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Reprint as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Public Act 1998 No 19 Date of assent 19 May 1998 Social Security Amendment Act 1998: repealed, on 26 November 2018, pursuant to section 455(1) of the Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32).
Contents Title 1 Short Title and commencement Part 1 Amendments to principal Act coming into force on 1 July 1998 Interpretation Sickness benefits Rates of sickness benefit Unemployment benefits Young job seekers’ allowances Training benefits: qualifications Independent youth benefits: basic qualifications Schedule 8 amended Schedule 9 amended Note Page 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint.
See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.
1 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Part 2 Amendments to principal Act coming into force 1 September 1998 Interpretation Child disability allowance New heading and sections substituted New sections substituted New sections relating to assessment of capacity for work inserted Right of appeal on medical grounds Regulations relating to work capacity assessment [Repealed] Part 3 Amendments to principal Act coming into force on 1 October 1998 Interpretation Right of appeal Widows’ benefits Domestic purposes benefits for solo parents Domestic purposes benefits for women alone Right of appeal on medical grounds Sections 54 to 56 repealed Sections 58 to 60C repealed Independent youth benefits: basic qualifications Independent youth benefits: sickness, injury, or disability Purposes of sections 60H to 60M Voluntary unemployment or loss of employment through misconduct, etc Mandatory interviews Effect of failure to attend or participate in mandatory interview Beneficiaries to be work-tested Section 60HCA repealed Power of Director-General to grant exemption from mandatory interview or work test Delay of work test obligation for existing beneficiaries Failure to comply with work test Penalty for failure to attend or participate in mandatory interview or comply with work test Effect of participation in approved activities Effect of sections 60H to 60J and section 60N on entitlement to supplementary benefits and on spouses Community task force scheme Director-General may grant emergency
 benefit in cases of hardship Interpretation Exemption of income from friendly or like society Disability allowance Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act Rates of benefits for sole parents may be
79 80 Rates of benefits for sole parents may be reduced Special provisions in respect of earnings related compensation Limitation where applicant receiving another benefit or war pension Effect of absence of beneficiary from New Zealand Commencement of benefits Interpretation Calculation of stand down Ending of benefits New Part 2 inserted Transfer of existing beneficiaries to community wage Regulations providing for participation allowance Schedule 9 amended Consequential amendments to other enactments Part 4 Amendments to principal Act coming into force on 1 February 1999 Interpretation Widows’ benefits Rates of widows’ benefits Domestic purposes benefits for solo parents Domestic purposes benefits for women alone Rates of domestic purposes benefits Obligations on spouse of invalid’s beneficiary Work preparation exercise Beneficiaries to be work-tested Power of chief executive to grant exemption from compliance with request under section 60HA or work test Penalty for failure to participate in work preparation exercise or comply with work test Effect of recompliance with work preparation exercise or work test Reduction in benefit or non-entitlement period ends when person no longer required to comply with section 60HA or work test Effect on non-entitlement of undertaking employment Effect of participation in approved activities Obligations of spouse of person granted emergency benefit Rates of benefits, etc may be increased by Order in Council Effect of absence of beneficiary from New Zealand Recovery of
 payments made in excess of authorised rates Job seeker contract for other beneficiaries Application of sections 58, 65, and 66 New Schedules 3 and 16 substituted Child Support Act 1991 amended s 1 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Schedule 1 Enactments amended Schedule 2 New Schedules 3 and 16 substituted in principal Act Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 16 18 An Act to amend the Social Security Act
 1964 to provide for the community wage and other matters relating to benefits BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: Short Title and commencement This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment Act 1998, and is part of the Social Security Act 1964 (“the principal Act”).
Part 1 comes into force on 1 July 1998.

Part 2 comes into force on 1 September 1998.

Part 3 and Schedule 1 come into force on 1 October 1998.

Part 4 and Schedule 2 come into force on 1 February 1999.

Part 1 Amendments to principal Act coming into force on 1 July 1998 Interpretation This subsection amended s 3(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection inserted the definitions of the terms Living with a parent, and Parent in s 3(1) of the principal Act.
This subsection amended ss 2, 3(2), 11(2), 21(1), 24, 27B(2), 27C(3), 27G(2), 27H(1) and (1B), 39D, 40, 42(1), 55(1), 58(1), 61(1), 61EA(1), 61G(1), 64(1) and (2A), 66(1), 68, 69(1), 69G(1) to (3), 69H(1) and (3), 70(1), 70(3) and (4), 71(1), 71A(1), 72, 73(1), 74, 75(2), 75A, 82(3) and (4), 83(1), 84A, 86(2) and (3), and 86J of the principal Act.

This subsection amended ss 54(1), 58(3)(c), and 59B(1) of the principal Act.

Sickness benefits This subsection amended s 54(1) of the principal Act.
If a person was receiving a sickness benefit immediately before 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.

Rates of sickness benefit This subsection amended s 55(1) of the principal Act.

1 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) 3 (1) (2) 4 (1) 4 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Part 2 s 11 (2) (3) 5 (1) (2) 6 (1) (2) 7 (1) (2) 8 (1) (2) 9 (1) (2) 10 This subsection amended s 55(2) of the principal Act.
This subsection inserted s 55(3) of the principal Act.

Unemployment benefits This subsection amended s 58(1)(d) of the principal Act.

If a person was receiving an unemployment benefit immediately before 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.

Young job seekers’ allowances This subsection amended s 59B(1)(g) of the principal Act.
If a person was receiving a young job seeker’s allowance immediately before 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.

Training benefits: qualifications This subsection amended s 60AA(2)(c) of the principal Act.

If a person was receiving a training benefit immediately before 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.
Independent youth benefits: basic qualifications This subsection amended s 60F(2)(c) of the principal Act.

If a person was receiving an independent youth benefit immediately before 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.

Schedule 8 amended This subsection amended Schedule 8 of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 61H(1)(d) of the principal Act.

Schedule 9 amended This section amended Schedule 9 of the principal Act.
Part 2 Amendments to principal Act coming into force 1 September 1998 11 (1) Interpretation This subsection inserted definitions of the terms Capacity for work, Chief executive, Employment, Open employment, Psychologist, Sheltered employment and Sickness in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

5 Part 2 s 12 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 This subsection substituted para (b)(iv) of the definition of the term benefit in s 3(1) of the principal Act.
This subsection inserted para (f)(iva) of the definition of the term income in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

Child disability allowance This subsection amended s 39A of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 39A(3) of the principal Act.

Every handicapped child’s allowance that was payable immediately before 1 September 1998 becomes, on that date, a child disability allowance under sec- tion 39A of the principal Act (as amended by this section).
(2) (3) 12 (1) (2) (3) (4) (a) (b) (c) (d) This paragraph amended ss 12J, 39B, 39C, 39D, 39E, and 53A(1) of the principal Act.

This paragraph amended ss 39C and 53A of the principal Act.

This paragraph amended s 72 of the principal Act.

This paragraph amended Schedule 19 of the principal Act.

(5) This subsection substituted immediately above section 39A of the principal Act.
13 New heading and sections substituted This section inserted s 39F and the preceding heading, and substituted s 40 of the principal Act.

14 New sections substituted This section substituted s 44, inserted a new s 45, and repealed s 46 of the prin- cipal Act.

New sections relating to assessment of capacity for work inserted [Repealed] This subsection repealed the heading immediately following section 46 of the principal Act.
Subsection (1) was repealed, as from 8 March 2001, by section 4(3) Social Security Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 1).

Right of appeal on medical grounds [Repealed] This subsection amended s 53A(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection inserted s 53A(1A) of the principal Act.
[Repealed] 15 (1) (2) 16 (1) (2) (3) (4) 6 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Part 3 s 18 Subsections (1) and (4) were repealed, as from 8 March 2001, by section 4(3) Social Security Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 1).

17 Regulations relating to work capacity assessment [Repealed] Section 17 was repealed, as from 8 March 2001, by section 4(3) Social Security Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 1).
Part 3 Amendments to principal Act coming into force on 1 October 1998 18 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Interpretation This subsection inserted definitions of the terms Community wage, Commu- nity wage earner, Full-time student, Job seeker contract, Participation allowance, Part-time work-tested beneficiary, Regular, Suitable employ- ment, and Work test in s 3(1) of the principal Act.
This subsection substituted the definitions of the terms non-entitlement period, work-tested beneficiary, work-tested benefit, and work-tested spouse in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection inserted para (aa) of the definition of the term benefit in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection repealed paragraph (b)(v) of the definition of the term benefit in s 3(1) of the principal Act.
This subsection repealed the definition of the term community task force pro- ject in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

Section 3(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Full employment”, and substituting the words “Full employment” or “full-time employment”.

This subsection inserted para (f)(va) of the definition of the term income in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended the definition of the term part-time work in s 3(1) of the principal Act.
This subsection amended the definition of the term work-tested domestic pur- poses beneficiary in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

(10) This subsection amended the definition of the term work-tested widow’s beneficiary in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

(11) This subsection substituted s 3(5) of the principal Act.

(12) Section 60JC(1) of the principal Act is consequentially amended— (a) (b) This paragraph amended s 60JC(1)(b) of the principal Act.

This paragraph amended s 60JC(1)(c) of the principal Act.
7 Part 3 s 19 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Right of appeal This subsection amended s 12J(1)(a) of the principal Act.

19 (1) (2) (a) (b) This paragraph amended s 12J(2) of the principal Act.

This paragraph substituted s 12J(2)(e) of the principal Act.

20 Widows’ benefits (1) (2) 21 (1) (2) 22 (1) (2) 23 24 (1) This subsection substituted s 21(2B) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 21(2C) of the principal Act.
Domestic purposes benefits for solo parents This subsection substituted s 27B(2B) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 27B(2C) of the principal Act.

Domestic purposes benefits for women alone This subsection substituted s 27C(5) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 27C(6) of the principal Act.

Right of appeal on medical grounds This section substituted s 53A(1)(ba) of the principal Act.
Sections 54 to 56 repealed Sections 54 to 56 of the principal Act (which relate to sickness benefits) are repealed.

(2) The following enactments are consequentially repealed: (a) (b) (c) Section 11 of the Social Security Amendment Act 1978: Section 7 of the Social Security Amendment Act (No 3) 1993: Section 2(1) of the Social Security Amendment Act (No 3) 1997.
25 (1) Sections 58 to 60C repealed Sections 58 to 60C of the principal Act (which relate to the unemployment benefit, young job seeker’s allowance, and training benefit) are repealed.

(2) The following enactments are consequentially repealed: (a) (b) Section 12 of the Social Security Amendment Act 1978: Sections 3 to 7, and section 9 of the Social Security Amendment Act (No 3) 1997.

Independent youth benefits: basic qualifications This subsection substituted s 60F(3) of the principal Act.
This subsection substituted s 60F(6) of the principal Act.

26 (1) (2) 8 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Part 3 s 34 27 Independent youth benefits: sickness, injury, or disability This section substituted s 60FD of the principal Act.

28 Purposes of sections 60H to 60M This section substituted s 60GA(b)(ii) of the principal Act.
Voluntary unemployment or loss of employment through misconduct, etc 29 (1) (a) (b) This paragraph substituted the definition of the term “Employment” in s 60H(1) of the principal Act.

This paragraph repealed the definition of the term “regular” in s 60H(1) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection substituted s 60H(2) of the principal Act.

30 Mandatory interviews (1) (2) 31 32 (1) (2) (3) (4) 33 (1) (2) 34 (1) (2) (3) (4) This section amended s 60HA(1)(a)(ii) of the principal Act.
Section 60HA(4) of the principal Act is repealed.

Effect of failure to attend or participate in mandatory interview This section substituted s 60HB of the principal Act.

Beneficiaries to be work-tested Section 60HC(3) of the principal Act is repealed.

This subsection amended s 60HC(5) of the principal Act.

Section 60HC of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsections (6), (8), and (9).

This subsection substituted s 60HE(1) of the principal Act.
Section 60HCA repealed Section 60HCA of the principal Act is repealed.

Section 2 of the Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1997 is consequen- tially repealed.

Power of Director-General to grant exemption from mandatory interview or work test This subsection amended s 60HD(1)(b) of the principal Act.

This subsection substituted s 60HD(2) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 60HD(3) of the principal Act.

Section 60HD(4) of the principal Act is repealed.


9 Part 3 s 35 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 35 Delay of work test obligation for existing beneficiaries This section inserted s 60HF of the principal Act.

36 (1) (2) 37 (1) (2) (3) 38 (1) Failure to comply with work test This subsection amended s 60J(2)(a)(ii) of the principal Act.

Section 60J(6) of the principal Act is repealed.


Penalty for failure to attend or participate in mandatory interview or comply with work test This subsection amended s 60JA(4) of the principal Act.

This subsection substituted s 60JA(5)(b) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60JA(10) of the principal Act.

Effect of participation in approved activities This subsection substituted s 60KA of the principal Act.
(2) Where, before 1 October 1998, a person commenced participation in a commu- nity task force project or a training programme approved by the Director- General (under section 60KA of the principal Act as it was before its substitu- tion by this section), that project or programme is an activity for the purposes of section 60KA (as substituted by this section) after that date.
Effect of sections 60H to 60J and section 60N on entitlement to supplementary benefits and on spouses Section 60L of the principal Act is repealed.

Community task force scheme Section 60M of the principal Act is repealed.

The following enactments are consequentially repealed: (a) (b) (c) (d) Section 60J(3)(d) of the principal Act: Section 60J(5) of the principal Act: Clause 6 of Schedule 9 of the principal Act: Section 15 of the Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1991.
Director-General may grant emergency benefit in cases of hardship This subsection amended s 61(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection inserted s 61(1A) of the principal Act.

Interpretation This section substituted s 61E(1)(a) of the principal Act.

39 40 (1) (2) 41 (1) (2) 42 10 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Part 3 s 53 43 Exemption of income from friendly or like society This section amended s 66(1) of the principal Act.
44 (1) (2) 45 Disability allowance This subsection amended s 69C(1)(a) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 69C(5)(a) of the principal Act.

Rates of benefits for sole parents may be reduced This section amended s 70A(1)(b) of the principal Act.

46 Special provisions in respect of earnings related compensation Section 71A of the principal Act is amended— (a) (b) This paragraph amended s 71A(1)(a) of the principal Act.

This paragraph amended s 71A(2).


47 Limitation where applicant receiving another benefit or war pension 48 (1) (2) 49 2 50 This section amended s 72(b) of the principal Act.

Effect of absence of beneficiary from New Zealand This subsection amended s 77(2) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 77(3) of the principal Act.

Commencement of benefits (a) (b) (c) (d) This paragraph amended s 80(2)(b) of the principal Act.

This paragraph amended s 80(5)(c) of the principal Act.
This paragraph amended s 80(5)(c)(ii) of the principal Act.

This paragraph amended s 80(14)(a) of the principal Act.

This subsection substituted s 80(5)(a) of the principal Act Interpretation This section substituted para (a)(iv), and repealed para (a)(v) to (vii) of the def- inition of the term income in s 80B of the principal Act.

51 Calculation of stand down This section amended s 80BA(4)(b)(i) of the principal Act.

52 Ending of benefits This section amended s 80BD(3) of the principal Act.
53 New Part 2 inserted This section inserted Part 2 (comprising ss 87 to 100) of the principal Act.
11 Part 3 s 54 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 54 (1) Transfer of existing beneficiaries to community wage This section applies to persons receiving any of the following benefits immedi- ately before the commencement of this section: (a) An unemployment benefit (which includes the benefit known as the 55+ benefit): (b) A young job seeker’s allowance: (c) A training benefit: (d) A sickness benefit: (e) (f) The benefit known as the emergency sickness benefit, which benefit is an emergency benefit on the grounds of sickness, injury, or disability: The benefit known as the emergency unemployment benefit, which benefit is an emergency benefit where the chief executive has imposed work testing as a condition of the benefit, and the benefit is— (i) Granted instead of, or in substitution for, an unemployment bene- fit; or (ii) Analogous to an unemployment benefit.
(2) If, immediately before the date of commencement of this section, a person was fulfilling the conditions of entitlement to the benefit, then on that date— (a) (b) (c) The benefit becomes a community wage as if it had been granted under section 89 of the principal Act; and The person becomes a community wage earner; and If the benefit was paid at a married rate, then the community wage is payable as if the person and his or her work-tested spouse had each signed a job seeker contract.
(3) A person who becomes a community wage earner under this section, and his or her work-tested spouse, must enter into a job seeker contract if required to do so by the chief executive, and section 95(3) of the principal Act applies to a failure to comply with the requirement.

This subsection is subject to section 96(3).

55 Regulations providing for participation allowance This section inserted s 132F of the principal Act.

Schedule 9 amended This subsection amended Schedule 9 of the principal Act.
This subsection substituted clause 5 of Schedule 9 of the principal Act.

Consequential amendments to other enactments The enactments specified in Schedule 1 are consequentially amended in the manner indicated in that schedule.
56 (1) (2) 57 12 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Part 4 s 65 Part 4 Amendments to principal Act coming into force on 1 February 1999 58 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Interpretation This subsection inserted in s 3(1) of the principal Act the definitions of Work preparation exercise, and Work-test married rate.

This subsection amended the definition of the term dependent child in s 3(1) of the principal Act.
This subsection substituted the definition of the term part-time work-tested beneficiary in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended the definition of the term work-tested benefit in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection substituted paragraph (b) of the definition of the term work- tested domestic purposes beneficiary in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection substituted the definition of the term work-tested spouse in s 3(1) of the principal Act.
This subsection amended paragraph (b) of the definition of the term work-tes- ted widow’s beneficiary in s 3(1) of the principal Act.

(8) This subsection amended s 3(5) of the principal Act.

Subsection (4) was substituted, as from 1 October 1998, by section 9 Social Security (Work Test) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 94).

59 Widows’ benefits This section substituted s 21(2A) of the principal Act.

60 Rates of widows’ benefits This section amended s 24 of the principal Act.
61 Domestic purposes benefits for solo parents This section substituted s 27B(2A) of the principal Act.

62 Domestic purposes benefits for women alone This section amended s 27C(4) of the principal Act.

63 Rates of domestic purposes benefits This section amended s 27H(1) of the principal Act.

64 Obligations on spouse of invalid’s beneficiary This section inserted s 42A in the principal Act.

65 Work preparation exercise (1) This subsection substituted s 60HA of the principal Act.
13 Part 4 s 66 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 (2) 66 (1) (2) 67 (1) (2) (3) 68 (1) (2) (3) (4) This subsection substituted s 131A(2)(g) of the principal Act.

Beneficiaries to be work-tested This subsection substituted ss 60HC(5)(a) and 60HC(5)(b) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60HC(7)(a) of the principal Act.
Power of chief executive to grant exemption from compliance with request under section 60HA or work test This subsection amended s 60HD(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60HD(3) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60HD(6) of the principal Act.

Penalty for failure to participate in work preparation exercise or comply with work test This subsection amended s 60JA(1) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60JA(4) of the principal Act.
This subsection substituted s 60JA(5)(a) of the principal Act.

This subsection substituted the definition of the term benefit in s 60JA(10) of the principal Act.

69 Effect of recompliance with work preparation exercise or work test This section substituted s 60JB(1)(a) of the principal Act.

70 Reduction in benefit or non-entitlement period ends when person no longer required to comply with section 60HA or work test This section amended s 60JC(2)(a) of the principal Act.
71 Effect on non-entitlement of undertaking employment This section substituted s 60K of the principal Act.

72 (1) (2) (3) (4) 73 Effect of participation in approved activities This subsection substituted s 60KA(2) and repealed s 60KA(3) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60KA(4) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60KA(5) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 60KA(8) of the principal Act.
Obligations of spouse of person granted emergency benefit This section inserted s 61A in the principal Act.

74 Rates of benefits, etc may be increased by Order in Council This section substituted s 61H(1)(d) of the principal Act.

14 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Part 4 s 80 75 (1) (2) (3) 76 77 (1) (2) 78 Effect of absence of beneficiary from New Zealand This subsection amended s 77(2) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 77(3) of the principal Act.
This subsection amended s 77(3A) of the principal Act.

Recovery of payments made in excess of authorised rates This section inserted ss 86(1E) and (1F) in the principal Act.

Job seeker contract for other beneficiaries This subsection amended s 95(4) of the principal Act.

This subsection amended s 95 of the principal Act.
Application of sections 58, 65, and 66 Section 58 (which amends section 3(1) of principal Act), section 65 (which substitutes a new section 60HA of the principal Act), and section 66 (which amends section 60HC of the principal Act) apply,— (a) (b) (c) (d) For a person granted a widow’s benefit, or a domestic purposes benefit under section 27B or section 27C of the principal Act on or after 1 Feb- ruary 1999, from that date: For any other work-tested domestic purposes beneficiary or work-tested widow’s beneficiary, from the earlier of the following dates: (i) The date on which the beneficiary’s benefit is next reviewed under section 81 of the principal Act; or (ii) 1 February 2000: For a work-tested spouse in respect of whom a community wage or inva- lid’s benefit or emergency benefit has been granted on or after 1 Febru- ary 1999, from that date: For any other work-tested spouse of a beneficiary who has been granted a community wage, an invalid’s benefit, or an emergency benefit, from the earlier of the following dates: (i) The date on which the benefit is next reviewed under section 81 of the principal Act; or (ii) 1 February 2000.
79 New Schedules 3 and 16 substituted The principal Act is amended by repealing Schedules 3 and 16, and substitut- ing the Schedules 3 and 16 set out in Schedule 2.

80 Child Support Act 1991 amended This section inserted s 240(2)(ba) Child Support Act 1991.
15 Schedule 1 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Schedule 1 Enactments amended Section 57 A Acts amended This Schedule amended the definition of the term salary and wages in section 84F, and ss 84G(7)(c), 84I(2)(c)(iv) and 84L(4) District Courts Act 1947 (1947 No 16); s 13 Family Protection Act 1955 (1955 No 88); s 35A Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968 (1968 No 35); para (b) of the definition of the term dependant, and para (d)(vii) of the definition of the term income in s 2 Rates Rebate Act 1973 (1973 No 73); ss 226A, and 238B Education Act 1989 (1989 No 80);; para (d)(i) of the definition of the term income in s 2 Legal Services Act 1991; the definition of the term financially independent, and para (c)(iii) to (v) of the definition of the term social security benefit in s 2(1), s 30(3), the definition of the term Gross married rate of commu- nity wage in s 30(5), and s 131(c) Child Support Act 1991 (1991 No 142); Items relating to sections 226A and 238b Education Act 1989 and section 78(1) to (3) Accident Rehabilitation Compensation and Insurance Act 1992 were repealed, as from 1 October 1998, by sec- tion 11 Employment Services and Income Support (Integrated Administration) Act 1998 (1998 No 96).
Schedule 1 was to have been amended, as from 1 July 1999, by section 415(1) Accident Insurance Act 1998 (1998 No 114) by omitting so much as relates to the Accident Rehabilitation and Compen- sation Insurance Act 1992.

This was apparently in error because those items had already been repealed by section 11 Employment Service and Income Support (Integrated Administration) Act 1998 (1998 No 96).
The item relating to the Income Tax Act 1994 was repealed, as from 1 April 2005, by section YA 2 Income Tax Act 2004 (2004 No 35).

Schedule 1 was amended, as from 12 October 2001, by section 77 New Zealand Superannuation Act 2001 (2001 No 84) by omitting so much as relates to the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990.
B Regulations amended Regulation Amendment The Student Allowances Regulations 1991 (SR 1991/295) The Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993 (SR 1993/l69) 16 By omitting from regulation 19, and also from regulation 20(2), the words “a sickness benefit, an invalid’s benefit, an unemployment benefit, or a training benefit under Part I of”, and substituting in each case the words “a community wage or an invalid’s benefit under”.
By repealing paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g) of the definition of the term income tested benefit in regulation 2, and substituting the following paragraph: Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Schedule 1 Regulation Amendment (d) A community wage under the Social Security Act 1964; or By omitting from paragraph (i) of that definition the words “an unemployment benefit or sickness benefit”, and substituting the words “a community wage”.
By omitting from regulation 3(3)(c), and also from regulation 4(2)(c), the words “a sickness benefit”, and substituting in each case the words “a community wage on the grounds of sickness, injury, or disability”.
The Social Security (Exemptions from Mandatory Interviews and Work Tests) Regulations 1996 (SR 1996/260) 17 Schedule 2 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Schedule 2 New Schedules 3 and 16 substituted in principal Act Schedule 3 Rates of widows’ benefits Section 79 Sections 21, 24 1.
(a) To a beneficiary with 1 dependent child $211.04 a week, subject to— (a) (a) Income Test 5 if the beneficiary is a work-tested beneficiary whose youngest dependent child is aged 14 years or more, or Income Test 1 in any other case.

(b) $230.24 a week, subject to— Income Test 5 if the beneficiary is a work-tested beneficiary whose youngest dependent child is aged 14 years or more; or Income Test 1 in any other case.
(b) $153.47 a week, subject to— (b) To a beneficiary with 2 or more dependent children 2.

To a beneficiary without any dependent children (a) (b) Income Test 5 if the beneficiary is a work-tested beneficiary; or Income Test 1 in any other case.

3.

For the purpose of clause 1, the chief executive may, in his or her discretion, disregard up to $20 a week of the beneficiary’s personal earnings used to meet the cost of child care for the beneficiary’s dependent child or children.
Schedule 16 Rates of domestic purposes benefits 1.
(a) To a beneficiary with 1 dependent child 18 Sections 27B, 27C, and 27H $211.04 a week, subject to— (a) (b) Income Test 5 if the beneficiary is a work-tested beneficiary whose youngest dependent child is aged 14 years or more; or Income Test 1 in any other case Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Schedule 2 (b) To a beneficiary with 2 or more $230.24 a week, subject to— dependent children (a) Income Test 5 if the beneficiary is a work-tested beneficiary whose youngest dependent child is aged 14 years or more; or Income Test 1 in any other case.
(b) $153.47 a week, subject to— 2.

To a beneficiary without any dependent children Income Test 5 if the beneficiary is a work-tested beneficiary; or Income Test 1 in any other case.

3.

For the purpose of clause 1, the chief executive may, in his or her discretion, (b) (a) disregard up to $20 a week of the beneficiary’s personal earnings used to meet the cost of child care for the beneficiary’s dependent child or children.
19 Notes Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Reprinted as at 26 November 2018 Eprint notes General This is an eprint of the Social Security Amendment Act 1998 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.

About this eprint This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.
Amendments incorporated in this eprint Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32): section 455(1) Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2019 1 2 3 20