Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2010: revoked, on 1 April 2011, by clause 8(a) of the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2011 (SR 2011/16).

Note

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

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

This order is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

Pursuant to section 61H of the Social Security Act 1964 and section 15 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2010.

2 Commencement

(1) This order (except clause 6 and Schedule 3) comes into force on 1 April 2010.

(2) Clause 6 and Schedule 3 come into force immediately after the commencement of the rest of this order.

Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2010: validated and confirmed, on 27 November 2010, by section 13(a) of the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2010 (2010 No 127).

3 Increasing amounts of funeral grants

(1) Sections 61DB, 61DC, and 61DD of the Social Security Act 1964 are amended by omitting “$1,820.08” and substituting in each case “$1,855.75”.

(2) The amendments made by subclause (1) apply only in respect of persons who die on or after 1 April 2010.

4 Increasing asset and income limits and certain benefits and allowances payable under Social Security Act 1964

Each provision of the Social Security Act 1964 listed in the first column of Schedule 1 is amended by omitting the expression set out opposite to it in the second column and substituting in each case the expression set out opposite to it in the third column.

5 Increasing New Zealand superannuation, etc, payable under New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001

Each provision of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 listed in the first column of Schedule 2 of this order is amended by omitting the expression set out opposite to it in the second column and substituting in each case the expression set out opposite to it in the third column.

6 Further increases to certain amounts

(1) The amounts set out in clauses 1(a) to (c) and 2(a) and (b) of Schedule 1 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 (as substituted by clause 5 and Schedule 2 of this order) are further increased in the manner provided in subclause (2) of this clause.

(2) Each provision of Schedule 1 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 listed in the first column of Schedule 3 of this order is amended by omitting the expression set out opposite to it in the second column and substituting in each case the expression set out opposite to it in the third column.

7 Consequential revocation

The Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2009 (SR 2009/27) is consequentially revoked.

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Provisions amended	Expressions omitted ($)	Expressions substituted ($)
Schedule 3
Clause 1	272.70	278.04
Clause 2	198.31	202.20
Schedule 4
Clause 1(a)	185.25	188.88
Clause 1(b)	169.45	172.77
Clause 1(c)	153.55	156.56
Clause 1(d)	132.32	134.91
Schedule 6
Clause 1(a)	192.58	196.35
Clause 1(b)	237.97	242.63
Clause 1(c)	312.62	318.75
Clause 1(e)	198.31	202.20
Clause 1(f)	198.31	202.20
Clause 1(g)	198.31	202.20
Clause 2	308.31	312.20
	39.66	40.43
Schedule 9
Clause 1(aa)	126.92	129.41
Clause 1(a)	158.65	161.76
Clause 1(b)	190.39	194.12
Clause 1(c)	272.70	278.04
Clause 1(d)	158.65	161.76
Clause 1(e)	158.65	161.76
Clause 1(f)	158.65	161.76
Clause 2	158.65	161.76
Clause 5	158.65	161.76
Schedule 16
Clause 1	272.70	278.04
Clause 2	198.31	202.20
Schedule 17
Clause 1	192.58	196.35
Clause 2	237.97	242.63
Clause 3	312.62	318.75
Clause 5	198.31	202.20
Clause 6	198.31	202.20
Clause 7	198.31	202.20
Clause 8	198.31	202.20
Schedule 19
Clause 3	34.87	35.55
Schedule 22
Clause 1	34.87	35.55
Clause 2	34.87	35.55
Schedule 26
Clause 1	158.65	161.76
Clause 2	158.65	161.76
Clause 3	158.65	161.76
Schedule 31
Clause 1	952.21	970.87
Clause 2	1,586.63	1,617.73
Clause 3	1,250.28	1,274.79
Clause 4	1,343.07	1,369.39
Clause 5	434.94	443.46
Clause 6	499.88	509.68
Clause 7	726.04	740.27
Clause 8	606.57	618.46
Clause 9	639.05	651.58
Clause 10	470.03	479.24
Clause 11	544.02	554.68
Clause 12	791.53	807.04
Clause 13	655.54	668.39
Clause 14	690.65	704.19

Schedule 1 table: amended, on 1 October 2010, by clause 4 of the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order (No 2) 2010 (SR 2010/289).

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Provisions amended	Expressions omitted ($)	Expressions substituted ($)
Schedule 1
Clause 1(a)	364.50	372.27
Clause 1(b)	334.28	341.38
Clause 1(c)	273.63	279.58
Clause 2(a)	547.26	559.16
Clause 2(b)	519.72	530.14
Clause 3	34.87	35.55
Clause 4	34.87	35.55

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Provisions amended	Expressions omitted ($)	Expressions substituted ($)
Schedule 1
Clause 1(a)	372.27	373.56
Clause 1(b)	341.38	342.58
Clause 1(c)	279.58	280.62
Clause 2(a)	559.16	561.24
Clause 2(b)	530.14	531.72

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

Date of notification in Gazette: 25 February 2010.

1General
2Status of reprints
3How reprints are prepared
4Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989
5List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

Notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2010. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the order as at 1 April 2011, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/ .

2 Status of reprints

Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.

This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

3 How reprints are prepared

A number of editorial conventions are followed in the preparation of reprints. For example, the enacting words are not included in Acts, and provisions that are repealed or revoked are omitted. For a detailed list of the editorial conventions, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.

4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989

Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice. Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.

A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000. Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing. To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.

In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint:
- •omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”)
- •typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point)
- •layout of provisions, including:
  - •indentation
  - •position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section)
- •format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks)
- •format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”)
- •position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act)
- •punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions)
- •Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly
- •case and appearance of letters and words, including:
  - •format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter followed by small capital letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter)
  - •small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters
- •schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly
- •running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page)
- •format of two-column schedules of consequential amendments, and schedules of repeals (eg, they are rearranged into alphabetical order, rather than chronological).

5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first)

Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2011 (SR 2011/16): clause 8(a)

Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2010 (2010 No 127): section 13(a)

Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order (No 2) 2010 (SR 2010/289): clause 4

Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2010