Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2007: revoked, on 1 April 2008, by regulation 6(b) of the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/52).

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Health.

Preamble

At Wellington this 5th day of March 2007

Pursuant to section 155 of the Social Security Act 1964, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Preamble

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal regulations amended

4 Clothing allowance

5 New regulation 12 substituted

12 Personal allowance

6 Consequential revocation

1 Title

These regulations are the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2007.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 April 2007.

3 Principal regulations amended

These regulations amend the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Regulations 2005.

4 Clothing allowance

Regulation 7(2) is amended by omitting “$225.55” and substituting “$231.48”.

5 New regulation 12 substituted

Regulation 12 is revoked and the following regulation substituted:
“12 Personal allowance

The personal allowance defined in section 136 of the Social Security Act 1964 is $32.69 per week”

6 Consequential revocation

Regulations 3 and 4 of the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2006 (SR 2006/47) are consequentially revoked.

Diane Morcom,

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 April 2007, amend the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Regulations 2005. The amendments increase certain monetary amounts applicable to persons who are residents assessed as requiring care and to whom Part 4 of the Social Security Act 1964 applies.

Regulation 4 increases from $225.55 to $231.48 the yearly clothing allowance payable to certain residents assessed as requiring care specified in section 154 of the Social Security Act 1964.

Regulation 5 increases from $31.85 per week to $32.69 per week the personal allowance defined in section 136 of the Social Security Act 1964. The personal allowance is an amount of benefit that a person assessed as requiring care is not required to contribute to the cost of his or her contracted care services.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 8 March 2007.

1General
2About this eprint
3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

Notes

1 General

This is an eprint of the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2007. It incorporates all the amendments to the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2007 as at 1 April 2008. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 4 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.

2 About this eprint

This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about officialisation, please see "Making online legislation official" under "Status of legislation on this site" in the About section of this website.

3 List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/52): regulation 6(b)

Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2007