Section 297 — Social Security Act 2018: Application for benefit: making of, help with, lapse, and deemed receipt

297 Application for benefit: making of, help with, lapse, and deemed receipt (1) An application for a benefit must be completed, may be assisted, may lapse, and is taken to have been received for benefit commencement and stand-down purposes, in accordance with regulations made under section 438 . (2) This section does not prevent MSD under section 312 (if applicant paid, but claim fails for, ACC weekly compensation) treating an application for a benefit as having been made at the later of the dates specified in section 312(2)(a) and (b). Compare: 1964 No 136 s 11D