Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1996
Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1996
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Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1996
Public Act |
1996 No 145 |
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Date of assent |
2 September 1996 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Social Security Act 1964
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment Act (No. 4) 1996, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Social Security Act 1964 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2)
This Act shall come into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
2 Information on beneficiaries and former beneficiaries may be disclosed to Department for Courts for fines enforcement purposes
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 126, the following section:
“126a
“(1)
In this section, unless the context otherwise requires,—
“‘Beneficiary’ means a person who has been granted a benefit; and includes a person in respect of whom a benefit or part of a benefit has been granted; and also includes—
“(a)
A person who was formerly in receipt of a benefit:
“(b)
A person from whom any liable parent contributions to which section 256(1) of the Child Support Act 1991 applies may be recovered:
“(c)
A person from whom any maintenance payment to which section 259(1) of the Child Support Act 1991 applies may be recovered:
“‘Benefit’ has the meaning given to it in section 3(1) of this Act; except that the term also includes—
“(a)
A lump sum payable under section 61db or section 61DC or section 61dd of this Act:
“(b)
Any special assistance granted out of the Crown Bank Account from money appropriated by Parliament under section 124(1)(d) of this Act:
“‘Chief executive’ means the chief executive of the Department for Courts:
“‘Fine’ means—
“(a)
A fine within the meaning of Part III of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957:
“(b)
A fine or other sum of money to which any of sections 19 to 19e of the Crimes Act 1961 applies.
“(2)
The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Department of Social Welfare to the Department for Courts for the purpose of enabling the Department for Courts to locate any beneficiary who is in default in the payment of any fine.
“(3)
For the purpose of this section, the chief executive may from time to time, in accordance with arrangements made between the chief executive and the Director-General, request the Director-General to supply, from information kept by the Department of Social Welfare, the last known address of any beneficiary.
“(4)
On receipt of a request made under subsection (3) of this section, the Director-General may supply the information requested to any officer or employee of the Department for Courts who is authorised by the chief executive to receive that information.
“(5)
Information supplied pursuant to a request made under subsection (3) of this section may be supplied in such form as is determined by agreement between the Director-General and the chief executive.”
3 Consequential amendment to Privacy Act 1993
The Third Schedule to the Privacy Act 1993 is hereby amended by inserting, after the item relating to the Marriage Act 1955, the following item:
“Social Security Act 1964
Section 126a”.
This Act is administered in the Department of Social Welfare.
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