[2016] NZSSAA 037 (16 May 2016) [pdf, 22 KB]
...not there is an immediate need for an essential item or service. This includes: the effect on the beneficiary if the need is not met, when that effect is likely to have an impact, and the beneficiary’s ability to meet the need from his or her own resources. [14] Clause 4 of the Ministerial Direction provides that the amount of an advance should be the least amount required to meet the beneficiary’s particular immediate need. In addition, in no case is the amount of an advance to ex...