Clause 11.2. Food

11.2

Food

11.2.1

Eligibility for Food Grant: MSD may make a Grant to purchase food if-

(a)

the Applicant or his or her Immediate Family has an immediate need to purchase food; and

(b)

the Applicant and his or her spouse or partner (if any) have no resources to meet that need, and would otherwise have to rely on a food bank to meet that need; and

(c)

that need, or the lack of resources to meet it, was caused by an essential expense that had to be met and which left insufficient money to buy food.

11.2.2

Number and amounts of Food Grants: MSD may make more than 1 Food Grant in a 26 Week Period, but unless MSD considers there are exceptional circumstances, MSD must not make Grants under clause 11.2.1 during a 26 Week Period that exceed in total -

(a)

$200 for a single person with no dependent children:

(b)

$300 for a couple who are in a relationship with no dependent children:

(c)

$450 for a couple who are in a relationship or a sole parent with 1 or 2 dependent children:

(d)

$550 for a couple who are in a relationship or a sole parent with 3 or more dependent children.

11.2.3

Interpretation: for the purposes of clause 11.2.2, a reference to a Grant under clause 11.2.1 includes a Grant under clause 11.2.1 in the form that it was before 1 October 1999.