Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Act 2007: repealed, on 15 June 2023, pursuant to section 146 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021 No 57).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 have been made in this consolidation. See the notes at the end of this consolidation for further details.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Act 2007.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

Part 1 Social Security Act 1964

3 Principal Act amended

This Part amends the Social Security Act 1964.

4 Purpose of this Part

The purpose of this Part is to provide regulation-making powers for—

(a)

cardholder photographs on entitlement cards; and

(b)

barcodes on entitlement cards; and

(c)

microchips embedded in entitlement cards.

5 Regulations providing for issue and use of entitlement cards

(1)

Section 132A(1) is amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

(ba)

providing for cardholders’ photographs to be affixed to or imaged into a category of entitlement cards and prescribing procedures, requirements, and other matters in relation to those photographs:

(2)

Section 132A(2) is amended by omitting “a magnetic stripe on them,” and substituting “all or any of a magnetic stripe or a barcode on them, or a microchip embedded in them,”.

(3)

Section 132A is amended by adding the following subsections:

(3)

An Order in Council providing for the embedding of microchips in entitlement cards may not be made under this section except on the recommendation of the Minister.

(4)

The Minister must not recommend the making of an Order in Council referred to in subsection (3) unless, to ensure privacy and personal information are fully protected, adequate consultation concerning the privacy and security of the information to be contained in the microchip has taken place with—

(a)

the State Services Commission; and

(b)

the Privacy Commissioner; and

(c)

any other State agency, department, or organisation the Minister considers relevant.

Part 2 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995

6 Principal Act amended

This Part amends the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995.

7 Purpose of this Part

The purpose of this Part is to allow the disclosure of information required to give effect to Part 1 in relation to cards the availability of which is based principally on the age and residence of a person, or of his or her spouse or civil union partner, or former spouse or civil union partner.

8 Schedule 1A amended

(1)

The item relating to the Department of Work and Income in Schedule 1A is amended by omitting “Department of Work and Income” and substituting “Ministry of Social Development”.

(2)

Paragraph (b) of the item relating to the Department of Work and Income in Schedule 1A is amended by adding “or a card the availability of which is based principally on the age and residence of a person, or of his or her spouse or civil union partner, or former spouse or civil union partner”.

Consolidation notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Act 2007 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 About this consolidation

This consolidation is not an official version of the legislation under section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019.

3 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021 No 57): section 146

Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Act 2007