, beneficiary must notify MSD of absence regulation 141 Social Security Regulations 2018
