Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Regulations 2005

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Preliminary provisions

3 Overview of these regulations
  • These regulations—

    • (a) define the kinds of income, benefits, credits, and receipts that are chargeable income; and

    • (b) define the kinds of costs that are allowable costs; and

    • (c) prescribe amounts allowed for standard living costs that ought to be met from chargeable income (that is, amounts defined by section 132AB(1)(b) of the Act as standard costs); and

    • (d) define the kinds of assets that are cash assets, and prescribe an amount of cash assets that makes an applicant, under section 61G(2)(b) of the Act, ineligible for temporary additional support; and

    • (e) prescribe or set out other eligibility criteria for receiving that support, the amount of it, and the period or periods for which it may be granted.