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Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Public Act Date of assent 2004 No 51 3 June 2004 Contents Title Commencement Purpose Interpretation New section 44A inserted 44A Beneﬁciary receiving invalid’s beneﬁt may establish whether open employment is sustainable Payment of funeral grants where there is surviving spouse or children Children’s funeral grants New section 61DH inserted 61DH Purpose of accommodation supplement Accommodation supplement New heading and new section 61G substituted Temporary additional support 61G Temporary additional support New heading and new section 61GA inserted Childcare assistance 61GA Childcare assistance Rates of beneﬁts, etc, may be increased by Order in Council Page 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 1 s 1 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 Areas for accommodation supplement purposes may be altered by Order in Council Disability allowance Commencement of beneﬁts Money payable out of Crown Bank Account New section 132AB inserted 132AB Regulations relating to temporary additional support New section 132AC inserted 132AC Regulations relating to childcare assistance Amendments to Schedule 18 Amendments to various schedules Consequential amendments to other enactments relating to temporary additional support New Schedule 31 added to principal Act Transitional provisions Savings in respect of existing special beneﬁts Savings in respect of income assessments Transitional
 arrangements for ﬁnancially disadvantaged persons Schedule 1 Amendments to Schedule 18 of Social Security Act 1964 Schedule 2 Amendments to Schedules 3, 4, 6, 9, 16, 17, 18, and 28 of Social Security Act 1964 Schedule 3 Consequential amendments relating to temporary additional support Schedule 4 New Schedule 31 of Social Security Act 1964 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 16 17 24 26 The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: Title This Act is the Social Security (Working for Families) Amend­ ment Act 2004.
1 (1) 2 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 s 5 (2) 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 3 In this Act the Social Security Act 1964 is called “the principal Act”.

Commencement Section 19 and Schedule 1 come into force on 1 October 2004.

Section 11 comes into force on 4 October 2004.

Sections 5 and 15 come into force on 1 July 2004.

Sections 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 20(1), and 22(1), and Schedules 2 and 4 come into force on 1 April 2005.
Sections 10, 21, and 23, and Schedule 3 come into force on 1 April 2006.

The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
Purpose The purpose of this Act is to— (a) (b) provide targeted ﬁnancial incentives for certain persons to enter into, and stay in, employment: address accommodation affordability issues for those persons eligible for the accommodation supplement: take steps towards simplifying the beneﬁt system and making it easier to understand (for example, by intro­ ducing a new beneﬁt rate structure for families): (d) make related amendments to the Social Security Act (c) 1964.
4 Interpretation The deﬁnition of income in section 3(1) of the principal Act is amended by adding to paragraph (f), the following subpara­ graph: “(xviii) any tax credit or amount received under subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 2004 or subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 1994 or under Part 11A of the Income Tax Act 1976”.
5 (1) New section 44A inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 44, the following section: 3 s 6 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 “44A Beneﬁciary receiving invalid’s beneﬁt may establish whether open employment is sustainable “(1) The purpose of this section is to encourage persons who are receiving an invalid’s beneﬁt to undertake open employment in order to establish whether they can sustain that employment and cease receiving that beneﬁt.
“(2) This section applies to a person who— “(a) is receiving an invalid’s beneﬁt granted on the ground of permanent and severe restriction of capacity for work; and “(b) with the agreement of the chief executive, is undertak­ ing open employment for a period agreed with the chief executive to establish whether he or she can sustain such employment.
“(3) The period of open employment agreed with the chief execu­ tive under subsection (2)(b) must not exceed 26 weeks but the anticipated duration of that employment may be for a longer period than the agreed period.
“(4) A person to whom subsection (2) applies does not lose his or her entitlement to an invalid’s beneﬁt by reason only of working 15 or more hours a week in open employment during the agreed period.” Section 40 of the principal Act is consequentially amended by inserting, after subsection (3), the following subsection: (2) “(3A) Subsection (3) is subject to section 44A.” Payment of funeral grants where there is surviving spouse or children Section 61DB of the principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from paragraph (d)(ii) the words “the value of an amount equivalent to 400 percent of the maximum weekly rate of invalid’s beneﬁt which a married couple is entitled to receive”, and substituting the words “the amount in clause 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 31” ; and by omitting from paragraph (e) the words “would not be sufﬁcient to disentitle a person in receipt of that income from receiving an invalid’s beneﬁt”, and substituting the words “is less than 52 times the appropriate amount in Part 2 of Schedule 31”.
(b) 6 4 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 s 10 7 8 Children’s funeral grants Section 61DD of the principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from paragraph (a)(ii) the words “the value of an amount equivalent to 400 percent of the maximum weekly rate of invalid’s beneﬁt which a married couple is entitled to receive”, and substituting the words “the amount in clause 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 31” ; and by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “would not be sufﬁcient to disentitle a person in receipt of that income from receiving an invalid’s beneﬁt”, and substituting the words “is less than 52 times the appropriate amount in Part 2 of Schedule 31”.
(b) New section 61DH inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, before section 61E, the following section: “61DH Purpose of accommodation supplement The purpose of sections 61E to 61EC and the Eighteenth Schedule is to provide targeted ﬁnancial assistance to help certain people with high accommodation costs to meet those costs.” 9 10 Accommodation supplement Section 61EA(3) of the principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting the word “if”, and substituting the word “unless” ; and by omitting the words “is such as would prevent pay­ ment of an invalid’s beneﬁt under this Act”, and substi­ tuting the words “is less than the appropriate amount in Part 2 of Schedule 31”.
(b) New heading and new section 61G substituted The principal Act is amended by repealing section 61G and the heading immediately above section 61G, and substituting the following heading and section: 5 s 10 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 “Temporary additional support “61G Temporary additional support “(1) The purpose of temporary additional support is to provide tem­ porary ﬁnancial assistance within the prescribed limits as a last resort to alleviate the ﬁnancial hardship of people whose es­ sential costs cannot be met from their chargeable income and other resources, while ensuring that people seeking or granted that assistance take reasonable steps to reduce their costs or increase their chargeable incomes.
“(2) An applicant is eligible for temporary additional support if— his or her chargeable income is less than his or her es­ sential costs; and “(a) “(b) he or she has cash assets of not more than the prescribed “(c) amount; and he or she meets any prescribed criteria and any other requirements set out in regulations made under section 132AB.
“(3) Temporary additional support granted to an applicant in ac­ cordance with this section and regulations made under section 132AB must be granted— “(a) “(b) in the prescribed amount; and for the prescribed period.
“(4) Despite subsection (2), temporary additional support must not be granted in respect of the costs of residential care services supplied to a person who has a psychiatric, intellectual, phys­ ical, or sensory disability if— “(a) the person’s accommodation costs (as that term is de­ ﬁned in section 61E(1)) are wholly or partly funded under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000; or the person’s care (other than care in his or her own home) is wholly or partly funded under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000.
“(b) “(5) Subsection (6) applies in respect of an applicant for temporary additional support if the chief executive is satisﬁed, at any time after that applicant has applied for temporary additional sup­ port or while he or she is receiving that support, that— 6 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 s 11 “(6) “(7) “(a) “(c) “(b) the applicant or the applicant’s spouse has arranged, or rearranged, his or her ﬁnancial affairs in order to qualify for temporary additional support; or the applicant or the applicant’s spouse has failed to take reasonable steps to reduce his or her costs or increase his or her chargeable income; or the applicant or the applicant’s spouse has failed to take all necessary steps to obtain any assistance towards his or her essential costs from any other source from which he or she may be entitled to assistance.
If this subsection applies, the chief executive may— refuse to grant temporary additional support; or “(a) “(b) grant temporary additional support at a reduced rate; or reduce the rate of temporary additional support already “(c) granted; or terminate any temporary additional support already granted.
“(d) In this section and section 132AB— “allowable costs has the meaning prescribed in regulations made under section 132AB; but does not include standard costs “applicant includes a recipient of temporary additional sup­ port “cash assets has the meaning prescribed in regulations made under section 132AB “chargeable income has the meaning prescribed in regula­ tions made under section 132AB “essential costs means the sum of a person’s allowable costs and standard costs “standard costs has the same meaning as in section 132AB(1)(b) “tax credit means a credit of tax or amount received under subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 2004 or subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 1994.” 11 (1) New heading and new section 61GA inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, before section 61H, the following heading and section: 7 s 12 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 “Childcare assistance “61GA Childcare assistance “(1) The purpose of childcare assistance is to provide targeted ﬁ­ nancial assistance to help certain people meet the costs of childcare.
“(2) The principal caregiver of a dependent child is eligible for ﬁ­ nancial assistance (childcare assistance) if he or she satisﬁes any prescribed criteria and any other requirements set out in regulations made under section 132AC.
“(3) Childcare assistance granted to an applicant, in accordance with this section and regulations made under section 132AC, must be granted— “(a) “(b) The deﬁnition of beneﬁt in section 3(1) of the principal Act is consequentially amended by inserting, after paragraph (b)(iv), the following subparagraph: in the prescribed amount; and for the prescribed period.” (2) “(iva) childcare assistance payable under section 61GA:”.
12 Rates of beneﬁts, etc, may be increased by Order in Council Section 61H(1) of the principal Act is amended by— (a) omitting from paragraph (d) the words “Schedules 3 and 16”, and substituting the words “Schedules 3, 16, and 31” ; and inserting after the words “asset limit,”, the words “in­ come limit,”.
(b) 13 (1) Areas for accommodation supplement purposes may be altered by Order in Council Section 61I of the principal Act is amended by repealing sub­ section (1), and substituting the following subsection: “(1) The Governor­General may by Order in Council, amend the deﬁnitions of the terms Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3 — “(a) by adding to any 1 of those deﬁnitions any urban area, urban zone, or area unit of New Zealand (as those terms are from time to time deﬁned by the Government Statis­ tician) that is in Area 4 ; or 8 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 s 16 “(b) by omitting any urban area, urban zone, or area unit of New Zealand from the deﬁnition of Area 2 or Area 3 and adding it to the deﬁnition of Area 1; or by omitting any urban area, urban zone, or area unit of New Zealand from the deﬁnition of Area 3 and adding it to the deﬁnition of Area 2 ; or “(c) “(d) by making any adjustments that are required to maintain a part of New Zealand within the same accommodation supplement area as a result of any new or altered deﬁn­ ition of any urban area, urban zone, or area unit of New Zealand adopted by the Government Statistician.” Section 61I of the principal Act is amended by adding the fol­ lowing subsection: In this section Area 1, Area 2, Area 3, and Area 4 refer to the terms deﬁned in clause 1 of Part 1 of the Schedule 18.” Disability allowance Section 69C(1)(c) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “is such that the income less 7.47% of that income would not prevent the payment of an invalid’s beneﬁt”, and substituting the words “is less than the appropriate amount in Part 3 of Schedule 31”.
(2) “(3) 14 15 Commencement of beneﬁts Section 80(5) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after paragraph (c), the following paragraph: “(ca) the beneﬁt is an invalid’s beneﬁt, and the applicant— “(i) is sick or is suffering from an injury or disability from accident or congenital defect; and “(ii) has applied for an invalid’s beneﬁt on the grounds of that sickness, injury, or disability on a prior occasion; or”.
16 Money payable out of Crown Bank Account (1) Section 124(1)(a) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Part 1 or Part 2 of”.

Section 124(1A) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Part 1 of” in both places where they appear.
(2) 9 s 17 17 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 New section 132AB inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 132AA, the following section: “132AB Regulations relating to temporary additional support “(1) Without limiting the general power to make regulations under section 132, the Governor­General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for the purposes of section 61G (which re­ lates to temporary additional support) including, without limi­ tation, provisions that— “(a) prescribe or provide for the setting of eligibility criteria for receiving temporary additional support: “(b) prescribe amounts allowed for standard living costs that ought to be met from chargeable income (standard costs), or 1 or more means of calculating amounts of standard.
costs, which may differ depending on— “(i) whether the applicant or the applicant’s spouse, or both of them, is or are receiving a beneﬁt or tax credit: the kind and amount of beneﬁt or beneﬁts or tax credit or credits received by the applicant or his or her spouse: “(ii) “(iii) whether the applicant has a spouse or dependent children: “(iv) whether the applicant’s spouse is lawfully or un­ “(v) lawfully in New Zealand: the number and ages of the applicant’s dependent children: deﬁne the kinds of costs that are allowable costs, includ­ ing any limits on the extent to which any such costs are allowable costs: “(c) “(e) “(d) deﬁne the kinds of income, beneﬁts, credits, and re­ ceipts that are chargeable income, including any limits on the extent to which any income, beneﬁt, credit, or receipt of that kind is chargeable income: prescribe amounts of temporary additional support that may be granted or 1 or more means for calculating the amount of temporary additional support to be granted, which may differ depending on whether the applicant— “(i) has a dependent spouse; or 10 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 s 18 “(f) “(ii) has a dependent child; or “(iii) is in any other prescribed circumstances: deﬁne the kinds of assets that are cash assets, including any limits on the extent to which any such assets are cash assets, and prescribe 1 or more cash asset limits, which may differ depending on whether the applicant— “(i) “(ii) has a dependent child; or “(iii) is in any other prescribed circumstances: “(g) prescribe the period or periods for which temporary ad­ has a dependent spouse; or “(h) ditional support may be granted: authorise the payment of temporary additional support in a lump sum up to a speciﬁed maximum amount in any prescribed circumstances.
“(2) For the purposes of any calculation made under section 61G or any regulations made under subsection (1), the allowable costs, cash assets, and chargeable income of an applicant in­ clude the allowable costs, cash assets, and chargeable income of the applicant’s spouse.” 18 New section 132AC inserted The principal Act is amended by inserting, before section 132B, the following section: “132AC Regulations relating to childcare assistance “(1) Without limiting the general power to make regulations under section 132, the Governor­General may, by Order in Coun­ cil, make regulations for the purposes of section 61GA (which relates to childcare assistance) including, without limitation, provisions that— “(a) prescribe or provide for the setting of eligibility criteria for receiving childcare assistance, and which may in­ clude (without limitation) criteria based on— “(i) the income of the principal caregiver and his or her spouse: the age of the dependent child and whether the child attends school: “(ii) “(iii) whether the principal caregiver or the dependent child or any of the principal caregiver’s other de­ 11 s 18 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 pendent children has a disability or serious ill­ ness: “(iv) whether there is another person available to care for the child: “(v) whether the principal caregiver is undertaking employment or is engaged in— “(A) an employment­related activity arranged or approved by the department; or “(B) an approved course of study; or “(C) an
 approved rehabilitation programme: “(c) “(b) prescribe the kinds of childcare assistance to be pro­ vided, which may differ depending on the purposes of the childcare and the age of the child, or in any other prescribed circumstances: prescribe the amounts of childcare assistance to be paid, which may differ depending on the kind of assistance to be provided, the income of the principal caregiver and his or her spouse, the number of dependent children in the family, and the kind of childcare, or in any other
 prescribed circumstances: “(e) “(d) prescribe the number of hours a week for the weeks during the year for which childcare assistance is avail­ able, which may differ depending on the purposes of the childcare or the principal caregiver’s activity, em­ ployment, or study, or whether the assistance is granted for the school term or during school holidays, or in any other prescribed circumstances: provide for childcare assistance to be available to keep a child’s place open in a childcare facility or programme during temporary absence: prescribe kinds of childcare facilities or programmes for which childcare assistance may be paid: authorise the chief executive to approve other kinds of childcare facilities or programmes for which childcare assistance may be paid and regulate— “(i) the period for which approval may be granted; and the criteria for their approval: “(g) “(f) “(ii) 12 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 s 18 “(h) “(i) “(j) regulate the method of application for, and payment of, childcare assistance (which may include provision for payment to be made directly to a childcare facility or provider of a programme, and conditions relating to the payment of childcare assistance applicable to any such facility or provider): provide for the recovery of any overpayments of assist­ ance from a childcare facility or the provider of a pro­ gramme or from the person granted the assistance: deﬁne the kinds of income, beneﬁts, credits, and re­ ceipts to be treated as income for the purposes of section 61GA, including any limits on the extent to which any income, credit, beneﬁt, or receipt of that kind is to be treated as income for those purposes: “(2) “(k) prescribe transitional arrangements.
If regulations made under subsection (1) prescribe eligibility criteria or amounts of childcare assistance based on the income of the principal caregiver and his or her spouse, the income limits so prescribed must be adjusted, by regulations made under subsection (1), by an amount equal to the percentage movement referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case re­ quires, if,— “(a) the total percentage increase in the movements in the quarterly all groups index number of the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from that applying on 4 October 2004 is 5% or more: the total percentage increase in the movements in the quarterly all groups index: number of the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from that applying on the date when the requirement to make the immediately pre­ ceding adjustment under this subsection arose is 5% or more.
“(b) “(3) For the purposes of any adjustment required under subsection (2), the amount of any increase must be rounded up to the nearest whole dollar amount, but any subsequent adjustment must be calculated on the amount of the increase without the rounding.
13 s 19 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 “(4) Any adjustment required by subsection (2) contained in regu­ lations made under subsection (1) takes effect on the ﬁrst day of April following the making of those regulations.” 19 20 (1) (2) 21 22 (1) (2) Amendments to Schedule 18 The Schedule 18 of the principal Act is amended in the manner set out in Schedule 1.
Amendments to various schedules Schedules 3, 4, 6, 9, 16, 17, 18 and 28 of the principal Act are amended in the manner set out in Schedule 2.

Subsection (1) and Schedule 2 are subject to any Order in Council made under section 61H of the principal Act amend­ ing 1 or more of the schedules referred to in subsection (1) that comes into force on 1.

April 2005.
April 2005.

Consequential amendments to other enactments relating to temporary additional support The enactments set out in Schedule 3 are amended in the man­ ner set out in that schedule.

New Schedule 31 added to principal Act The principal Act is amended by adding, as Schedule 31, the schedule set out in Schedule 4.

Subsection (1) and Schedule 4 are subject to any Order in Council made under section 61H of the principal Act amend­ ing Schedule 31 that comes into force on 1 April 2005.
Transitional provisions Savings in respect of existing special beneﬁts 23 (1) A special beneﬁt continues to be payable to a person receiving or who had applied for a special beneﬁt immediately before this section comes into force as if the former section 61G con­ tinued in force, until the earlier of— (a) the date on which the chief executive determines, under section 81 or otherwise, that the person is— (i) no longer qualiﬁed to receive the special beneﬁt under the former section 61G; and 14 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Part 23 s 25 (2) (ii) no longer entitled to have ﬁxed in respect of him or her, under the former section 61G, a special entitlement to a special beneﬁt; or (b) if the special beneﬁt was granted under the former sec­ tion 61G for a speciﬁc period, the end of that period.
The following provisions continue to apply to a person re­ ferred to in subsection (1) and the person’s spouse until the earlier of the dates referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection: (a) (b) the former section 61G: any direction given under section 5 relating to the for­ mer section 61G (being a direction in force immediately before the commencement of this section).
(3) To avoid doubt, the Minister may from time to time, under sec­ tion 5, amend or revoke any direction referred to in subsection (2)(b).

(4) While the former section 61G continues to apply to a per­ son, the person and his or her spouse may not apply for or be granted, temporary additional support under section 61G of the principal Act.

In this section, former section 61G, means section 61G of the principal Act as it read immediately before the commencement of this section.
(5) 24 25 (1) Savings in respect of income assessments For the purpose of determining the validity of any income as­ sessment, the principal Act must be read as if the deﬁnition of income in section 3(1) of the principal Act at all material times contained paragraph (f)(xviii) (as inserted by section 4 of this Act).

Transitional arrangements for ﬁnancially disadvantaged persons The purpose of this section is to enable.
the making of regu­ lations authorising the provision of ﬁnancial assistance to any persons who are ﬁnancially disadvantaged as a consequence of the net effects of the amendments made by this Act, the 15 Schedule 1 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 (2) (3) (4) Taxation (Working for Families) Act 2004, and any related regulations or other instruments.
The chief executive may from time to time grant to a person referred to in subsection (1) ﬁnancial assistance— (a) (b) (c) (d) of the prescribed kind and in the prescribed amount; and for the prescribed period; and in accordance with the prescribed criteria; and in accordance with any other requirements set out in the regulations made under subsection (3).

The Governor­General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for the purposes of this section.
Regulations made under subsection (3) must state the date on and after which they are to have effect (which may be a date earlier than the date on which they were made).

Schedule 1 Amendments to Schedule 18 of Social Security Act 1964 s 19 Part 1 clause 1 Insert in paragraph (d) of the deﬁnition of base rate, after the words “abatement or deduction, plus”, the words “(where he or she has 1 or more dependent children)”.
Repeal paragraphs (e) to (g) of the deﬁnition of base rate, and sub­ stitute: “(e) in relation to a single non­beneﬁciary with 1 or more depend­ ent children,— “(i) the appropriate maximum weekly rate of unemploy­ ment beneﬁt; plus the annual rate of family support (divided by 52) that is payable in respect of a ﬁrst dependent child who is under 16 years under subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 2004 or subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 1994 (whichever is applicable): “(ii) in relation to any other single non­beneﬁciary, the weekly rate of unemployment beneﬁt at the rate in clause 1(b) of the Schedule 9 before any abatement or deduction: “(f) 16 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Schedule 2 “(g) in relation to a married non­beneﬁciary,— “(i) “(ii) the appropriate maximum weekly rate of unemploy­ ment beneﬁt; plus (if he or she has 1 or more dependent children) the maxi­ mum annual rate of family support (divided by 52) that is payable in respect of a ﬁrst dependent child who is under 16 years under subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 2004 or subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 1994 (whichever is applicable); plus “(iii) the maximum weekly rate of unemployment beneﬁt that would have been payable in respect of his or her, spouse”.
Part 1 clause 2 Repeal paragraph (a).
Repeal paragraph (b), and substitute: “(b) in the case of a non­beneﬁciary, by 25 cents for every $1 of the combined weekly income of the applicant and any spouse of the applicant in excess of the amount of income that would prevent payment of an unemployment beneﬁt— “(i) in the case of a single applicant without dependent chil­ dren, at the maximum rate in clause 1(b) of Schedule 9; or in the case of any other applicant, at the appropriate maximum rate in Schedule 9.” “(ii) Schedule 2 Amendments to Schedules 3, 4, 6, 9, 16, 17, 18, and 28 of Social Security Act 1964 s 20 Schedule 3 Repeal clause 1 and substitute: 1 To a beneﬁciary with 1 or more dependent children $235.12 a week, subject to Income Test 1 17 Schedule 2 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 Schedule 4 Omit from clause 1(a) the expression “$113.97” and substitute the expression “$128.97”.
Omit from clause 1(b) the expression “$105.43” and substitute the expression “$120.43”.

Omit from clause 1(c) the expression “$96.88” and substitute.

expression “$111.88”.

the Omit from clause 1(d) the expression “$79.77” and substitute the expression “$94.77”.
Schedule 6 Repeal clause 1(c) and (d) and substitute: (c) To an unmarried beneﬁciary with 1 or more dependent children $269.54 a week subject to Income Test 1 Schedule 9 Repeal clause 1(c) to (j) and substitute: (c) (d) To an unmarried beneﬁciary with 1 or more dependent children To a married beneﬁciary (with or without dependent children) whose spouse is granted, in his or her own right, a beneﬁt (other than a veteran’s pension) $235.12 a week, subject to Income Test 3 $136.79 a week, subject to Income Test 4 18 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Schedule 2 (e) (f) To a married beneﬁciary (with or without dependent children) whose spouse is not granted a beneﬁt in his or her own right To a married beneﬁciary (with or without dependent children) whose spouse is granted, in his or her own right, a veteran’s pension $136.79 a week, increased by $136.79 a week in respect of his or her spouse, the total rate to be subject to Income Test 3 $136.79 a week, subject to Income Test 3 Schedule 16 Repeal clause 1 and substitute:.
1 To a beneﬁciary with 1 or more dependent children $235.12 a week, subject to Income Test 1 Schedule 17 Repeal clauses 3 and 4 and substitute: 3 To an unmarried beneﬁciary with 1 or more dependent children $269.54 a week, subject to Income Test 1 Schedule 18 Repeal the deﬁnitions in clause 1 of Part 1 of Area 1, Area 2, Auck­ land, and Wellington.
Insert in clause 1 of Part 1, before the deﬁnition of base rate, the following deﬁnitions: Area 1 means the following parts of New Zealand (as from time to time deﬁned by the Government Statistician) • • Central Auckland urban zone Northern Auckland urban zone 19 Schedule 2 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 Area 2 means the following parts of New Zealand (as from time to time deﬁned by the Government Statistician) Algies Bay—Mahurangi area unit • Arrowtown urban area • Awhitu area unit • Bombay area unit • Brightwater urban area • Cape Rodney area unit • Clevedon area unit • Glenbrook area unit • Great Barrier Island area unit • Helensville urban area • Hunua area unit • Islands—Motutapu, Rangitoto, Rakino area unit • Karekare area unit • Kaukapakapa area unit • Kawau area unit • Kingseat area unit • Leigh area unit • Little Barrier Island area unit • Mangatawhiri area unit • Maramarua area unit • Matheson Bay area unit • Meremere area unit • Muriwai Beach area unit • Nelson urban are • Onewhero area unit • Otaua area unit • Parakai area unit • Patumahoe area unit • Pokeno area unit • Pukekohe urban area • Queenstown urban area • Rewiti area unit • 20 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Schedule 2 Riverhead area unit Snells Beach urban area South Head area unit Southern Auckland urban zone Tahekeroa area unit Tauhoa­Puhoi area unit Tauranga urban area Waiheke Island urban area Waiuku urban area Wakeﬁeld urban area Wanaka urban area Warkworth
 urban area Wellington urban zone Wellsford urban area Western Auckland urban zone • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Area 3 means the following parts of New Zealand (as from time to time deﬁned by the Government Statistician) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alexandra urban area Blenheim urban area Cambridge urban zone Christchurch urban area Cloustonville area unit Cromwell urban area Darﬁeld urban area Dunedin urban area Feilding urban area Hamilton urban zone Hanmer Springs urban area Hastings urban zone
 Kaitaia urban area Kapiti Island area unit Kapiti urban area Katikati Community urban area Kerikeri urban area 21 Schedule 2 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 Leeston urban area Lincoln urban area Lower Hutt urban zone Makara­Ohariu area unit Mana Island area unit Mangaroa area unit Matamata urban area Maungakotukutuku area unit Motueka urban area Nabhra area unit Napier urban zone New Plymouth urban area Opiki area unit Otaki urban area Paekakariki Hill area unit Paihia urban area Palmerston North urban area Pencarrow area unit Porirua urban zone Raglan urban area Rangiora urban area Rolleston urban area Rotorua urban area Russell urban area Taipa Bay­Mangonui urban area Tairua urban area Takaka urban area Taupo urban area Te Awamutu urban zone Te Puke Community urban area Thames urban area Tokomaru area unit Upper Hutt urban zone Waihi Beach urban area • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Schedule 2 Whakatane urban area Whangamata urban area Whangarei urban area Whitianga urban area Woodend urban area • • • • • Area 4 means any part of New Zealand not included in Area 1, Area 2, or Area 3.
Omit from clauses 1(a) and 4(a) of Part 2 the expression “$150” and substitute in each case the expression “$225”.

Omit from clauses 1(b) and 4(b) of Part 2 the expression “$100” and substitute in each case the expression “$165”.

Omit from clauses 2(a) and 5(a) of Part 2 the expression “$115” and substitute in each case the expression “$160”.

Omit from clauses 2(b) and 5(b) of Part 2 the expression “$75” and substitute in each case the expression “$125”.
Omit from clauses 3(a) and 6(a) of Part 2 the expression “$100” and substitute in each case the expression “$145”.

Omit from clauses 3(b) and 6(b) of Part 2 the expression “$65” and substitute in each case the expression “$100”.
Repeal clause 1(c) of Part 2 and substitute: “(c) $120 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 3: “(d) $75 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 4.” Repeal clause 2(c) of Part 2 and substitute: “(c) $75 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 3: “(d) $55 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 4.” Repeal clause 3(c) of Part 2 and substitute: “(c) $65 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 3: “(d) $45 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 4.” Repeal paragraph 4(c) of Part 2 and substitute: “(c) $120 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 3: “(d) $75 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 4.” Repeal paragraph 5(c) of Part 2 and substitute: “(c) $75 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 3: “(d) $55 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 4.” 23 Schedule 3 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 Repeal paragraph 6(c) of Part 2 and substitute: “(c) $65 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 3: “(d) $45 a week, if the applicant resides in Area 4.” Schedule 28 Omit the expression “$50” wherever it appears and substitute in each case the expression “$80”.
Schedule 3 Consequential amendments relating to temporary additional support s 21 1 Amendments to Acts New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 (2001 No 84) Insert in section 29(2) after the words “special beneﬁt,” the words “temporary additional support,”.

Insert in section 34(a) after the words “special beneﬁt,” the words “temporary additional support,”.
“New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001”: this item was amended, as from 21 April 2005, by section 9(1) New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 42) by substituting the words “New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001” for the words “New Zealand Superannuation Act 2001”.
Social Security Act 1964 (1964 No 136) Insert in paragraph (b) of the deﬁnition of beneﬁt in section 3(1) of the principal Act, before subparagraph (v), the following subpara­ graph: “(ivb) temporary additional support payable under section 61G:”.
Omit from section 68A(2) the words “section 61G of this Act (which relates to special beneﬁts)” and substitute the words “section 61G (which relates to temporary additional support) or a special beneﬁt continued under section 23 of the Social Security (Working for Fam­ ilies) Amendment Act 2004”.
24 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Schedule 3 1—continued Omit from section 68A(6)(b) the words “of this Act” and substitute the words “or a special beneﬁt that continues under section 23 of the Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004”.
Omit from section 74A(1) the words “a special beneﬁt under sec­ tion 61G of this Act” and substitute the words “temporary additional support under section 61G, or may continue, under section 23 of the Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004, a spe­ cial beneﬁt already granted”.
Omit from section 80C(1) the words “a special beneﬁt under section 61G of this Act” and substitute the words “temporary additional sup­ port under section 61G or a special beneﬁt continued under section 23 of the Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004”.
Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (1957 No 87) Repeal paragraph (b)(iv) of the deﬁnition of beneﬁt in section 2(1) and substitute the following: “(iv) temporary additional support under section 61G of that Act or a special beneﬁt continued under section 23 of the Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004; or”.

War Pensions Act 1954 (1954 No 54) Insert in section 74M(3) after the words “special beneﬁt,” the words “temporary additional support,”.
Insert in section 74R(a) after the words “special beneﬁt,” the words “temporary additional support,”.

2 Amendments to Regulations Student Allowances Regulations 1998 (SR 1998/277) Insert in paragraph (a) of the deﬁnition of personal income in regu­ lation 2(1) after subparagraph (vi), the following subparagraph: “(via) temporary additional support; Zor”.
25 Schedule 4 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 2004 No 51 2—continued Insert in paragraph (a) of the deﬁnition of spousal income in regula­ tion 2(1) after subparagraph (vi), the following subparagraph: “(via) temporary additional support; or”.
Schedule 4 New Schedule 31 of Social Security Act 1964 Schedule 31 s 22 ss 61DB, 61DD, 61EA(3), 69C(1), 124(1A) Asset and income limits that may be applied to certain assistance 1 Asset limits For a single person without dependent children For a married person with or without dependent children For a sole parent with 1 dependent child For any other sole parent $821 $1,368 $1,078 $1,158 2 Per week Income limits For a single person aged 16 or 17 years without dependent children For any other single person without dependent children Per week $375 $431 26 2004 No 51 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Schedule 31—continued 2—continued For a married person with or without dependent children For a sole parent with 1 dependent child For any other sole parent $626 $523 $551 3 Per week Disability allowance income limits For a single person aged 16 or 17 years without dependent children For any other single person without dependent children For a married person with or without dependent children For a sole parent with 1 dependent child For any other sole parent Per week $405.27 $465.79 $686.54 $565.22 $598.48 27 May 2004 Legislative history Divided from Future Directions (Working for Families) Bill (Bill 146­1), third reading 27