Statute
Section 35 — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: Claims by persons in gaol etc.
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(1) A person who is: (a) in gaol; or (b) undergoing psychiatric confinement because he or she has been charged with an offence; may make a claim for a social security pension or benefit or for a crisis payment not earlier than 3 weeks before the person’s expected release day. (2) A day is a person’s expected release day for the purpose of subsection (1) if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person will be released from gaol or psychiatric confinement on that day.
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