New Zealand Legislation: Bills

10 Supply of arrival and departure information for benefit purposes

• (1) The heading to section 280 is amended by inserting “and benefit debt recovery” after “benefit”.

  (2) Section 280 is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

  • “(2) The purpose of this section is to facilitate the exchange of information between the Customs and the department for the time being responsible for the administration of the Social Security Act 1964 for all or any of the following purposes:

    • “(a) to verify the entitlement or eligibility of any person to or for any benefit:

    • “(b) to verify the amount of any benefit to which a person is or was entitled or for which a person is or was eligible:

    • “(c) to enable the recovery of any debt due to the Crown in respect of any benefit.”