Clause 17.5. Persons becoming sick during Non-entitlement Period

17.5

Persons becoming sick during Non-entitlement Period

17.5.1

MSD may make a non-recoverable Grant to an Applicant who-

(a)

is subject to a Non-entitlement Period; and

(b)

is, by reason of a health condition or injury, incapable of participating in employment, or in an activity of the kind referred to in section 146(1)(d) of the Act approved for the purpose of section 324 of the Act.

17.5.2

More than one Grant may be made to an Applicant for the same purpose under clause 17.5.1, but in no case must the amount granted in any one week exceed the combined total of-

(a)

the rate in the Part 1 of Schedule 4 of the Act which would have applied, had the Applicant been entitled in that week to receive jobseeker support; and

(b)

except where section 230(3) of the Act applies, the rate of Accommodation Supplement which the Applicant would have received, had the Applicant been entitled in that week to receive the Accommodation Supplement.

Definitions benefit, in a relationship, MSD, non-entitlement period, partner, single, sole parent, spouse, stand down, suitable employment, work-tested beneficiary, Social Security Act 2018, Schedule 2