Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2019
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Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2019
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 25th day of February 2019
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
These regulations are made under section 92 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and section 437 of the Social Security Act 2018 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2019.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 April 2019.
3 Principal regulations
These regulations amend the Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993 (the principal regulations).
4 Regulation 8 amended (Eligibility for community services cards)
(1)
In regulation 8(1)(a)(viii), delete “payable under section 61EA of the Social Security Act 1964”
.
(2)
In regulation 8(5)(a), replace “$26,688”
with “$27,139”
.
(3)
In regulation 8(5)(b), replace “$28,322”
with “$28,801”
.
(4)
In regulation 8(5)(c), replace “$42,352”
with “$43,068”
.
(5)
In regulation 8(5A)(a), replace “$27,571”
with “$28,174”
.
(6)
In regulation 8(5A)(b), replace “$29,299”
with “$29,943”
.
(7)
In regulation 8(5A)(c), replace “$43,872”
with “$44,877”
.
(8)
In regulation 8(6)(a), replace “$51,730”
with “$52,605”
.
(9)
In regulation 8(6)(b), replace “$63,675”
with “$64,752”
.
(10)
In regulation 8(6)(c), replace “$73,461”
with “$74,703”
.
(11)
In regulation 8(6)(d), replace “$83,074”
with “$84,478”
.
(12)
In regulation 8(6)(e), replace “$93,653 for the first 6 people, plus a further $9,490”
with “$95,236 for the first 6 people, plus a further $9,651”
.
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 2019, amend regulation 8 of the Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993 to—
reflect the commencement of the Social Security Act 2018; and
increase the income entitlement thresholds that are used to determine a person’s eligibility for a community services card.
The new entitlement thresholds reflect an increase of 1.69% in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2017 quarter to the December 2018 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: 28 February 2019.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Health.
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Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2019
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