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Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004)

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Application for and Payment of Social Assistance and the Requirements or Conditions in respect of Eligibility for Social Assistance

Chapter 3 : Determination of Financial Criteria

20. Determination of financial criteria for older person's grant, disability grant, war veteran's grant, child support grant, foster child grant and care-dependency grant

 

(1) The financial criteria in terms of which applicants for an older person's grant, a disability grant, a war veteran's grant, a child support grant, a foster child grant and a care-dependency grant, respectively, qualify are set out in Annexures A, B, C and D, respectively.

 

(2) The income of an applicant and his or her spouse must be taken into account irrespective of whether the couple is married in or out of community of property under the Marriage Act, 1961 or any provisions contained in an ante-nuptial contract.

 

(3) The Agency must, if it is satisfied that an applicant has been deserted by his or her spouse for a continuous period of at least three months, and the spouse is unwilling to support the applicant, grant approval for the means of that spouse not to be taken into consideration when determining the means of the applicant.