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 2 : Application for Social Assistance

14. Date of application for social assistance
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(1) The date on which an application for social assistance is lodged with the Agency in accordance with regulation 12(5) is deemed to be the date on which the application is made.

 

(2) Despite the provisions of subregulation (1), the date on which a child is placed in foster care in terms of a court order is deemed to be the date of application for the foster child grant.

 

(3) Social assistance, if approved, must be paid from the date on which the application was made: Provided that a person contemplated in regulation 2(d) may apply for a social grant at the time when he or she is in an institution funded by the State: Provided further that the social assistance may only be paid from the date when he or she is no longer in an institution funded by the State.