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2006/48 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006 Preamble At Wellington this 6th day of March 2006 Pursuant to section 132AB of the Social Security Act 1964, Her Ex­ cellency the Governor­General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents Title Commencement Interpretation Prescribed amount of support: exceptions Schedule 2 amended [Revoked] Part 1 of Schedule 3 amended Schedule 1 New examples substituted below regulation 13 of principal regulations Schedule 2 Amendments to Schedule 2 of principal regulations [Revoked] Page 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 (1) Title These regulations are the Social Security (Temporary Addi­ tional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006.
1 r 2 (2) Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006 2006/48 the Social Security (Temporary In these regulations, Additional Support) Regulations 2005 are called “the princi­ pal regulations”.

Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 April 2006.

Interpretation Regulation 4 of the principal regulations is amended by insert­ ing in the deﬁnition of standard costs, before the expression “132AB(1)(b)”, the word “section”.
Prescribed amount of support: exceptions The principal regulations are amended by omitting the ex­ amples below regulation 13, and substituting the examples set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 2 amended [Revoked] Regulation 5 was revoked, as from 1 April 2007, by regulation 5 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2007 (SR 2007/58).
Part 1 of Schedule 3 amended The second column of clause 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3 of the principal regulations is amended by— (a) omitting the words “net rate”, and substituting the word “amount”; and inserting in paragraph (a), before the words “the 1 or more”, the words “the net rate of”.
(b) Schedule 1 New examples substituted below regulation 13 of principal regulations r 4 Example 1—single unemployment beneﬁciary with 2 dependent children P is a single unemployment beneﬁciary with 2 dependent children, both of whom are younger than 13 years of age.
2 2006/48 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006 Schedule 1 Example 1—single unemployment beneﬁciary with 2 dependent children—continued 1 P’s weekly chargeable income is $503.14, and is made up of— $249.10 net unemployment beneﬁt; and $119.00 family support—a credit of tax under subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 2004; and $84.00 accommodation supplement for a resident renting in area 1; and $51.04 disability allowance (paid at the maximum).
2 P’s weekly allowable costs are $313.96, and are made up of— $200.00 rent in area 1 (deduct $20.96 loading from accommodation costs); and $134.92 disability costs via disability allowance.

3 P’s disposable income is therefore $189.18, which is the remainder (a positive amount) obtained by subtracting— $313.96 P’s weekly allowable costs; from $503.14 P’s weekly chargeable income.
4 P’s standard costs are $257.67, and are made up of— $174.37 70% of the net unemployment beneﬁt; and $83.30 70% of family support.

5 P’s standard costs, $257.67, exceed P’s disposable income, $189.18, by $68.49.

The deﬁciency is therefore $68.49.

6 The upper limit is $74.73 (which is 30% of the net unemployment bene­ ﬁt).
If P is eligible for temporary additional support under regulations 6 to 8, and an application form for that support is completed as required by 3 Schedule 1 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006 2006/48 Example 1—single unemployment beneﬁciary with 2 dependent children—continued regulation 9, then the amount of that support that P may be granted per week, under regulation 10, is $68.49, which is the lesser of the de­ ﬁciency, $68.49, and the upper limit, $74.73.
(Although P has disabil­ ity costs included in his or her allowable costs, the disability exception amount is not available to P under regulation 11, because P’s deﬁciency does not exceed the upper limit.)

Example 2—married unemployment beneﬁciary with 3 dependent children S is a married unemployment beneﬁciary with 3 dependent children; all of whom are younger than 13 years of age.
1 S’s weekly chargeable income is $557.92, and is made up of— $289.84 net unemployment beneﬁt; and $166.00 family support—a credit of tax under subpart KD of the Income Tax Act 2004; and $102.08 disability allowance x 2 (paid at the maximum).

2 S’s weekly allowable costs are $327.48, and are made up of— $200.00 Housing New Zealand rent in area 1 (deduct $20.96 loading from ac­ commodation costs); and $148.44 disability costs via disability allowance.
3 S’s disposable income is therefore $230.44, which is the remainder (a positive amount) obtained by subtracting— $327.48 S’s weekly allowable costs; from $557.92 S’s weekly chargeable income.

4 S’s standard costs are $319.09, and are made up of— $202.89 70% of the net unemployment beneﬁt; and 4 2006/48 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006 Schedule 1 Example 2—married unemployment beneﬁciary with 3 dependent children—continued $116.20 70% of family support.
5 S’s standard costs, $319.09, exceed S’s disposable income, $230.44, by $88.65.

The deﬁciency is therefore $88.65.

6 The upper limit is $86.95 (which is 30% of the net unemployment bene­ ﬁt).

7 The disability exception amount is $13.91 (which is 30% of the excess disability costs total).
If S is eligible for temporary additional support under regulations 6 to 8, and an application form for that support is completed as required by regulation 9, then the amount of that support that S may be granted per week, under regulations 10 and 11, is $100.86.
That amount, $100.86, is the sum of— (a) $86.95, which is the lesser of the deﬁciency, $88.65, and the upper limit, $86.95 (see regulation 10(1)(a)); and (b) $13.91, which is the disability exception amount available to S under regulation 11 (see regulation 10(1)(b)).

Example 3—single unemployment beneﬁciary with no dependent children X is a single unemployment beneﬁciary who is 26 years of age and has no dependent children.
1 X’s weekly chargeable income is $193.92, and is made up of— $173.92 net unemployment beneﬁt; and $20.00 disability allowance.
2 X’s weekly allowable costs are $159.48, and are made up of— $130.00 Housing New Zealand rent in area 1 (deduct $20.96 loading from ac­ commodation costs); and 5 Schedule 2 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006 2006/48 Example 3—single unemployment beneﬁciary with no dependent children—continued $20.00 disability costs via disability allowance; and $30.44 consumer credit contracts.
3 X’s disposable income is therefore $34.44, which is the remainder (a positive amount) obtained by subtracting— $159.48 X’s weekly allowable costs; from $193.92 X’s weekly chargeable income.

4 X’s standard costs are $121.74 (which is 70% of the net unemployment beneﬁt).

5 X’s standard costs, $121.74, exceed X’s disposable income, $34.44, by $87.30.

The deﬁciency is therefore $87.30.

6 The upper limit is $52.18 (which is 30% of the net unemployment bene­ ﬁt).
If X is eligible for temporary additional support under regulations 6 to 8, and an application form for that support is completed as required by regulation 9, then the amount of that support that X may be granted per week, under regulation 10, is $52.18, which is the lesser of the de­ ﬁciency, $87.30, and the upper limit, $52.18.
(Although X has disabil­ ity costs included in his or her allowable costs, the disability exception amount is not available to X under regulation 11, because his or her dis­ ability costs are met by his or her disability allowance.)

Schedule 2 Amendments to Schedule 2 of principal regulations [Revoked] r 5 Schedule 2 was revoked, as from 1 April 2007, by regulation 5 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2007 (SR 2007/58).
Diane Morcom, 6 2006/48 Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Amendment Regulations 2006 Clerk of the Executive Council: Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2006, amend the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/334), which also come into force on 1 April 2006.
The substantive amendments— •• increase certain payments listed in Schedule 2 of the principal regulations, in accordance with a 3.16% increase in the All Groups Consumers Price Index: substitute examples below regulation 13 of the principal regu­ lations to reﬂect changes to the ﬁnancial components of the examples.

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

Date of notiﬁcation in Gazette: 9 March 2006.

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