Clause 7. Rate of assistance

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Rate of assistance

(1)

The weekly amount of assistance payable to a person granted it must be fixed by MSD but must not exceed the total of-

(a)

the appropriate maximum weekly amount set out in clause 3 of Part 7 of Schedule 4 of the Act; and

(b)

the maximum weekly amount set out in clause 2 of Part 9 of Schedule 4 of the Act; and

(c)

$20 a week.

(2)

If any person granted assistance has, between the date the assistance commenced and the date of the grant, been paid any benefit referred to in clause 6(2)(c)(i), the amount of assistance granted in respect of that period must be reduced by the amount of the benefit paid in that period.