Section 113 — Social Security Act 2018: Beneficiary must notify change of circumstances

113 Beneficiary must notify change of circumstances (1) A beneficiary must without delay notify MSD of a change in the beneficiary’s circumstances if— (a) the change affects the beneficiary’s entitlement to receive a benefit; or (b) the change affects the rate of a benefit the beneficiary receives. (2) Examples of a change in a beneficiary’s circumstances include— (a) a change in the beneficiary’s relationship status, number of children, income, accommodation, or employment: (b) a change in the relationship status, income, accommodation, or employment of the beneficiary’s spouse or partner: (c) the beneficiary or his or her spouse or partner becoming entitled to an overseas pension. (3) In subsection (2)(a), a change in the beneficiary’s relationship status means the beneficiary’s— (a) entering into a marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship; or (b) ceasing to live together with, or separating from, a spouse or civil union partner; or (c) ceasing to live together (as a couple in a relationship in the nature of marriage or civil union) with, or separating from, a de facto partner; or (d) ceasing to be in a marriage, civil union, or de facto relationship, because it has ended by reason of an event not specified in paragraph (b) or (c) (for example, by dissolution, or on a spouse’s or partner’s death). Compare: 1964 No 136 s 80A