Section 96 — Social Security Act 2018: Temporary additional support: requirements

96 Temporary additional support: requirements (1) A person ( P ) is entitled to temporary additional support if— (a) P’s chargeable income is less than P’s essential costs; and (b) P has cash assets of not more than the prescribed amount; and (c) P meets any prescribed criteria and any other requirements set out in regulations made under section 428 . (2) However, temporary additional support must not be granted in respect of the cost of residential care services supplied to a person who has a psychiatric, intellectual, physical, or sensory disability if— (a) the person’s accommodation costs are wholly or partly funded under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 ; or (b) the person’s care (other than care in the person’s own home) is wholly or partly funded under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 . (3) Temporary additional support granted under subsection (1) must be granted in the prescribed amount and for the prescribed period. (4) This section is subject to clause 20 (how commitments for temporary additional support may be affected by debt, or health or disability, insurance payment) of Schedule 3 . Compare: 1964 No 136 s 61G(2), (3), (4)