Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order (No 2) 2022: revoked, on 1 April 2023, by clause 9(2) of the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2023 (SL 2023/38).

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 14th day of March 2022

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

This order is made under sections 452 and 452A of the Social Security Act 2018 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal Act
4	Schedule 4 amended
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Order

1 Title

This order is the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order (No 2) 2022.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 April 2022.

Order: confirmed, on 17 December 2022, by section 22 of the Secondary Legislation Confirmation Act 2022 (2022 No 82).

3 Principal Act

This order amends the Social Security Act 2018.

4 Schedule 4 amended

In Schedule 4, Part 3, clause 2, replace “$462.27 a week, increased by $61.38 a week if the beneficiary is a single person” with “$492.00 a week, increased by $64.27 a week if the beneficiary is a single person”.

Michael Webster,
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 on 1 April 2022, is made under the Social Security Act 2018 (the Act). It amends Schedule 4 of the Act to increase the amount up to which a blind beneficiary who receives a supported living payment can earn to be paid an additional allowance (the subsidy threshold).

The increase in the subsidy threshold reflects both a mandatory adjustment under section 452A of the Act and a discretionary adjustment under section 452 of the Act. The mandatory adjustment reflects an increase of 4.71% in the average ordinary time weekly earnings between the December 2020 quarter and the December 2021 quarter. The discretionary adjustment increases the subsidy threshold further, but without also increasing the additional subsidy threshold for beneficiaries who are single.

This order must be confirmed by an Act before the close of 30 June 2023. If it is not confirmed, it will be revoked on the close of that date. See subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 17 March 2022.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order (No 2) 2022 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2023 (SL 2023/38): clause 9(2)

Secondary Legislation Confirmation Act 2022 (2022 No 82): section 22

Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order (No 2) 2022