Section 335 — Social Security Act 2018: MSD must notify or advise beneficiary

335 MSD must notify or advise beneficiary (1) MSD must, not less than 20 working days before the expiry date for a specified benefit, give the affected beneficiary a notice that states— (a) that entitlement to that benefit will cease unless the beneficiary reapplies for that benefit and it is regranted; and (b) the date on which entitlement to that benefit will cease; and (c) what the beneficiary must do to reapply for that benefit, and the period within which the beneficiary must do so. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, at the time that MSD is required to give a notice under that subsection, the specified benefit— (a) is suspended because the beneficiary is undertaking temporary employment; or (b) is not for the time being payable under this Act, for example, under— (i) section 217 (benefit not payable during custody in prison or on remand); or (ii) section 219 (general rule: benefit not payable while beneficiary absent from New Zealand); or (c) is suspended under any provision of this Act other than section 237 (sanction for second failure: suspension of main benefit). (3) However, if at any time before the expiry date for that benefit any of the circumstances described in subsection (2) no longer exist, MSD must, as soon as practicable, take reasonable steps to advise the beneficiary of the matters set out in subsection (1)(a) to (c). Compare: 1964 No 136 s 80BE(2), (3), (4)