Hon Anne Tolley, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
New Schedule
In the new Schedule, replace the item relating to the War Pensions Act 1954 (page 4) with:
Veterans’ Support Act 2014 (2014 No 56)
Section 185(1)(c): omit “was (by virtue of section 79(1)(a) of the Social Security Act 1964) deemed to have been resident in New Zealand”
and substitute “was treated under section 79(3)(a) of the Social Security Act 1964 as being resident and present in New Zealand”
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Section 185(1)(d): omit “deemed by section 79(1)(a) of the Social Security Act 1964 to have been resident in New Zealand, the person was also (by virtue of section 79(1)(b) of the Social Security Act 1964) deemed to have been resident in New Zealand”
and substitute “treated under section 79(3)(a) of the Social Security Act 1964 as being resident and present in New Zealand, the person was also (by virtue of section 79(3)(b) of the Social Security Act 1964) treated as being resident and present in New Zealand”
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Explanatory note
This Supplementary Order Paper amends Supplementary Order Paper 56 to account for the recent replacement of the War Pensions Act 1954 with the Veterans’ Support Act 2014. The amendment replaces a set of proposed changes to the War Pensions Act 1954 with the same set of proposed changes to the Veterans’ Support Act 2014. These changes are consequential to the proposed replacement of section 79 of the Social Security Act 1964.