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Examples of good and sufficient reason

Examples of a good and sufficient reason include:

  • the young person's parents have moved to an area where there is low employment or employment related training prospects and the parents are unable to financially support the young person
  • a serious relationship breakdown has taken place between the young person and a member of the family and someone is now at risk
  • the young person has been orphaned and is living independently
  • the young person was living with a partner and has now separated
  • the young person has had professional advice for good reasons (for example on advice from their health practitioner) to live away from other members of the family and their parents are unable to financially support them
  • the young person has been removed from home on advice from the Police that they were at risk and the young person is unable to be financially supported by their parents

The following reasons alone are not considered to be 'good and sufficient' reasons:

  • the young person's parents can no longer afford to keep the young person
  • the parent's house is too small
  • the young person has finished a training course
  • the young person is a full-time student who does not qualify for a Student Allowance because of high parental income or failure of previous studies
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A health practitioner is a person who is registered with an authority as a practitioner of a particular health profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. All health practitioners have a unique identifying number called a Health Practitioners Index number (HPI number).

MSD may require information from a registered health practitioner to help determine a person's eligibility for some types of financial assistance.

Note unless specifically mentioned otherwise, most medical ...