Clause 2. Verification of additional expenses

2

Verification of additional expenses

(1)

Before determining whether a person has additional expenses of a kind required by section 85(2)(d) of the Act, you must require the applicant to provide written verification that-

(a)

he or she is incurring the expenses claimed; and

(b)

the expenses are of an ongoing kind; and

(c)

the expenses arise from the person's disability,-

by way of-

(d)

a certificate from a health practitioner as to the need for the goods or services to which the expenses relate, how that need relates to the person's disability, the expected duration of that need, and the therapeutic value to the person in receiving the goods or services; and

(e)

invoices or receipts for payment of the expenses; and

(f)

any other verification that you consider necessary or satisfactory.

(2)

Despite clause 2(1), you need not for a reasonable period during or after the actions or event stated in clause 2(2)(d), require the applicant to provide verification under clause 2(1)(e) and (f) if-

(a)

(revoked)

(b)

(revoked)

(c)

(revoked)

(d)

any of the circumstances prescribed in regulation 176G(2)(c) to (f) of the Social Security Regulations 2018 apply.