Health Services Eligibility Criteria




1226 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 52 15 APRIL 2011

(b) immediately before the person became the holder of an interim visa, the person was eligible to receive services funded under the Act.

Defined in this direction: Act, interim visa, services

B5 Holder of work visa

A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if—

(a) the person is the holder of a work visa; and

(b) either—

(i) the person is entitled to work in New Zealand for a period that equals or exceeds 2 years commencing on the person’s first day in New Zealand as a holder of the work visa; or

(ii) the person is entitled to work in New Zealand for a specified period of time that, together with the period of time the person has already been lawfully in New Zealand immediately before obtaining the work visa, equals or exceeds 2 years.

Defined in this direction: Act, New Zealand, services, work visa

Categories of eligibility: certain persons from Australia

B6 Australian citizen

(1) A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if the person is—

(a) an Australian citizen; and

(b) has been in New Zealand or intends to stay in New Zealand for at least 2 consecutive years.

(2) The 2-year period referred to in subclause (1)(b) starts on the first day that the person arrives in New Zealand.

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

B7 Holder of current permanent residence visa (including resident return visa) issued by Government of Australia

(1) A person is eligible to receive services funded under the Act if the person—

(a) holds a current permanent residence visa (including a resident return visa) issued by the Government of Australia; and

(b) has been in New Zealand or intends to stay in New Zealand for at least 2 consecutive years.

(2) The 2-year period referred to in subclause (1)(b) starts on the first day that the person arrives in New Zealand.

Defined in this direction: Act, New Zealand, services



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🏥 Health and Disability Services Eligibility Direction 2011 (continued from previous page)

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