s.14Conditions attached to the receipt of financial assistance
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Section 14Part 3 — FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Conditions attached to the receipt of financial assistance

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A recipient shall —
within ten working days, notify the Director in writing —
after a change in the recipient's address or the address of a member of the recipient's household who is directly or indirectly benefitting from the financial assistance granted to the recipient;
after a change in the circumstances of a member of the recipient's household who is directly or indirectly benefitting from the financial assistance granted to the recipient; and
after any change in the circumstances of the recipient or a member of the recipient's household who is directly or indirectly benefitting from the financial assistance granted to the recipient which would otherwise disqualify the recipient from receiving financial assistance or from applying for financial assistance if the person were not a recipient;
notify the Director in writing of the intention of the recipient or a member of the recipient's household who is benefitting, whether directly or indirectly, from financial assistance, to travel outside the Islands, at least ten working days before travel;
provide information and produce documents as the Director may reasonably require; and
attend at a time and place as the Director may require for the recipient to be examined as to the recipient's means and circumstances.
In addition to the conditions under subsection (1), the Director may require the recipient or a member of the recipient's household who is directly or indirectly benefitting from the financial assistance granted to the recipient —
to register with the Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman Office and attend programmes, as may be specified by the Director;
to attend educational courses or courses of training, which may be specified by the Director;
to take up employment, an internship or an apprenticeship, which may be specified by the Director;
where such person is not employed, to complete such hours of work per week with a charitable or volunteer organisation, as the Director may determine;
based on a referral of the Department —
to attend a centre for assessment for substance use or abuse and, where a medical officer, medical doctor, counselor or therapist at, or affiliated with, the centre so determines, receive treatment for the substance use or abuse;
to attend parenting programmes as may be specified; or
to submit to a medical or psychiatric examination or other assessment, and where the medical officer or medical doctor, as appropriate, who conducted the examination or other assessment so determines, receive treatment in accordance with the Mental Health Act (2022 Revision) or any other relevant law; or
to apply payments of financial assistance received to specified purposes.
Where the Director imposes a requirement under subsection (2), the Department shall monitor the recipient or the relevant member of the recipient's household to ensure compliance with the requirement and submit reports to the Director in the form and manner, and with the requested frequency, as the Director may specify.
Where the Director imposes a requirement under subsection (2)(e), the Department —
shall monitor the recipient or the relevant member of the recipient's household to ensure that the recipient or the relevant member of the recipient's household complies with the requirement to attend a centre for an assessment, to submit to a medical or psychiatric examination or to receive treatment; and
shall be entitled to receive details or information relating to the assessment, examination or treatment of the recipient or the relevant member of the recipient's household which may be reasonably required in the exercise of the Director's duties, responsibilities and functions under this Act.

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