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public health system.
 (4) The Regulator cannot be satisfied that the money is required for medical transport unless the medical treatment for which the medical transport is required has been certified, under subregulation (3), as necessary for a reason mentioned in paragraph (3)(a).
 (5) The Regulator cannot be satisfied that the money is required on the ground mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) unless the person gives to the Regulator a written statement from the mortgagee that:
 (a) payment of an amount is overdue; and
 (b) if the person fails to pay the amount, the mortgagee will:
 (i) foreclose the mortgage on the person's principal place of residence; or
 (ii) exercise its express, or statutory, power of sale over the person's principal place of residence.
 (6) A statement under subregulation (5) must include the following information:
 (a) the amount that is equal to 3 months' repayments under the mortgage; and
 (b) the amount that is 12 months' interest on the outstanding balance of the loan at the time the statement is made.
 (6A) A determination under this regulation must specify the RSA provider and the amount of the preserved benefits, or restricted non‑preserved benefits, that may be released.
 (6B) If the Regulator makes a determination under this regulation, the Regulator must give a copy of the determination to the person and the specified RSA provider.
 (7) In this regulation:
medical transport means transport, for medical attention, by land, water or air.

4.22B  Release of benefits on compassionate ground—coronavirus
 (1) A person may apply to the Regulator for a determination that an amount of the person's preserved benefits, or restricted non‑preserved benefits, in a specified RSA or RSAs may be released on the ground that it is required to assist the person to deal with the adverse economic effects of the coronavirus known as COVID‑19 if:
 (a) unless paragraph (b) applies—subregulation (1A) applies in respect of the person; or
 (b) in a case where regulation 4.01B (temporary residents) applies to the person:
 (i) the person is covered by subregulation (1B); and
 (ii) subregulation (1C) applies in respect of the person.
 (1AA) For the purposes of subregulation (1), treat a permanent resident of New Zealand as being a permanent resident.
 (1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), this subregulation applies in respect of the person if:
 (a) the person is unemployed; or
 (b) the person is eligible to receive any of the following under the Social Security Act 1991:
 (i) jobseeker payment;
 (ii) parenting payment;
 (iii) special benefit; or
 (c) the person is eligible to receive youth allowance under the Social Security Act 1991 (other than on the basis that the person is undertaking full‑time study or is a new apprentice); or
 (d) the