Social Security (Extension of Young Persons Services and Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill

  • enacted

Hon Anne Tolley

Social Security (Extension of Young Persons Services and Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill

Government Bill

35—3

Contents

Key
1Title
2Commencement
Part 1
Amendments to the Social Security Act 1964
3Principal Act
3ASection 1A amended (Purpose)
4Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
4Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
5Section 3C amended (Transitional and savings provisions relating to amendments to this Act)
6Section 10A amended (Review of decisions of chief executive made under delegation by other decision makers)
7Section 10B amended (Right of appeal on medical grounds)
8Section 12J amended (Rights of appeal)
9Section 12S amended (Appeals to Supreme Court)
10Section 20D amended (Sole parent support: standard eligibility requirements)
11Section 40D amended (Supported living payment: on ground of caring for patient requiring care: eligibility)
13Section 82 amended (Payment of benefits)
14Section 88B amended (Jobseeker support: standard eligibility requirements)
15Section 88D amended (Jobseeker support: ineligibility)
16Section 88I amended (Jobseeker support: chief executive’s powers and duties to defer work test obligations)
17Section 123E amended (Services to encourage young persons to move to education, training, and employment)
18Section 123F amended (Chief executive may enter into information-sharing agreement with chief executive of Ministry of Education)
19Sections 123G and 123H repealed
19ASection 125A amended (Chief executive may contract with service providers)
20Section 125C amended (Release of personal information to and by contracted service provider)
21Section 125D amended (Information-sharing in relation to young persons)
21ASection 125G amended (Actions of contracted service providers to be treated for certain purposes as if actions of department)
22Section 125H amended (Operation of certain provisions to be reviewed after 3 years)
23Section 157 amended (Interpretation)
24Section 162 amended (Youth payment: continuation after age 18)
25Section 164 amended (Young parent payment: basic criteria)
26Section 165 amended (Young parent payment: single young persons)
27Section 168 amended (Young parent payment: continuation after age 19)
27ASection 170 amended (Youth support payments: obligations)
28Section 171 amended (Obligations of spouses and partners of specified beneficiaries)
29New section 171A inserted (Certain young persons may be required to receive youth services)
171ACertain young persons may be required to receive youth services
30Section 172 amended (Department to explain obligations to young person)
31New section 174A inserted (Sanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations) New sections 174AA and 174A inserted
174AASanctions for failure by young spouse or partner of specified beneficiary to comply with obligations
174ASanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations
32Section 179 amended (Money management in relation to youth support payments: general)
33Schedule 32 amended
Part 2
Amendments to other enactments
34Social Security (Effect of Absence of Beneficiary from New Zealand) Regulations 2013 amended
35Social Security (Contracts and Information Sharing with Service Providers) Regulations 2012 amended
36Amendments to Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012
37Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
38New regulation 6A inserted (When young person required to receive youth services meets criteria for return of incentive payments)
6AWhen young person required to receive youth services meets criteria for return of incentive payments
38ARegulation 7 amended (When money management applies)
39Regulations Regulation 10 amended (When young person may opt out of money management)
40Social Security (Monetary Benefits) Regulations 2007 amended
41Amendments to Social Security (Exemptions under Section 105) Regulations 1998
42Regulation 3A amended (Exemption from obligations under section 60Q)
43New regulation 8D inserted (Exemption from obligations under section 171A: young persons required to receive youth services)
8DExemption from obligations under section 171A: young persons required to receive youth services
44Amendment to Privacy Act 1993
Schedule
Amendment to Schedule 2A of Privacy Act 1993
Legislative history

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: