Disability Allowance Amendment - Ministerial Direction 2020
20 April 2020.
The Minister for Social Development has signed an instrument amending the Ministerial Direction on Disability Allowance.
This instrument comes into force on 20 April 2020.
It provides that when granting or reviewing a person’s entitlement to any Disability Allowance, verification of any particular expense is not required if either:
- a state of local emergency or state of national emergency is in force
- an epidemic notice has been given and is in force, or
- an event has occurred where it's reasonable to expect that either a state of emergency or epidemic notice may be imminent.
