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Clause 8. Cash Asset Limits

Unofficial consolidated version of the Special Needs Grants Programme
-- as at 4 September 2026

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Cash Asset Limits

8.1

An Applicant is not entitled to a Grant if his or her Cash Assets exceed the appropriate limit in clause 8.3.

8.2

An Applicant's Cash Assets include the Cash Assets of his or her Parent if the Applicant is a dependent child.

8.3

The Cash Assets limits referred to in clause 8.1 are-

(a)

for a single person, the amount in clause 1 of Schedule 5 of the Act; or

(b)

for a person who is in a relationship or a sole parent, the amount in clause 2 of that Schedule.

8.4

An Applicant is not entitled to a Grant for food or transition to work expenses unless the Applicant and his or her spouse or partner (if any) has no Cash Assets.

8.5

(revoked)

Definitions sole parent, spouse, partner Social Security Act 2018, Schedule 2