New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

8A Definitions for paragraphs (e), (f), and (m) of regulation 8(3)

• (1) In regulation 8(3)(e), MoU on measures related to veterans means the memorandum of understanding—

  • (a) signed on 6 December 2006 for and on behalf of the following (the parties):

    • (i) the Ex-Vietnam Services Association; and

    • (ii) the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association; and

    • (iii) the Crown; and

  • (b) not intended to be legally binding on the parties, but recording their intentions on a package of measures related to Vietnam veterans and other veterans.

  (2) In regulation 8(3)(f),—

  New Zealand blood supply means either or both of the following:

  • (a) blood collected in New Zealand (whether or not that blood was donated, or otherwise collected, with assistance provided or funded by or on behalf of the Crown); and

  • (b) any blood product derived from blood of that kind

  personal injury has the meaning set out in section 26 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001.

  (3) In regulation 8(3)(f) and in subclause (2) of this regulation, Crown means all or any of the following:

  • (a) the Sovereign in right of New Zealand; and

  • (b) all Ministers of the Crown, and all departments of the Public Service specified in Schedule 1 of the State Sector Act 1988; and

  • (c) Crown entities as defined in section 7(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (for example, DHBs); and

  • (d) every other instrument of the Crown in respect of the Government of New Zealand, whether the instrument is or was an agency, corporation, department, division, enterprise, service, or otherwise (for example, every predecessor in title of a DHB).

  (4) In subclause (3) and in this subclause,—

  DHB means a district health board established by or under section 19 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000

  predecessor in title, in relation to a DHB, has the meaning given to it by section 2(1) of the Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993.

  (5) In regulation 8(3)(m), victim has the meaning given to it by regulation 3 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions—Payments to Victims of Crime) Regulations 2009.

  Regulation 8A: inserted, on 29 June 2007, by regulation 5(1) of the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2007 (SR 2007/177).

  Regulation 8A heading: amended, on 1 January 2010, by regulation 5(1) of the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2009 (SR 2009/406).

  Regulation 8A(5): added, on 1 January 2010, by regulation 5(2) of the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2009 (SR 2009/406).