12.7.1 Overview of Specific and Compliance Reviews

Review program objective

The primary objective of the Income Support Review Program is to ensure pensioners are receiving the correct amount of income support pension to which they are entitled under the VEA. There are two types of reviews:

Pensioner obligations

Under the VEA, income support pensioners are required to disclose information about changes in their personal or financial circumstances that may affect the amount of pension they receive. A notification from a pensioner of their changed personal or financial circumstances is processed as a pensioner-initiated review (PIR).    


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