New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

7 Who is ineligible for support

• (1) A child who is a dependent child or a child in respect of whom an orphan’s benefit or an unsupported child’s benefit is being paid is ineligible for temporary additional support; but neither of the following is ineligible to be granted temporary additional support in respect of the child:

  • (a) the child’s principal caregiver; and

  • (b) a spouse or partner of the child’s principal caregiver.

  (2) A person is ineligible for temporary additional support if a member of the person’s family has applied for and been granted temporary additional support.

  (3) All of the following are also ineligible for temporary additional support:

  • (a) a person who is 15 years old or younger:

  • (b) a person to whom section 80C(1) of the Act applies:

  • (c) a person to whom a special benefit continues to be payable under section 23 of the Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 and that person’s spouse or partner:

  • (d) a person who is a full-time student unless—

    • (i) the person is a beneficiary; or

    • (ii) the person, or his or her spouse or partner, is the principal caregiver of 1 or more dependent children; or

    • (iii) the person, or a member of his or her family, has disability costs (as defined in regulation 4)—

      • (A) in respect of which a disability allowance under section 69C of the Act has been granted; but

      • (B) that are in excess of the maximum amount of a disability allowance under section 69C of the Act:

  • (e) a person whose cash assets together with the cash assets of his or her spouse or partner (if any) exceed in value,—

    • (i) for a single person, the amount in clause 1 of Schedule 31 of the Act; or

    • (ii) for a person who is married or in a civil union, or a sole parent, the amount in clause 2 of that schedule.