Clause 15.4. Steps to Freedom Re-establishment Payments for Released, Sentenced and Remand Prisoners

15.4

Steps to Freedom Re-establishment Payments for Released, Sentenced and Remand Prisoners

15.4.1

MSD may, on the applicant's release or at any time not more than 5 days prior to the applicant's release, make non-recoverable grants totalling not more than $350 to an applicant or towards the cost of-

(a)

accommodation, bond, or rent in advance;

(b)

beds and bedding;

(c)

essential appliances;

(d)

connecting telephone, electricity, and gas;

(e)

food;

(f)

clothing and toiletry items; or

(g)

other re-establishment costs,-

for an applicant who has been imprisoned or held in custody on remand for 31 days or more, the total amount of the grants to be reduced by any amount held by the prison or other custodian on the applicant's behalf (including any amount held in the prisoner's trust account, canteen account or earnings account).

15.4.2

Grants under clause 15.4.1 may be made in respect of more than one member of an Immediate Family.

Definitions MSD, sole parent, Social Security Act 2018, Schedule 2