Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2018

  • revoked
  • Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2018: revoked, on 26 November 2018, pursuant to regulation 295(22) of the Social Security Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/202).

Reprint as at 26 November 2018

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Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2018

(LI 2018/176)

Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2018: revoked, on 26 November 2018, pursuant to regulation 295(22) of the Social Security Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/202).

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 24th day of September 2018

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

These regulations are made under section 132AB of the Social Security Act 1964 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2018.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 October 2018.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Regulations 2005 (the principal regulations).

4 Regulation 8 amended (Cash assets defined)

After regulation 8(3)(n), insert:

(o)

for a person with a disability (A), any direct payment of disability support made by or on behalf of the Crown to A, or a person on A’s behalf, for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining disability support services for A.

5 Regulation 8A amended (Definitions for paragraphs (e), (f), and (m) of regulation 8(3))

(1)

In the heading to regulation 8A, replace “and (m)” with “(m), and (o)”.

(2)

In regulation 8A(3), replace “regulation 8(3)(f)” with “regulation 8(3)(f) and (o)”.

(3)

After regulation 8A(5), insert:

(6)

In regulation 8(3)(o), disability support services has the same meaning as in section 6(1) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 October 2018, amend the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Regulations 2005 (the principal regulations). The effect of the amendments is to ensure that a person’s cash assets (as defined in regulation 8 of the principal regulations) for the purpose of assessing their eligibility for temporary additional support excludes any direct payment of disability support made by or on behalf of the Crown to a person, or another person on that person’s behalf, for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining disability support services for the person.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 27 September 2018.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2018 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Social Security Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/202): regulation 295(22)