New Zealand Gazette – 2005 – No. 41

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✨ Social Welfare Amendments



24 FEBRUARY 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41

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Qualification Standard Costs
14. For a married couple one of whom is receiving a domestic purposes benefit under section 27G of the Act (care of sick or infirm) where the other is receiving a sickness benefit at the grand-parented rate $209.77
15. For a married couple one of whom is receiving a domestic purposes benefit under section 27G of the Act (care of sick or infirm) where the other is receiving an invalid’s benefit $241.97

Part 2

Standard costs for people with 1 or more dependent children (except as provided in Part 3)

Qualification Standard Costs
16. For a married or unmarried person who is a beneficiary 70% of the total before any abatement on account of income or other deduction of the rate per week of:
(a) the benefit or benefits (being a benefit or benefits referred to in the definition of beneficiary) payable to the person and his or her spouse; and
(b) any family support credit of tax payable under the Income Tax Act 2004 in respect of the dependent children of the person or his or her spouse.
17. For a married or unmarried person who is a non-beneficiary 70% of the total before any abatement on account of income or other deduction of the rate per week of:
(a) the unemployment benefit that would be payable to the person and his or her spouse if he or she were qualified to receive that benefit; and
(b) any family support credit of tax payable under the Income Tax Act 2004 in respect of the dependent children of the person or his or her spouse.

Part 3

Standard costs where spouse unlawfully in New Zealand

Qualification Standard Costs
18. For a married person whose spouse is unlawfully in New Zealand The standard costs that would otherwise apply to the applicant if he or she were unmarried.”

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the amendment, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

Clause 3 of this amendment, which comes into force on the day after the date this amendment is published in the New Zealand Gazette, makes a variety of minor changes to the Direction in relation to Special Benefit, including:

  • expressly defining chargeable income as net-of-tax income but before any deduction or reduction on account of any debt, liability, sanction or penalty;
  • clarifying that children in respect of whom orphan’s benefit or unsupported child’s benefit is paid are not dependent children for special benefit purposes; and
  • clarifying that all repayments of advances of benefit and recoverable assistance are excluded from the definition of allowable costs.

Clause 4, which comes into force on 1 April 2005, makes the changes required as part of the Working for Families package, which moves the child component from main benefit rates into family support rates.

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Assistance to Live Organ Donors Amendment 2005

Pursuant to section 124 (1) (d) of the Social Security Act 1964, the Minister for Social Development and Employment establishes and approves the following amendment to the Assistance to Live Organ Donors Programme (as established and approved on 18 January 2005) and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 3 February 2005, page 774.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of February 2005.

STEVE MAHAREY, Minister for Social Development and Employment.

A m e n d m e n t

1. Title—(1) This amendment is the Assistance to Live Organ Donors Amendment 2005.

(2) In this amendment, the Assistance to Live Organ Donors Programme is called \“the programme\”.

2. Commencement—This amendment comes into effect on the day after it is published in the New Zealand Gazette.

3. Application of Social Security Act—Clause P5 (1) of the programme is amended by omitting the expression \“, 74A\”.



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🏥 Direction in Relation to Special Benefit Amendment 2005 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Social Security, Special Benefit, Amendment, Allowable Costs, Chargeable Income, Dependent Child, Family Support Credit

🏥 Assistance to Live Organ Donors Amendment 2005

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
7 February 2005
Organ Donation, Social Security, Amendment, Assistance Programme
  • STEVE MAHAREY, Minister for Social Development and Employment