Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
R 385
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 Assistance26A. Circumstances under which Deductions may be made directly from Social Assistance Grants |
| (1) | The Agency may allow deductions for funeral insurance or scheme to be made directly from a social grant where the beneficiary of the social grant requests such deduction in writing from the Agency. |
| (2) | Subject to the provisions of subregulation (1), the Agency may only allow deductions to be made directly from a social grant where the insurance company requiring such deduction or to whom the money resulting from the deduction is paid, is a financial services provider as defined in section 1 of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (Act No. 37 of 2002) and authorised to act as a financial services provider in terms of section 7 of that Act. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (1), the Agency may only authorise one deduction for a funeral insurance or for a funeral scheme not exceeding ten percent of the value of the beneficiary's social grant. |
