✨ Health Services Eligibility




15 APRIL 2011

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 52

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Part B

Persons who are eligible to receive services funded under the Act

Introduction

B1 Persons who are eligible to receive services funded under Act

(1) A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if, at the time the services are received, the person is in New Zealand and meets all applicable criteria of 1 or more categories of eligible persons specified in this Part.

(2) The Ministry of Health must, if requested in writing to do so, determine any question or dispute concerning whether a person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act.

Defined in this direction: Act, New Zealand, services

Category of eligibility: New Zealand citizens

B2 New Zealand citizen

A New Zealand citizen is eligible to receive services funded under the Act.

Defined in this direction: Act, New Zealand citizen, services

Categories of eligibility: certain holders of certain visas

B3 Certain holders of residence class visas

(1) A person who holds a residence class visa is eligible to receive services funded under the Act.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to Australian citizens and persons who hold a current permanent residence visa (including a resident return visa) issued by the Government of Australia who are granted a residence class visa as a result of an application under regulation 8 of the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010, and the following provisions apply:

(a) the eligibility of an Australian citizen to receive services funded under the Act is set out in clauses B6 and B8:

(b) the eligibility of a holder of a current permanent residence visa (including a resident return visa) issued by the Government of Australia to receive services funded under the Act is set out in clauses B7 and B8.

Defined in this direction: Act, Australian citizen, residence class visa, services

B4 Holder of interim visa

A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act ifβ€”

(a) the person is the holder of an interim visa; and



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