10AVerification: certain recipients of social security benefits

10A Verification: certain recipients of social security benefits

(1) The verification procedure for the purposes of subparagraph 20A(1)(b)(i) of the Act for an individual who: (a) is unable to comply with the checks mentioned in regulation 4; and (b) produces to the identifying cash dealer, not more than 3 months after the date on which it was issued, a letter of introduction from an employee of the Human Services Department; consists of the verification by that identifying cash dealer of the identity of the individual from that letter of introduction. (2) Verification of the identity of a signatory under subregulation (1) is worth 100 points. (3) In subregulation (1):

letter of introduction means a letter signed by the signatory and an employee of the Human Services Department to the effect that:

(a) the signatory is the recipient of a social security payment; and
(b) the signatory’s signature has been verified from the records of the Department.