Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2018: revoked, on 26 November 2018, pursuant to regulation 295(4) of the Social Security Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/202).

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 26th day of February 2018

Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding 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 132AC 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 (Childcare Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2018.

2 Commencement

(1)

These regulations come into force on 1 April 2018.

(2)

However regulation 5 and the cross-heading above regulation 5 come into force on 1 July 2018.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Regulations 2004 (the principal regulations).

Amendments on 1 April 2018

4 Schedule 1 amended

In each provision of Schedule 1 of the principal regulations listed in the first column of the Schedule of these regulations, replace the amount set out opposite to it in the second column with the amount set out opposite to it in the third column.

Amendment on 1 July 2018

5 Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

In regulation 3(1), definition of total income, paragraph (b), after “orphan’s benefit,”, insert “a winter energy payment,”.

Amendments to Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2017

6 Amendments to Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2017

(1)

This regulation amends the Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Amendment Regulations 2017.

(2)

Revoke regulations 6 and 7 and the Schedule.

Schedule Amendments to Schedule 1 to increase rates

r 4

Provision amended	Old amount ($)	New amount ($)
Clause 1(a)	5.06	5.13
Clause 1(ab)	4.04	4.09
Clause 1(b)	2.82	2.86
Clause 1(c)	1.57	1.59
Clause 2(a)	5.06	5.13
Clause 2(ab)	4.04	4.09
Clause 2(b)	2.82	2.86
Clause 2(c)	1.57	1.59
Clause 3(a)	5.06	5.13
Clause 3(ab)	4.04	4.09
Clause 3(b)	2.82	2.86
Clause 3(c)	1.57	1.59

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 amend the Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Regulations 2004 (the principal regulations).

The amendments—

increase, on 1 April 2018, the rates of childcare and OSCAR (out-of-school care and recreation) subsidies available to certain caregivers with dependent children to reflect a 1.36% increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2016 quarter to the December 2017 quarter (calculated for all quarters using the New Zealand Consumers Price Index (All Groups), excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products); and
ensure that, on and after 1 July 2018, a winter energy payment is not treated as income for the purpose of calculating entitlement to childcare assistance.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 1 March 2018.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Social Security (Childcare Assistance) Amendment Regulations 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(4)

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