Clause 9. CC Payments towards community costs

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CC Payments towards community costs

(1)

MSD may, in its discretion, having regard to the matters set out in subclause (2), grant an applicant who is an eligible person CC payments towards meeting 1 or more of the applicant's community costs.

(2)

The matters referred to in subclause (1) are:

(a)

whether the amount of the community cost is a reasonable cost for the item or service concerned:

(b)

whether the applicant is a beneficiary, and is required to contribute to the cost of the treatment programme from his or her benefit:

(c)

whether the applicant's income (including the income of his or her spouse or partner (if any)) is sufficient to meet the applicant's community costs, taking account of the extent to which the applicant is required to contribute to the cost of the treatment programme from that income:

(d)

whether the applicant has a spouse or partner residing in the community and whether any other assistance available under the Act to that spouse or partner, or to both the applicant and his or her spouse or partner, will help meet the applicant's community costs:

(e)

whether there is any other assistance available to the applicant or his or her spouse or partner under the Act or any other enactment or from any other person or organisation or any government agency that could help meet the applicant's community costs and the efforts made by the applicant or (as the case requires) the applicant's spouse or partner to obtain any such assistance:

(f)

whether the granting of CC payments, or CC payments of any particular amount would result in the applicant and his or her spouse or partner (if any) receiving a financial benefit compared with the amount of the benefits and other assistance available to them if they were resident in the community:

(g)

any other matters MSD considers relevant.