Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2018
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Reprint as at 1 April 2019
Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2018
(LI 2018/22)
Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2018: revoked, on 1 April 2019, pursuant to regulation 20 of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/203).
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 155 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 (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2018.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 April 2018.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Regulations 2005 (the principal regulations).
4 Regulation 7 amended (Clothing allowance)
In regulation 7(2), replace “$275.50”
with “$279.25”
.
5 Regulation 12 amended (Personal allowance)
In regulation 12, replace “$43.93”
with “$44.53”
.
6 Revocation
The Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/28) are revoked.
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 April 2018, amend the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Regulations 2005 (the principal regulations). They increase to $279.25 the annual clothing allowance payable under regulation 7 of the principal regulations and increase the personal allowance referred to in regulation 12 of those regulations to $44.53 per week.
These increases 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).
Date of notification in Gazette: 1 March 2018.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) 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
Residential Care and Disability Support Services Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/203): regulation 20
Versions
Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations 2018
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