Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2011

  • expired
  • Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2011: expired, on 1 December 2011, by clause 3.

Reprint
as at 1 December 2011

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Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2011

(SR 2011/40)

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 8th day of March 2011

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

  • Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2011: expired, on 1 December 2011, by clause 3.

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

Pursuant to section 6 of the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010, His Excellency the Governor-General makes the following order acting—

  • (a) on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

  • (b) on the recommendation of the relevant Minister made in accordance with section 6(2) of that Act.

Order

1 Title

  • This order is the Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2011.

2 Commencement

  • This order comes into force on 1 March 2011.

3 Expiry

  • This order expires at the close of 30 November 2011.

4 Interpretation

  • (1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, specified area means the districts of the following territorial authorities:

    • (a) Ashburton District Council:

    • (b) Christchurch City Council:

    • (c) Hurunui District Council:

    • (d) Selwyn District Council:

    • (e) Waimakariri District Council.

    (2) A term or expression that is not defined in this order but is defined in the Social Security Act 1964 or the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 has, in this order, the meaning given to it by that Act.

5 Exemption

  • While this order is in force, sections 99AA and 99AB of the Social Security Act 1964 do not apply to a person who resides in the specified area.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force (retroactively) on 1 March 2011 and expires at the close of 30 November 2011, provides an exemption from sections 99AA and 99AB of the Social Security Act 1964 in respect of people residing in a specified area. Those sections provide for the expiry of the unemployment benefit and require application for a re-grant of that benefit.

The specified area is the districts of the territorial authorities in the Canterbury region affected directly or indirectly by the Canterbury earthquake of 4 September 2010 or any of its aftershocks: Christchurch City, and the districts of Ashburton, Hurunui, Selwyn, and Waimakariri.

The order is to the same effect as the Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2010, which expired at the close of 28 February 2011.

The order is made under the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010, and its effect is temporary.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 10 March 2011.

Contents

  • 1General

  • 2Status of reprints

  • 3How reprints are prepared

  • 4Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • 5List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

Notes
1 General

  • This is a reprint of the Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2011. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the order as at 1 December 2011, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

    Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/ .

2 Status of reprints

  • Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.

    This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

3 How reprints are prepared

  • A number of editorial conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.

4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

  • Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.

    A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.

    In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint:

    • •omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”)

    • •typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point)

    • •layout of provisions, including:

      • •indentation

      • •position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section)

    • •format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks)

    • •format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”)

    • •position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act)

    • •punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions)

    • •Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •case and appearance of letters and words, including:

      • •format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter)

      • •small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters

    • •schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly

    • •running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page)

    • •format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chronological).

5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

  • Canterbury Earthquake (Social Security Act) Order 2011 (SR 2011/40): clause 3