New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2006
New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2006
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New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2006
New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2006
| Public Act | 2006 No 31 |
| Date of assent | 30 June 2006 |
Note
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Social Development and the Treasury.
Contents
5 Entitlement to benefits for spouses or partners of persons receiving means-tested residential disability services
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 July 2006.
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001.
4 Living alone payments
Section 13(3)(b) is amended by omitting
“or household expenses (including accommodation expenses)”
.
5 Entitlement to benefits for spouses or partners of persons receiving means-tested residential disability services
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(1) The heading to section 17 is amended by omitting
“receiving means-tested residential disability services”
and substituting“in long-term residential care in hospital or rest home”
.(2) Section 17 is amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
“(1) This section applies to any person who is not in long-term residential care and whose spouse or partner is in long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home, whether or not the spouse or partner is a resident assessed as requiring care (within the meaning of section 136 of the Social Security Act 1964).”
6 Living alone rate of payment for spouses or partners of persons receiving means-tested residential disability services
The heading to section 18 is amended by omitting
“receiving means-tested residential disability services”
and substituting“in long-term residential care in hospital or rest home”
.
Legislative history | |
|---|---|
| 21 February 2006 | Introduction (Bill 22-1) |
| 1 March 2006 | First reading and referral to Social Services Committee |
| 4 May 2006 | Reported from Social Services Committee |
| 13 June 2006 | Divided from New Zealand Superannuation and Veterans' Pensions (Entitlements of Spouses and Partners of People in Long-term Residential Care and Remedial Matters) Bill (Bill 22-1) as Bill 22-2A |
| 27 June 2006 | Third reading |
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