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Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill

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Bill Enacted Latest version Reported from the committee of the whole House on 20 March 2008 | 2007 No 134—3C

Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill

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Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill

Government Bill

134—3C

As reported from the committee of the whole House

This bill was formerly part of the Social Assistance (Debt Prevention and Minimisation) Amendment Bill as reported from the Social Services Committee. The committee of the whole House has further amended the bill and has divided it into the following bills:

  • Corrections (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill comprising clauses 1 and 2, and Part 1

  • Customs and Excise (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill comprising subpart 1 of Part 2

  • This bill comprising subpart 2 of Part 2

Hon Ruth Dyson

Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill

Government Bill

134—3C

Contents

1 Title

2 Commencement

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11 Principal Act amended

12 Purpose of this subpart

13 Disclosure of information by Corporation for benefit purposes

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

  • This Act is the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Social Assistance) Amendment Act 2008.

2 Commencement

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

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11 Principal Act amended

  • This subpart amends the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001.

12 Purpose of this subpart

  • The purpose of this subpart is to amend the principal Act so that the purposes for which it facilitates the disclosure of information by the Corporation to the department for the time being responsible for the administration of the Social Security Act 1964 include enabling the recovery of any debt due to the Crown in respect of any benefit.

13 Disclosure of information by Corporation for benefit purposes

  • (1) The heading to section 281 is amended by inserting “and benefit debt recovery” after “benefit”.

    (2) Section 281 is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

    • “(2) The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Corporation to the department for the time being responsible for the administration of the Social Security Act 1964 for all or any of the following purposes:

      • “(a) to verify the entitlement or eligibility of any person to or for any benefit:

      • “(b) to verify the amount of any benefit to which a person is or was entitled or for which a person is or was eligible:

      • “(c) to enable the recovery of any debt due to the Crown in respect of any benefit.”

Legislative history
19 March 2008 Divided from Social Assistance (Debt Prevention and Minimisation) Amendment Bill (Bill 134–2) by committee of the whole House
Bill Enacted Latest version Reported from the committee of the whole House on 20 March 2008

Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill

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