Hon Paula Bennett
Government Bill
125—2
As reported from the Social Services Committee
Commentary
Key
1 Title
2 Commencement
Part 1Amendments to Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
3 Principal Act amended
4 Payment to person or organisation providing care
Part 2Amendment to Education Act 1989
5 Principal Act amended
6 Student allowances
Part 3Amendments to Income Tax Act 1976, Income Tax Act 1994, Income Tax Act 2004, and Income Tax Act 2007
7 Purpose
Amendment to Income Tax Act 1976
8 Interpretation
Amendment to Income Tax Act 1994
9 Definitions
Amendment to Income Tax Act 2004
10 Definitions
Amendment to Income Tax Act 2007
11 Definitions
Part 4Amendments to Social Security Act 1964
12 Principal Act amended
13 Interpretation
14 Domestic purposes benefits for solo parents
14A Sickness benefit: medical examinations
15 Rates of sickness benefit
16 New section 54DA inserted
54DA Sickness beneficiary may be required to comply with work test
17 Independent youth benefits: obligations
18 Interpretation
19 Purpose of sections 60Q to 60Z
20 Personal development and employment plans
20A Obligations of spouse or partner of person granted emergency benefit
21 Interpretation
22 New section 61HA inserted
61HA Annual CPI adjustment of rates of certain benefits
23 Payment of benefits
24 New section 86K inserted
86K Validation of benefit payments and other payments in respect of certain children in care
25 New sections 99AA and 99AB inserted
99AA Unemployment benefit: expiry
99AB Unemployment benefit: requirements for re-grant
26 New section 101 inserted
101 Purpose of sections 102 to 123D
27 New sections 102 and 102A substituted
102 Application of work test
102A Work test obligations
27A Section 103 repealed
28 Exemption from obligations
29 Sections 105A, 105B, and 105D and heading above section 105A repealed
30 Section 110 and heading above section 110 repealed
31 Sanctions that may be imposed for failures
32 Calculation of failure rate
33 Modified effect in some cases of sanctions on rate of benefit for people married or in civil union or de facto relationship
34 Meaning of recompliance
35 Regulations
36 Regulations relating to childcare assistance
37 New section 132K inserted
132K Regulations relating to advance payments of benefit
37A Regulations relating to this Part
38 Schedule 8 repealed
39 Schedule 31 amended
40 Consequential amendments
Transitional provisions
41 Transitional provision relating to personal development and employment plans
42 Transitional provisions relating to job seeker agreements and job seeker development activities
43 Transitional provisions relating to sanctions under former section 117(1)(a)
44 Transitional provision relating to exemptions from the work test
Amendments to Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Regulations 2004
45 Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Regulations 2004 amended
46 Rate of childcare subsidy
47 New regulation 24 substituted
24 Rate of OSCAR subsidy
48 New Schedules 1 and 2 substituted
Amendment to Social Security (Application of Work Test Obligations) Regulations 2007
48A Social Security (Application of Work Test Obligations) Regulations 2007 amended
48B Application of work test obligations
Part 5Amendments to War Pensions Act 1954
49 Principal Act amended
50 Interpretation
51 Abatement
Schedule 1 Consequential amendments
Schedule 2 Consequential amendments to Social Security Act 1964 relating to work-testing of sickness beneficiaries
Schedule 3 New Schedules 1 and 2 of Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Regulations 2004
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: