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2013/19 Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 25th day of February 2013 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to sections 61H and 61HA of the Social Security Act 1964 and sections 15 and 16 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Re- tirement Income Act 2001, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
Contents Title Commencement Increasing amounts of funeral grants Mandatory adjustments under section 61HA of Social Security Act 1964 Mandatory adjustments under sections 15 and 16 of New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 Discretionary adjustments under section 61H of Social Security Act 1964 Revocations Page 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 cl 1 Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 2013/19 Schedule 1 Mandatory increases Schedule 2 Discretionary increases Order 4 6 Title This order is the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allow- ances) Order 2013.
Commencement This order comes into force on 1 April 2013.

By way of explanation,— (a) clause 4 comes into force on 1 April 2013 by virtue of section 61HA(5) of the Social Security Act 1964: clause 5 comes into force on 1 April 2013 by virtue of sections 15 and 16 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001: clause 6 comes into force immediately after clauses 4 and 5 come into force.
(b) (c) Increasing amounts of funeral grants In the Social Security Act 1964, sections 61DB, 61DC, and 61DD, replace “$1,959.42” with “$1,971.37”.

The amendments made by subclause (1) apply in respect of persons who die on or after 1 April 2013.
Mandatory adjustments under section 61HA of Social Security Act 1964 In each provision of the Social Security Act 1964 listed in the first column of Part 1 of Schedule 1, replace the amount set out opposite to that provision in the second column with the amount set out opposite to that provision in the third column.
1 2 (1) (2) 3 (1) (2) 4 2 2013/19 5 6 (1) (2) (3) 7 (1) (2) Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 cl 7 Mandatory adjustments under sections 15 and 16 of New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 In each provision of the New Zealand Superannuation and Re- tirement Income Act 2001 listed in the first column of Part 2 of Schedule 1, replace the amount set out opposite to that pro- vision in the second column with the amount set out opposite to that provision in the third column.
Discretionary adjustments under section 61H of Social Security Act 1964 In each provision of the Social Security Act 1964 listed in the first column of Part 1 of Schedule 2, replace the amount set out opposite to that provision in the second column with the amount set out opposite to that provision in the third column.
In each provision of the New Zealand Superannuation and Re- tirement Income Act 2001 listed in the first column of Part 2 of Schedule 2, replace the amount set out opposite to that pro- vision in the second column with the amount set out opposite to that provision in the third column.

The amendments made by this clause take effect from the close of 31 March 2013.

Revocations The Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2012 (SR 2012/21) is revoked.
The Social Security (Rate of Young Parent Payment) Order 2012 (SR 2012/418) is revoked.
3 Schedule 1 Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 Schedule 1 Mandatory increases 2013/19 cl 5 Part 1—Increases to social security benefits and allowances Provision amended Schedule 3 (Rates of widows’ benefits) Old amount ($) New amount ($) Clause 1 Clause 2 293.58 213.49 295.37 214.79 Schedule 4 (Minimum rates of orphans’ benefits and unsupported childs’ benefits) Clause 1(a) Clause 1(b) Clause 1(c) Clause 1(d) Schedule 6 (Rates of invalids’ benefits) Clause 1(a) Clause 1(b) Clause 1(c) Clause 1(e) Clause 1(f) Clause 1(g) 199.43 182.42 165.31 142.45 207.32 256.19 336.55 213.49 213.49 213.49 Schedule 9 (Rates of unemployment benefits and sickness benefits) Clause 1(aa) Clause 1(a) Clause 1(b) Clause 1(c) Clause 1(d) Clause 1(e) Clause 1(f) Clause 2 Clause 5 Schedule 16 (Rates of domestic purposes benefits) Clause 1 Clause 2013/19 Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 Schedule 1 Part 1—Increases to social security benefits and allowances—continued Provision amended Schedule 17 (Rates of domestic purposes benefits) Old amount ($) New amount ($) Clause 1 Clause 2 Clause 3 Clause 5 Clause 6 Clause 7 Clause 8 207.32 256.19 336.55 213.49 213.49 213.49 213.49 Schedule 19 (Rates of child disability allowance and disability allowance) Clause 1
 Clause 2 Clause 3 45.34 60.17 37.53 Schedule 22 (Rates of benefits payable to long-term hospital patients) Clause 1 42.38 208.58 257.75 338.60 214.79 214.79 214.79 214.79 45.62 60.54 37.76 42.64 Schedule 26 (Rates and component of youth payment and young parent payment, etc) Clause 1 170.80 171.84 Clause 2 Clause 3 Clause 4 Clause 5 Clause 10 Clause 11 136.64 293.58 170.80 170.80 206.73 256.73 206.73 306.73 Part 2—Increases to superannuation entitlements Provision amended Schedule 1 (New Zealand superannuation
 entitlements) Old amount ($) Clause 1(a) 400.07 137.47 295.37 171.84 171.84 208.00 258.00 208.00 308.00 New amount ($) 403.67 5 Schedule 2 Provision amended Clause 1(b) Clause 1(c) Clause 2(a) Clause 2(b) Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 2013/19 Old amount ($) 367.45 302.40 604.80 572.58 Schedule 2 Discretionary increases New amount ($) 370.82 305.29 610.58 578.12 cl 6 Part 1—Increases to social security asset limits, etc Provision amended Schedule 6 (Rates of invalids’ benefits) Clause 2 Old amount ($) New amount ($) 343.49 42.70 344.79 42.96 Schedule 31 (Asset and income limits that may be applied to certain assistance) 1,025.11 1,708.10 1,346.00 1,445.89 468.23 538.15 781.62 653.01 687.98 506.01 585.67 866.91 705.72 743.53 1,031.36 1,718.52 1,354.21 1,454.71 471.09 541.43 786.39 656.99 692.18 509.10 595.92 882.79 710.02 748.07 Clause 1 Clause 2 Clause 3 Clause 4 Clause 5 Clause 6 Clause 7 Clause 8 Clause 9 Clause 10 Clause 11 Clause 12 Clause 13 Clause 14 6 2013/19 Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 Explanatory note Part 2—Increases to superannuation entitlements Provision amended Schedule 1 (New Zealand superannuation entitlements) Old amount ($) New amount ($) Clause 1(a) Clause 1(b) Clause 1(c) Clause 2(a) Clause 2(b) Clause 3 Clause 4 403.67 370.82 305.29 610.58 578.12 42.38 37.53 410.32 377.05 310.34 620.68 587.46 42.64 37.76 Michael Webster, for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 April 2013, increases a range of benefits, allowances, asset limits, superannuation entitlements, etc.

The increases reflect both mandatory adjustments and some ad- ditional discretionary increases.
Where an annual CPI increase is required, it reflects the increase of 0.61% in the New Zealand Con- sumers Price Index from the December 2011 quarter to the December 2012 quarter, calculated for all quarters using the CPI All Groups ex- cluding cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Annual CPI increases are required under section 61HA of the So- cial Security Act 1964 for the following benefits: widows’, orphans’ and unsupported childs’, invalids’, unemployment, sickness, domes- tic purposes, child disability, disability, youth payments and young parent payments, related emergency benefits, and the hospital rate.

These increases are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
7 Explanatory note Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2013 2013/19 Annual CPI increases are also required, under section 15 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001, to super- annuation entitlements.

Section 16 of that Act requires that those increases may be more than the CPI amount in certain cases.

The total of the increases required by both sections 15 and 16 is set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
The discretionary increases made under section 61H of the Social Se- curity Act 1964 are to the funeral grant payable under that Act (clause 3), and schedules that set out the maximum amount that a blind bene- ficiary may earn, and various assets limits.

The increases are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.


Increases to superannuation entitlements, which build on the increases set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1, are also made, in order to implement the Government’s commitment to en- sure that the net married couple rate of New Zealand superannuation is set at 66% of the net average wage.

These increases are set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2.
The rates of New Zealand superannuation that are amended in all cases are the gross rates, but the increase has been calculated in relation to the net rate in each case.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 28 February 2013.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

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