Section 441 — Social Security Act 2018: Regulations: expiry and regrant of specified benefits

441 Regulations: expiry and regrant of specified benefits (1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for the purposes of sections 331 to 336 . (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may (without limitation) do all or any of the following: (a) prescribe the expiry date or expiry dates for every benefit that is a specified benefit for the purposes of sections 331 to 336 : (b) declare a benefit that is sole parent support, supported living payment, or emergency benefit, not to be a specified benefit for the purposes of sections 331 to 336 : (c) specify circumstances in which MSD may consider an exemption under section 334(1) from expiry under section 332 : (d) specify, for section 336(2) , requirements (not inconsistent with this Act) for the regrant of a specified benefit. (3) Subsection (2)(a) authorises (without limitation) the regulations to prescribe the same expiry date, or 2 or more different expiry dates, for all or any combination of the following: (a) each specified benefit for the purposes of sections 331 to 336 : (b) each specified benefit for the purposes of sections 331 to 336 insofar as that benefit is granted on each of 2 or more different specified eligibility grounds: (c) each specified benefit for the purposes of sections 331 to 336 insofar as that benefit is (on all, or any specified, eligibility grounds) granted to a specified category, class, or kind of applicants, recipients, or beneficiaries. (4) Subsection (2)(b) authorises (without limitation) the regulations to make a declaration in respect of sole parent support, supported living payment, or emergency benefit, as that benefit is granted in either or both of the followings ways (specified in section 331(2)(a) and (b) ): (a) that benefit as granted on only 1 or more specified available eligibility grounds: (b) that benefit as granted to only 1 or more specified categories, classes, or kinds of beneficiaries. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 132M