Who can apply for the income relief payment?

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You may be able to apply for the Income Relief Payment if you:
• lost your last job or self-employment from 1 March to 30 October 2020 (inclusive) because of the impacts of COVID-19, and
• normally worked 15 hours or more a week (for 12 weeks or more) before you lost your work because of COVID-19.
You must also be a New Zealand citizen or a resident who normally works and lives in New Zealand, and 18 years old or over, or a financially independent 16- or 17-year-old.
You won’t qualify if you:
• get a redundancy payment of $30,000 or more, before tax
• get or used to get private income protection insurance payments for the job you lost
• are getting earnings-related ACC payments
• left your job for another reason – for example, you resigned, retired, wound up a viable business or were dismissed (eg. for misconduct)
• still have a job.
There are more criteria if you’re in a relationship, studying, or already getting a benefit,  COVID payment, NZ Super or Veteran's Pension.
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