Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 202

Grant of supplementary welfare allowance in cases of urgency

Section 202 provides for the payment of supplementary welfare allowance in urgent cases, giving officers discretion to bypass normal restrictions and to recover payments from recipients in full-time work where appropriate.

• In urgent cases, supplementary welfare allowance can be paid despite normal exclusions that would otherwise apply
• Designated persons and deciding officers have discretion to disregard usual eligibility rules when circumstances require
• Payments made to persons engaged in full-time remunerative work may be made recoverable
• Any decision to recover payment must be based on what is equitable in all the circumstances

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