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Abolishing special married rate of training benefit 2 (1)–(3) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3), the special rate of training benefit under section 60B(2) of the principal Act shall continue to be payable, as if this section had not been enacted,— (a) to a married person receiving that rate immediately be- fore this section comes into force; and until the earlier of— (i) the date on which the person is no longer entitled to a training benefit or to that rate of benefit; or the end of the period the benefit is payable for, as determined under section 60C(1) of the principal Act.
(ii) (b) 3 Abolition of power to make advances to beneficiaries and war pensioners for repair or maintenance of home, etc Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

(1) (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), subsections (3) to (5) of sec- tion 125 of the principal Act shall continue to apply, as if this section had not been enacted, to any advance made under that section.
Every advance made under section 125 of the principal Act— shall not have its validity called into question by the (a) repeal of that section; and (3) 485 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (b) may be recovered, when repayable under the terms and conditions of the advance under that section,— (i) as a debt due to the Crown, at the suit of the chief executive; or by deduction from any benefit subsequently payable to the person to whom the advance was made under the principal Act; or under section 86A of the principal Act.
(ii) (iii) (4), (5) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Section 3(3)(b)(i): amended, on 1 October 1998, pursuant to section 10(1)(a) of the Employment Services and Income Support (Integrated Administration) Act 1998 (1998 No 96).
4 Transitional arrangements for advances Notwithstanding section 3, the chief executive may make an advance under section 125 of the principal Act, as if that sec- tion was still in force, if— (a) the application for the advance was made before section 3 came into force; and the application had not been dealt with before that date.

(b) Section 4: amended, on 1 October 1998, pursuant to section 10(1)(a) of the Employment Services and Income Support (Integrated Administration) Act 1998 (1998 No 96).
486 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1997 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 1997 No 63 16 September 1997 see section 1(2) 1 (1) (2) Short Title and commencement This Act may be cited as the Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1997, and is part of the Social Security Act 1964 (“the principal Act”).
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent, except for sections 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20(1), 28, and 30.

Procedure on appeal 7 (1), (2) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
(3) The provisions of sections 12K, 12M, 12O, and 12P of the principal Act apply, without modification (except for the new subsection (1C) substituted by subsection (1)), to every appeal under section 12J of the principal Act that was lodged, and has not been dealt with, before this section comes into force.

Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

New sections substituted Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
The entitlement to a training benefit of a person who, imme- diately before 1 January 1998,— was 16 years or 17 years; and (a) (b) was receiving a training benefit— is determined by the law in force immediately before 1 January 1998.

(3), (4) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

(5) This section comes into force on 1 January 1998.

13 (1) New sections substituted Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
487 (4) 11 (1) (2) Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (2) (3) (4) The entitlement to an independent youth benefit of a person who was receiving the benefit immediately before 1 January 1998 is determined by the law in force immediately before 1 January 1998.

Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

This section comes into force on 1 January 1998.

Deduction notices for debts 23 (1), (2) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
(3) Section 86A(1A) of the principal Act (as inserted by subsec- tion (2)) applies to all debts to the Crown recoverable under the principal Act, whether or not the Limitation Act 1950 pre- vented recovery of the debt by civil action in a court of law before the coming into force of this section.

24 Money payable out of Crown Bank Account (1)–(3) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
(4) It is declared that the Minister of Social Welfare or, as the case may require, the Minister of Social Security has always had the power under section 124(1)(d) of the principal Act to estab- lish and approve any welfare programme for special assistance for the purposes of that section; and every such welfare pro- gramme that has at any time been so approved, and any pay- ments or grants of special assistance and actions taken under it, are confirmed and declared to be and always to have been valid.
488 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security Amendment Act 1998 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 1998 No 19 19 May 1998 see section 1 1 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 3 (1) (2) 5 (1) (2) 6 (1) (2) 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 princi- pal 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 Sickness benefits Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

If a person was receiving a sickness benefit immediately be- fore 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.
Unemployment benefits Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

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

Young job seekers’ allowances Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

If a person was receiving a young job seeker’s allowance im- mediately before 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.
489 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 7 (1) (2) 8 (1) (2) Training benefits: qualifications Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

If a person was receiving a training benefit immediately be- fore 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.

Independent youth benefits: basic qualifications Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
If a person was receiving an independent youth benefit imme- diately before 1 July 1998, nothing in subsection (1) affects the person’s entitlement to continue to receive that benefit.
490 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security (Work Test) Amendment Act 1998 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 1998 No 94 20 August 1998 see section 1(2) 1 (1) (2) Short Title and commencement This Act may be cited as the Social Security (Work Test) Amendment Act 1998, and is part of the Social Security Act 1964 (“the principal Act”).

This Act comes into force on 1 October 1998.


Part 1 Amendments to principal Act 4 Voluntary unemployment or loss of employment through misconduct, etc (1), (2) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) entitles a person who, before 1 Octo- ber 1998, had his or her benefit reduced under section 60H of the principal Act, to receive the benefit without that reduction until either the expiry of the period for which the reduction was imposed under that section, or the person becomes entitled to another rate of benefit under the principal Act.
10 (1) Part 2 Repeals and transitional provisions Transitional provisions relating to persons subject to sanction on commencement of this section This section applies to every person who, immediately before the date of commencement of this section, was subject to a non-entitlement period of 13 weeks or a reduced benefit for 13 weeks, under section 60H or section 60JA of the principal Act.
(2) A person to whom this section applies may,— (a) in the case of a person who was participating in a pro- gramme or project referred to in section 60KA of the 491 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (b) principal Act, continue to participate in that programme or project; or in any other case, continue his or her non-entitlement period or continue to receive a reduced benefit and, sub- ject to section 60KA, participate in a programme or pro- ject referred to in that section.
(3) Section 60KA of the principal Act is deemed to continue to apply to persons referred to in subsection (2) of this section as if that section had not been repealed by section 8.
(4) Where a person was, immediately before the date of com- mencement of this section, subject to any sanction under the principal Act other than a sanction referred to in subsection (1), that sanction is revoked with effect on the commencement of this section and any work-test failure on the person’s part that occurred before that date is not to be counted as a work-test failure on or after that date.
492 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security (Personal Development and Employment) Amendment Act 2002 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2002 No 28 25 September 2002 see section 2 1 (1) (2) 2 (1) (2) 3 Short Title This Act is the Social Security (Personal Development and Employment) Amendment Act 2002.

In this Act, the Social Security Act 1964 is called “the principal Act”.
Part 1 Preliminary provisions Commencement Sections 4(2) to (6), 6 to 8, 11, 14, 15(1), 25, 30, 32, and 37 and the Schedule come into force on 10 March 2003.

Except as provided in section 23(1), 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— (a) to facilitate the movement of domestic purpose bene- ficiaries and widows’ beneficiaries from reliance on benefits to employment as their parenting responsibil- ities and individual circumstances allow; and to introduce a requirement for those beneficiaries to pre- pare plans that will assist them to move towards em- ployment and to demonstrate commitment to the goals set out in those plans; and to amend the provisions of the principal Act relating to the establishment and recovery of debts; and to make miscellaneous amendments to the principal Act.
(b) (c) (d) 493 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Part 3 Transitional provisions, amendments affecting principal Act, and consequential amendments to other enactments Transitional provisions Transitional provisions relating to review of decisions No application for a review made under section 10A of the principal Act before the commencement of section 5 of this Act is invalid by reason that the decision to which the appli- cation relates was made under a delegation pursuant to an en- actment or authority (other than an enactment referred to in section 10A(1) of the principal Act as it read before the com- mencement of section 5 of this Act).
Transitional provisions for cessation of work testing for certain benefits Subsection (2) applies to a person who, immediately before this section comes into force, is in receipt of a widow’s benefit or a domestic purposes benefit (other than a domestic purposes benefit granted under section 27G of the principal Act).
31 32 (1) (2) On the date that this section comes into force,— (a) (b) a person to whom this subsection applies— (i) ceases to be subject to the work test or, as the case requires, the obligation to comply with section 60HA of the principal Act; and ceases to be subject to any sanctions to which the person was subject under section 117 of the principal Act; and (ii) a benefit granted to a person to whom this subsection applies,— (i) if granted to the person under section 60H(6)(b) of the principal Act, ceases to be subject to the condition referred to in that paragraph; and if granted to the person under section 123B of the principal Act, ceases to be subject to the condi- tion referred to in subsection (4) of that section.
Subsection (4) applies to a person who, immediately before this section came into force, was a person who had applied (ii) (3) 494 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 for a widow’s benefit or a domestic purposes benefit and was subject to a non-entitlement period under section 60H(4) of the principal Act.
(4) On the date that this section comes into force, a person to whom this subsection applies— (a) ceases to be subject to the non-entitlement period, and that period lapses; and is entitled to be granted the benefit applied for if he or she otherwise qualifies for it.

(b) (5) Nothing in subsection (4) limits the application of section 80BA of the principal Act.
33 (1) (2) Transitional provision relating to mode of ascertaining annual income for benefit purposes For the purpose of determining the validity of any determin- ation or purported determination made under section 64(2A) of the principal Act on or after 31 July 1996 but before the date on which section 13 of this Act comes into force, section 64 of the principal Act must be read as if it had incorporated the amendments made by section 13 of this Act on and after 1 July 1996.
Subsection (1)— (a) (b) does not apply in respect of any application, appeal, or proceedings of a kind specified in subsection (3) that alleged an invalidity in a determination or pur- ported determination under section 64(2A) of the prin- cipal Act and was made or filed, as the case may be, before 11 September 2002; and does not affect the rights of any person who made an ap- plication to which paragraph (a) applies, or was a party to an appeal or other proceedings to which paragraph (a) applies, under— (i) any decision, or any judgment of a court, in re- lation to that application or appeal or those pro- ceedings, as the case may be; or any decision or judgment given on appeal from that decision or judgment.
(ii) (3) Subsection (2)(a) applies in respect of— 495 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (a) (b) (c) an application for review under section 10A of the prin- cipal Act: an appeal under section 12J, section 12Q, or section 12R of the principal Act: any other proceedings.
Transitional provision relating to reviewing of payments made in excess of authorised rates Subsection (2) applies to any sum that the chief executive has, before the commencement of this section, determined is re- coverable under any of section 86(1) to (1D) of the principal Act.

Section 86(9A) of the principal Act, as it read before the com- mencement of section 22 of this Act, continues to apply to any sum to which this subsection applies as if section 22 of this Act had not been enacted.
This section overrides section 35.
Transitional provision relating to recovery of debt If, immediately before the commencement of this section, any amount is recoverable from any person under any of section 86(1) to (1D) of the principal Act (as those subsections read immediately before the commencement of section 22 of this Act), after the commencement of this section— (a) that amount continues to be recoverable under section 86(1) of the principal Act (as substituted by section 22(1)); and any proceedings taken in respect of its recovery be- fore the commencement of this section continue as if brought under section 86(1)(a) of the principal Act (as so substituted).
(b) 34 (1) (2) (3) 35 496 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2004 No 51 3 June 2004 see section 2 1 (1) (2) 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 3 Title This Act is the Social Security (Working for Families) Amend- ment Act 2004.

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.
497 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 20 (1) (2) 22 (1) (2) Amendments to various schedules Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

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.

New Schedule 31 added to principal Act Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
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) (ii) no longer qualified to receive the special benefit under the former section 61G; and 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).
(2) 498 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 (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) (2) 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 Taxa- tion (Working for Families) Act 2004, and any related regula- tions 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).

(3) The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for the purposes of this section.
499 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (4) 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).
500 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Act 2004 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2004 No 101 6 December 2004 see section 2 1 (1) (2) Title This Act is the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Act 2004.

In this Act, the Social Security Act 1964 is called “the principal Act”.

2 3 Part 1 Preliminary Commencement This Act comes into force on 1 July 2005.
Purpose The purpose of this Act is to amend, consolidate, and clarify provisions relating to long-term residential care provided to older people, and in particular— (a) to progressively increase the value of assets that people may retain before being required to use their assets to pay for the cost of contracted care services provided to them; and to provide that people aged 50 to 64 who are single and have no dependent children are not required to pay for contracted care services provided to them out of assets; and to clarify the obligations of people receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home to pay for that care; and to clarify the funder’s obligations to pay for contracted care services associated with long-term residential care; and (b) (c) (d) 501 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (e) (f) (g) to limit the amount that residents who are assessed as requiring long-term residential care indefinitely are re- quired to pay for that care; and to clarify the procedures associated with needs assess- ment; and to amend the means assessment and clarify the proced- ures associated with it.
Section 3(b): amended, on 1 July 2005, by section 7 of the Social Security Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 21).
Part 2 Amendments to principal Act Transitional provisions Definitions used for purpose of transitional provisions In this section and sections 8 to 11,— commencement date means the date on which this Act comes into force financial means assessment means a financial means assess- ment conducted under section 69F section 69F means section 69F of the principal Act as it read immediately before its repeal by this Act.
Assessment as needing residential care disability services indefinitely to be treated as needs assessment under section 137 Every person who, immediately before the commencement date, had been notified as being, or had been treated as having been, assessed as requiring residential care disability services indefinitely (as referred to in section 69F(1)) must, on and after the commencement date, be treated as a person who has been needs assessed under section 137 of the principal Act as re- quiring long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home indefinitely.
If an assessment has been conducted for the purposes of sec- tion 69F before the commencement date, but the result has not been determined, or has been determined but not notified by that date, that needs assessment must be determined, and its 7 8 (1) (2) 502 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 outcome notified to the person, as if it were a needs assess- ment conducted under section 137 of the principal Act.
9 (1) Financial means assessment under section 69F to be treated as means assessment under Part 4 of principal Act The result of a financial means assessment conducted under section 69F is to be treated as if it were a result following a means assessment under Part 4 of the principal Act.

(2) A copy of every financial means assessment under section 69F is taken to have been provided as required by section 148 of the principal Act.
(3) A financial means assessment conducted under section 69F may be reviewed under section 150 of the principal Act as if it were a means assessment conducted under Part 4 of that Act, in which case any new means assessment must be conducted in accordance with sections 146 and 147 of the principal Act, and Part 4 and Schedule 27 of that Act apply.
(2) Exempt persons and elderly victims of crime 10 (1) Until regulations are made under section 155 of the principal Act that define the classes of exempt person, and that identify how a person is to be assessed as being an elderly victim of crime, every person who, immediately before the commence- ment date, was treated as an exempt person or an elderly victim of crime must continue to be so treated.
If, as a result of regulations referred to in subsection (1), a person who was previously treated as an exempt person or an elderly victim of crime is found not to be an exempt person or elderly victim of crime (as the case may be), no refund may be sought from that person of any payment made by a funder in respect of the person before the regulations came into force, unless the refund relates to something other than the person’s status as an exempt person or elderly victim of crime.
If, as a result of regulations referred to in subsection (1), a person who was previously not treated as an exempt person or an elderly victim of crime is found to be an exempt person or elderly victim of crime (as the case may be), no refund may be sought by the person of any payment made to a provider (3) 503 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 by the person in respect of any period before the regulations came into force, unless the refund relates to something other than the person’s status as an exempt person or elderly victim of crime.
11 No refunds in respect of periods before commencement date (1) No person is entitled, as a result of this Act coming into force, to a refund of any amount that the person has paid, or to a rebate of any amount that the person is liable to pay, for resi- dential care disability services provided before the commence- ment date.
(2) No provider is entitled, as a result of this Act coming into force, to payment from a funder in respect of services provided to a person, or class of persons, before the commencement date.

(3) However, nothing in subsection (1) or subsection (2) affects any rights that existed or accrued before the commencement date.
504 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security Amendment Act 2005 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2005 No 21 24 March 2005 see section 2 1 (1) (2) 2 (1) (2) (3) 6 (1) Title This Act is the Social Security Amendment Act 2005.

In this Act, the Social Security Act 1964 is called “the principal Act”.

Commencement Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on 26 April 2005.

Sections 5 and 6 come into force on 1 April 2007.


Section 7 comes into force on 1 July 2005.


Transitional provision regarding relationships in the nature of marriage For the purposes of sections 21 and 27A to 27H of the principal Act,— (a) a reference to a de facto relationship includes a rela- tionship in the nature of marriage that was entered into at any time before 1 April 2007; and a reference to a de facto partner includes a person who was a partner in any relationship in the nature of mar- riage referred to in paragraph (a).
(b) (2) Any relationship that was, immediately before the commence- ment of this section, regarded by the chief executive under sec- tion 63 of the principal Act (as it was before section 5 came into force) as a relationship in the nature of marriage is a de facto relationship.
505 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security (Social Assistance) Amendment Act 2005 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2005 No 30 14 April 2005 see section 2 1 (1) (2) 2 (1) (2) (3) Title This Act is the Social Security (Social Assistance) Amend- ment Act 2005.

In this Act, the Social Security Act 1964 is called “the principal Act”.

Commencement Sections 4(3) and 7(3) come into force on 1 July 2005.

Sections 9(1) and (3) and 10(1) come into force on 1 May 2005.
The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Part 1 Amendments to Social Security Act 1964 Rates of benefits for sole parents may be reduced 7 (1)–(4) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

(5) Despite anything in section 70A(5) (as inserted by subsection (4) of this section), no further reduction under section 70A(5) may be made with effect earlier than 1 July 2005.
Part 2 Consequential amendments and savings provision Savings in respect of tax on benefits For the purpose of determining the validity of any payment for tax on an income-tested benefit, the principal Act must be read as if at all material times it contained section 83A, as inserted by section 12 of this Act.
18 (1) 506 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 (2) In this section, income-tested benefit has the meaning given to it in section 83A(6) of the principal Act, as inserted by sec- tion 12 of this Act.
507 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Act 2006 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2006 No 67 21 November 2006 see section 2 1 2 Title This Act is the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Act 2006.

Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Part 1 Amendments to principal Act Subpart 1—Amendments to Part 1 Disability allowance Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

4 (1) (2) Any money received by a person by way of a disability allow- ance must be repaid as a debt due to the Crown if the disability allowance was granted in respect of an application that— (a) (b) was made in respect of expenses referred to in section 69C(2B)(a) of the principal Act (as inserted by this sec- tion).
was made after 14 June 2006; and If, on an application made between 18 May 2006 and 18 May 2007, a disability allowance is granted to or on account of a person referred to in section 69C(2B)(b) of the principal Act (as inserted by this section) for expenses that are not costs of residential care services supplied to that person, then, de- spite section 80(1) of the principal Act, the disability allow- ance commences on the later of— (a) the date the person became entitled to receive it; or (3) 508 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 (b) 18 May 2006.
509 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Amendment Act 2007 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2007 No 20 23 June 2007 see section 2 1 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) Title This Act is the Social Security Amendment Act 2007.

Commencement Part 1 and Schedules 1 to 3 come into force on 2 July 2007.

Sections 12 and 13 and Schedules 2 and 3 come into force on 2 July 2007.

Part 2 and Schedules 4 and 5 come into force on 24 September 2007.
The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Part 1 Provisions coming into force on 28 May or 2 July 2007 Transitional 17 Widows’ benefits If, immediately before the commencement of section 5, a per- son was receiving a widow’s benefit on the ground of having the care of a dependent child, the person’s entitlement to con- tinue to receive the benefit must, until the child ceases to be a dependent child of the person, be determined as if that section had not been enacted.
Domestic purposes benefits If, immediately before the commencement of section 6, a per- son was receiving a domestic purposes benefit on the ground of having the care of a dependent child, the person’s entitle- ment to continue to receive the benefit must, until the child 18 (1) 510 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 (2) 19 (1) ceases to be a dependent child of the person, be determined as if that section had not been enacted.
If, immediately before the commencement of section 7, a per- son aged 16 or 17 years was receiving a domestic purposes benefit on the ground of having the care of a sick or infirm per- son, the person’s entitlement to continue to receive the benefit must, until he or she ceases to have the care of the sick or infirm person, be determined as if that section had not been enacted.
Stand down periods This subsection applies to a benefit if— (a) (b) it was granted before 28 May 2007; and by virtue of section 80BA of the principal Act would (but for subsection (2)) commence after 28 May 2007.

(2) A benefit to which subsection (1) applies commences on the 20 (1) (2) (3) later of the following days: 28 May 2007: (a) the day on which it would have commenced if sections (b) 11(3) and 16 of this Act had come into force immedi- ately before it was granted.
Transitional arrangements for financially disadvantaged people The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regu- lations authorising the provision of financial assistance to any people who are financially disadvantaged as a result of the net effects of the amendments made by this Act.

The regulations must state the day on and after which they have effect (which may be earlier than the day on which they were made).
The chief executive may provide financial assistance of the kind prescribed by the regulations to a person disadvantaged as a result of the net effects of the amendments made by this Act— (a) in the amount, for the period, and in accordance with the criteria, prescribed by the regulations; and in accordance with any other requirements imposed by the regulations.
(b) 511 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (4) After it has initially been granted, financial assistance provided under the regulations must for the purposes of the principal Act be treated as a benefit; and the principal Act applies ac- cordingly.

(5) A decision or determination made by the chief executive under the regulations is a decision or determination for the purposes of section 12J(1).
Validation 21 Commencement of benefits The validity of the making of a payment of an independent youth benefit before the commencement of section 11 must be determined as if subsection (1) of that section had come into force immediately before the payment was made.
512 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Social Security (New Work Tests, Incentives, and Obligations) Amendment Act 2010 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2010 No 105 23 August 2010 see section 2 1 2 (1) (2) (3) 36 Title This Act is the Social Security (New Work Tests, Incentives, and Obligations) Amendment Act 2010.

Commencement Sections 4(1), 14, 17, 30, and 31 come into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
Sections 4(14) to (17) and 8, and Schedule 2 come into force on 2 May 2011.

This rest of this Act comes into force on 27 September 2010.

Transitional provisions Transitional provision relating to personal development and employment plans Any personal development and employment plan made and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act is to be treated as an employment plan made under section 60Q of the principal Act (as amended by this Act).
37 Transitional provisions relating to job seeker agreements and job seeker development activities (1) Despite the commencement of this Act, any job seeker agree- ment in force before the commencement of this Act continues in force for the purpose of section 102A(1)(h) of the principal Act until the chief executive directs otherwise under that para- graph.
(2) Despite the commencement of this Act, any job seeker devel- opment activity defined, and any conditions of any job seeker development activity specified, under section 110 (before its 513 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 repeal by this Act) continue in force for the purpose of section 102A(1)(h) of the principal Act.
(b) Transitional provisions relating to sanctions under former section 117(1)(a) In this section, former section 117(1)(a) means section 117(1)(a) of the principal Act as it read before its repeal and substitution by this Act.
This section applies to a beneficiary who,— (a) on the commencement of this Act, is subject to a sanc- tion of suspension of his or her benefit imposed under the former section 117(1)(a); or before the commencement of this Act, has been given written notice under section 113(2) of the principal Act of the chief executive’s decision to impose a sanction of suspension of benefit under the former section 117(1)(a) that specifies that the sanction is to take effect on a date that is on or after the commencement of this Act.
For the purposes of completing or imposing the sanction re- ferred to in subsection (2), the former section 117(1)(a) con- tinues to apply to a beneficiary to whom this section applies as if this Act had not been enacted.
Transitional provision relating to exemptions from the work test Every exemption from the work test granted under section 105(1) of the principal Act before the commencement of this Act and in force on that commencement must, until the exemp- tion is varied or revoked under subsection (6) of that section, be treated as an exemption from all work test obligations.
38 (1) (2) (3) 39 514 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 1 2 (1) (2) (3) 3 29 (1) Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Act 2012 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2012 No 50 26 July 2012 see section 2 Title This Act is the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Fo- cus) Amendment Act 2012.

Commencement Part 1 (except for sections 19, 20, 21, and 23), Part 2, and the schedules come into force on 20 August 2012.

Parts 3 and 4 come into force on 15 October 2012.


The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Principal Act This Act amends the Social Security Act 1964 (the principal Act).
Part 2 Consequential amendments, and transitional and savings provisions, taking effect on 20 August 2012 Other consequential amendments Transitional provision: entitlement to youth payment or young parent payment This subsection applies to a person— (a) who, immediately before the commencement of this Part,— (i) was aged 16 or 17 years and did not have a de- pendent child; and (ii) was receiving in his or her own right an inde- pendent youth benefit or sickness benefit; and (b) who— 515 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 (i) (ii) is not married, or in a civil union or de facto relationship, and does not have an income that exceeds the limit in clause 10 of Schedule 26; or is married, or in a civil union or de facto relation- ship, and does not have a combined income that exceeds the limit in clause 11 of Schedule 26; and who is not the spouse or civil union or de facto partner of a specified beneficiary within the meaning of any of paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition of that term in sec- tion 157 of the principal Act (as inserted by section 24 of this Act).
(c) (2) A person to whom subsection (1) applies is entitled, on the commencement of this Part of this Act to receive a youth pay- ment as if it had been granted on that commencement under section 159 or 160 of the principal Act.
This subsection applies to a person— (a) (3) was aged 16, 17, or 18 years; and who, immediately before the commencement of this Part,— (i) (ii) was receiving in his or her own right a widow’s benefit, a domestic purposes benefit (other than a domestic purposes benefit under section 61G of the principal Act), a sickness benefit, an emergency benefit (being an emergency benefit granted to the person on the basis that he or she would, but for his or her being aged 16 or 17 years, be entitled to a domestic purposes benefit under section 27B of the principal Act), or an unemployment benefit (other than an unemploy- ment benefit granted under section 90(2) or (3) of the principal Act); and (b) who has a dependent child or children; and (c) who— (i) is not married, or in a civil union or de facto relationship, and does not have an income that exceeds the limit in clause 10 of Schedule 26; or is married, or in a civil union or de facto relation- ship, and does not have a combined income that exceeds the limit in clause 11 of Schedule 26; and (ii) 516 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 (d) who is not the spouse or civil union or de facto partner of a specified beneficiary within the meaning of any of paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition of that term in section 157 of the principal Act (as inserted by section 24 of this Act).
(4) A person to whom subsection (3) applies is entitled, on the commencement of this Part to receive a young parent payment as if it had been granted on that commencement under section 165 or 166 of the principal Act.
(5) A youth payment or young parent payment under subsection (6) 30 (1) (2) or (4)— (a) to section 30, is, despite Schedule 26 but subject payable at not less than the rate of the benefit that the person was receiving immediately before the com- mencement of this Part; and continues at that rate until the young person’s entitle- ment to the payment is reviewed under section 81 fol- lowing a change of circumstances.
(b) If, immediately before the commencement of this Part, the benefit of a person to whom subsection (1) or (3) applies is subject to a sanction under section 60Y or 60Z or 117 of the principal Act, on that commencement— the sanction ceases to apply; and (a) for the purposes of subsections (2) and (4), the rate of (b) the benefit that would have been payable if the sanction had not been imposed must be treated as the rate of the benefit that the person was receiving immediately before that commencement.
Savings provision: domestic purposes benefit under section 27G This section applies to a person who— (a) either— (i) (ii) was receiving a domestic purposes benefit under section 27G in his or her own right immediately before the commencement of this Part; or had made an application for a domestic purposes benefit under section 27G in his or her own right before that commencement, and was granted the 517 Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 benefit (on that application) after that commence- ment; and (b) (c) is aged 16 or 17 years; or is aged 18 years and has a dependent child or children.
(2) A person to whom this section applies is entitled to continue to receive that benefit for so long as he or she otherwise qualifies for it as if section 10 of this Act had not been enacted.

31 (1) (2) (3) Transitional arrangements for financially disadvantaged people The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regu- lations authorising the provision of financial assistance to any people who are financially disadvantaged as a result of the net effects of the amendments made by Part 1 or 2.
The regulations must state the day on and after which they have effect (which may be earlier than the day on which they were made).

The chief executive may provide financial assistance of the kind prescribed by the regulations to a person disadvantaged as a result of the net effects of the amendments made by Part 1 or 2— (a) in the amount, for the period, and in accordance with the criteria, prescribed by the regulations; and in accordance with any other requirements imposed by the regulations.
(b) (4) After it has initially been granted, financial assistance provided under the regulations must for the purposes of the principal Act be treated as a benefit; and the principal Act applies ac- cordingly.

(5) A decision or determination made by the chief executive under the regulations is a decision or determination for the purposes of section 12J(1) of the principal Act.
518 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Notes Contents 1 2 3 4 General Status of reprints How reprints are prepared Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) 5 Notes 1 2 3 General This is a reprint of the Social Security Act 1964.

The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the Act as at 20 August 2012, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.
Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order.

For more information, see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/.
Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment.

This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

How reprints are prepared editorial A number in the preparation of enacting words are of conventions reprints.

not included are For example, in Acts, followed the and 519 Notes Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 that are repealed or revoked are omitted.
provisions For a detailed list of see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.
the editorial conventions, 4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.

Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.
A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000.

Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing.

To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.
In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: • omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) layout of provisions, including: • • indentation position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”) • • • • 520 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Notes • • • • • • • position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act) punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions) Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly case and appearance of letters and words, including: • followed by small capital format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters • schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) format of amendments, and schedules of are rearranged into alphabetical order, chronological).
two-column schedules of consequential they rather than repeals (eg, 5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 50) Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Regulations (No 4) 2012 (SR 2012/88) Social Security (Long-term Residential Care—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 40) Social Security Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 18) Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2012 (SR 2012/21): clauses 5–7 Student Loan Scheme Act 2011 (2011 No 62): section 223 Social Security Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 48) Limitation Act 2010 (2010 No 110): section 58 521 Notes Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security (New Work Tests, Incentives, and Obligations) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 105) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2010 (2010 No 85) Social Security Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 30) Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1): section 5(1)(b) Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51): section 406(1) War Pensions Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 41): section 8 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 40): section 9 Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act 2008 (2008 No 64): section 18 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 48): section 47 Taxation (Business Taxation and Remedial Matters) Act 2007 (2007 No 109): section 300 Income Tax
 Act 2007 (2007 No 97): section ZA 2(1) Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27): section 58 Social Security Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 20) Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 17) Social Security Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 90) Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 67) KiwiSaver Act 2006 (2006 No 40): section 231 Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 34): section 5(2)(h) War Pensions Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No
 32): section 9 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (2006 No 1): section 348 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 42): sections 5(1), 9(1) Social Security (Social Assistance) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 30) Social Security Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 21) Social Security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 101) Care of Children Act 2004 (2004 No 90): section 151 Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 51) Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50): section 206 Holidays Act 2003 (2003 No 129): section 91(2) Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (2003 No 52): section 139 Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48): section 175(1) State Sector Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 41): section 14(1), (2) War Pensions Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 18): section 12(1) Social Security (Personal Development and Employment) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 28) Parole Act 2002 (2002 No 10): section 125 (Information Matching) 522 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Notes Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions—Overseas Pensions) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 8) Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7): section 6 Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96): section 70(1) Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 (2001 No 93): sections 58(1), 59(1) New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 (2001
 No 84): section 77 Accident Compensation Act 2001 (2001 No 49): section 337(1) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001 (2001 No 44) Social Security Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 1) New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 (2000 No 91): section 111(1) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 88) Social Security Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 81) Employment Relations Act 2000 (2000 No 24): section 240 Housing Restructuring (Income-Related Rents) Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No
 22): section 7 Accident Insurance Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 6): section 9(1) Human Rights Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 100): section 7 Accident Insurance Act 1998 (1998 No 114): section 415(1) Social Security Amendment Act (No 3) 1998 (1998 No 104) Employment Services and Income Support (Integrated Administration) Act 1998 (1998 No 96): sections 10(1)(a), 11 Social Security (Work Test) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 94) Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 3) 1998 (1998 No 91): section 30 Student Allowance Regulations 1998 (SR 1998/277): regulation 49 Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1998 (1998 No 60) Social Security Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 19) Social Security (Overseas Pensions) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 10) Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1997 (1997 No 63) Social Security Amendment Act (No 3) 1997 (1997 No 23) Social Security Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 21) Social Security Amendment Act (No 6) 1996 (1996 No 157) Social Commencement Order 1996 (SR 1996/316) Social Security Amendment Act (No 5) 1996 (1996 No 155) Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1996 (1996 No 145) Social Security Amendment Act (No 3) 1996 (1996 No 49) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 42) Social Security Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 20) Department of Justice (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 39): section 10(1) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1994 (1994 No 142) (Alternative Arrangement for Overseas Pensions) Security 523 Notes Social Security Act 1964 Reprinted as at 20
 August 2012 Social Security Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 86) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act (No 2) 1993 (1993 No 149) Income Tax Amendment Act (No 3) 1993 (1993 No 130): section 92(5) Land Transfer Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 124): section 3 Social Security Amendment Act (No 3) 1993 (1993 No 57) Health Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 24): section 38(3)(a) Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 (1993 No 23): section 24(1) Social Security Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 14) Student Loan Scheme Act
 1992 (1992 No 141): section 89 Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1992 (1992 No 99) Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (1992 No 46) Social Security Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 15) Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Act 1992 (1992 No 13): section 172(2) Social Security Amendment Act (No 5) 1991 (1991 No 143) Social Security Amendment Act (No 4) 1991 (1991 No 124) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1991 (1991 No 78) Judicature Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 60): section 3(4) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 4) Social Security Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 1) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1990 (1990 No 74) Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 (1990 No 26) Social Security Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 5) Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44): sections 65R(3), 83(7) Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 13): sections 28, 29(1) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1988 (1988 No 147) Social Security Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 106) Social Security (Reciprocity with Australia) Act 1987 (1987 No 71) Social Security Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 39) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1985 (1985 No 159) Social Security Amendment Act 1984 (1984 No 8) Social Security Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 138) Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982 (1982 No 118): section 161(2) Social Security Amendment Act 1982 (1982 No 16) Social Security Amendment Act 1981 (1981 No 46) Social Security Amendment Act
 (No 2) 1980 (1980 No 158) Family Proceedings Act 1980 (1980 No 94): section 189(1), (2)(a) District Courts Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 125): section 18(2) Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124): section 12 Social Security Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 14) Social Security Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 58) Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 1977 (1977 No 133) 524 Reprinted as at 20 August 2012 Social Security Act 1964 Notes section Social Security Amendment Act 1976 (1976 No 40) Social Security Amendment
 Act 1975 (1975 No 123) Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975 (1975 No 122): 28(3)(a) Social Security Amendment Act 1974 (1974 No 46) Social Security Amendment Act 1973 (1973 No 34) Social Security Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 133) Department of Social Welfare Act 1971 (1971 No 60): sections 15(4), 17(2), 18(3), (4) Stamp and Cheque Duties Act 1971 (1971 No 51): section 101(1) Social Security Amendment Act 1971 (1971 No 8) Social Security Amendment Act 1969 (1969 No 46) Land and Income Tax Amendment Act (No 3) 1968 (1968 No 49): section 3(3) Social Security Amendment Act 1967 (1967 No 4) 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2012 525