Student Allowances (Income Exemptions—Kāinga Ora Energy Subsidy) Amendment Regulations 2023

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Student Allowances (Income Exemptions—Kāinga Ora Energy Subsidy) Amendment Regulations 2023

Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann, Administrator of the Government

Order in Council

At Wellington this 8th day of May 2023

Present:
Her Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council

These regulations are made under section 645 of the Education and Training Act 2020 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Student Allowances (Income Exemptions—Kāinga Ora Energy Subsidy) Amendment Regulations 2023.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 12 May 2023.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Student Allowances Regulations 1998.

4 Regulation 2 amended (Interpretation)

(1)

In regulation 2(1), insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

Kāinga Ora energy subsidy means a subsidy paid by Kāinga Ora to an energy retailer for the supply of electricity to a person residing in Kāinga Ora housing (as defined in section 2(1) of the Public and Community Housing Management Act 1992)

(2)

In regulation 2(1), definition of personal income, after paragraph (h), insert:

(i)

does not include a Kāinga Ora energy subsidy paid in relation to the student

(3)

In regulation 2(1), definition of spousal or partner’s income, after paragraph (h), insert:

(i)

does not include a Kāinga Ora energy subsidy paid in relation to the spouse or partner

Rachel Hayward,
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 12 May 2023, amend the Student Allowances Regulations 1998.

These amendments exclude from a student’s personal income, and from the income of their spouse or partner, a subsidy paid by Kāinga Ora to an energy retailer for the supply of electricity to the student, or their spouse or partner, in any case where the student, or their spouse or partner, is residing in Kāinga Ora housing.

This will ensure that the interest acquired by a student, or their spouse or partner, from receiving a Kāinga Ora energy subsidy is not taken into account when assessing the student’s eligibility for student allowances.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 11 May 2023.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Social Development.