Supported Living Payment going to or residing in Jersey/Guernsey

Under the agreement with Jersey/Guernsey clients can be paid the New Zealand Supported Living Payment (health condition, injury, disability, or totally blind) when they are living in Jersey/Guernsey.

The client must apply for Supported Living Payment (health condition, injury, disability, or totally blind) to be paid in Jersey/Guernsey before their departure from New Zealand. New Zealanders already residing in Jersey/Guernsey will not qualify.

To get Supported Living Payment in Jersey/Guernsey, a client must:

• meet the qualifications for Supported Living Payment (health condition, injury, disability, or totally blind)
• be ordinarily resident in New Zealand when they apply for payment overseas
• intend to live in Jersey/Guernsey for more than 26 weeks and
• have had at least 12 months residence in New Zealand since age 20

Note the client can use their own and/or their partner's (or former partner's) periods of insurance in Jersey/Guernsey to meet the residence qualification for Supported Living Payment (health condition, injury, disability, or totally blind).

If a client leaves New Zealand intending to live in Jersey/Guernsey for 26 weeks or more, they have up to 26 weeks to take up residence in Jersey/Guernsey. Clients may go to other countries before they get to Jersey/Guernsey, but they must arrive in Jersey/Guernsey within 26 weeks from the date they left New Zealand to be considered ordinarily resident in Jersey/Guernsey on the date they left New Zealand.

Example

A client may want to have a three-month holiday in the United Kingdom before taking up residence in Jersey/Guernsey.

In this example, the client would be considered ordinarily resident in Jersey/Guernsey for the purposes of deciding their application for payment of Supported Living Payment in Jersey/Guernsey.

Clients have an obligation to advise MSD of any changes in their circumstances that may affect their entitlement to Supported Living Payment in Jersey/Guernsey or the rate payable (e.g. change in income or if they intend to leave Jersey/Guernsey and live in another country).

When the client reaches the qualifying age for New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran's Pension, they will no longer be eligible for Supported Living Payment (health condition, injury, disability, or totally blind) and must test their entitlement to New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran's Pension.

Clients getting the Supported Living Payment in Jersey/Guernsey will need to complete a Mandatory Review 52 weeks from when the benefit commenced, and 52 weeks from when the client's last Mandatory Review was completed.

For more information contact International Services.