Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004)Regulations relating to the Application for and Payment of Social Assistance and the requirements or conditions in respect of eligibility for Social AssistanceChapter 4 : Payment of Social Assistance21. Method of payment of social assistance |
| (1) |
| (a) | electronic transfers into an account of the beneficiary or institution where the beneficiary resides, subject to written authorization by the beneficiary; or |
| (b) | manual payments at a designated place. |
| (2) | Social assistance must be paid monthly by the Agency or a person appointed by the Agency for that purpose in terms of section 4 of the SASSA Act. |
| (3) | Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2)— |
| (a) | in the case of manual payments a beneficiary must— |
| (i) | identify himself or herself by means of an identity document or biometric identification; |
| (ii) | personally or via a person appointed by the beneficiary or the Agency, take receipt of the social assistance payable to him or her; and |
| (iii) | sign an acknowledgement of the amount received, if he or she receives payment of his or her social assistance manually; |
| (b) | a beneficiary's signature or biometric identification serves as acknowledgement of receipt for the amount received, unless the amount of the social assistance is credited to an account held at a financial institution. |
| (c) | where the beneficiary is unable to personally receive social assistance due to illness or temporary incapacity the beneficiary may apply and complete an application form for the authorisation of the grant to be paid to a person duly authorised by him or her for a period not exceeding three consecutive months. |