Regulations

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The Cabinet may make regulations prescribing matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act and, in particular, providing —

for additional criteria for eligibility for financial assistance;

for whether a person satisfies certain criteria for eligibility for a particular category of financial assistance;

for the determination of the financial resources of a person;

that the income or capital of a person is to be taken as exceeding or not exceeding a prescribed amount;

for the application process;

for the investigation into applications and verification of information submitted in respect of applications;

for the categories of financial assistance;

for the time at which the payment of financial assistance shall commence, and the manner, method and procedure for payment of the financial assistance to a recipient;

for the procedure where an applicant or a recipient is unable to act;

for the maintenance of adequate records of applications, related reports and decisions, and amounts of financial assistance paid;

for the exemption of certain persons or categories of persons from any prescribed eligibility criteria;

different provisions in relation to different cases or classes of case;

for the procedure to be adopted with respect to the reconsideration of a decision by the Director;

for the procedure to be adopted with respect to appeals, including the procedure for —

requiring an appellant or the Director to disclose or allow the inspection of documents in the appellant's or the Director's custody or control;

requiring a person, on tender of the necessary expenses of the person's attendance, to attend and give evidence or produce documents in the person's custody or under the person's control and for authorizing the administration of oaths to witnesses; and

enabling an appellant to withdraw an appeal or the Director to withdraw the Director's opposition to an appeal and for the consequences of withdrawal; and

for matters related to the disclosure of data or information under section 26(2)(c).

Regulations made under this section may prescribe that contravention of the regulations constitutes an offence and the person who commits the offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine of three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of six months, or to both.

Cross References

Section 26 of Financial Assistance Act
section 26(2)(c)

Financial Assistance Act

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