Clause 3. Definitions
Unofficial consolidated version of the Special Needs (Travel Costs for Visits to Designated Health Practitioners) Programme
-- as at 1 July 2021
3 | Definitions | ||
3.1 | In this programme, unless the context otherwise requires: | ||
"Act" means the Social Security Act 2018. | |||
"Applicant" means | |||
(a) | a person applying for a supported living payment under section 34 of the Act or jobseeker support on the ground of sickness, injury, or disability, or | ||
(b) | a person on whose behalf an application is made for a supported living payment under section 34 of the Act or jobseeker support on the ground of a health condition, injury, or disability. | ||
"Beneficiary" means a person who has been granted a supported living payment under section 34 of the Act or jobseeker support on the ground of a health condition, injury, or disability. | |||
Designated health practitioner means- | |||
(a) | a prescribed health practitioner for the purpose of section 37 of the Act who is approved by MSD to assess whether applicants and beneficiaries meet the medical criteria for payment of a supported living payment under section 34 of the Act: | ||
(b) | a prescribed health practitioner for the purpose of section 28 of the Act who is approved by MSD to assess whether applicants and beneficiaries meet the medical criteria or jobseeker support on the ground of health condition, injury, or disability | ||
"Grant" means a grant made under this programme. | |||
"Health Agency" means the Minister of Health, the Ministry of Health, or a publicly owned health and disability organisation (within the meaning of section 6 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000). | |||
MSD has the same meaning as in Schedule 2 of the Act | |||
3.2 | Expressions otherwise defined in Schedule 2 of the Act shall have the meanings so defined unless the context otherwise requires. | ||
