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Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Regulations 2011 (SR 2011/287) (as at 01 April 2018) – New Zealand Legislation
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Regulations 2011
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Accommodation supplement arrears payments
3B Application
3C Items declared not to be income
3D Payments declared not to be cash assets
Canterbury earthquake exemptions
5 Payments and amounts in respect of which exemptions have effect on and after specified dates
6 Payments and amounts declared not to be income
7 Payments declared not to be cash assets
Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme payments
7B Application
7C Payments declared not to be cash assets
Payments of energy trust dividends
7D Interpretation
7E Application
7F Payments declared not to be income
10 Payments and income declared not to be income
11 Payments and income declared not to be cash assets
Ex gratia and compensation payments made by the Crown
14 Payments and income declared not to be income
15 Payments declared not to be cash assets
Health services and disability support services funded or provided by the Crown
18 Items and payments declared not to be income or cash assets
21 Payments declared not to be income
23 Payments and income declared not to be income
24 Payments declared not to be cash assets
27 Operational allowances declared not to be income
Personal injury from hepatitis C infection contracted through New Zealand blood supply
30 Payments and income declared not to be income
31 Payments declared not to be cash assets
33 Items declared not to be income
34 Items declared not to be cash assets
35 Effect of election to defer receipt of benefits
Temporary additional support arrears payments
35A Interpretation
35B Application
35C Items declared not to be income
35D Payments declared not to be cash assets
38 Payments and income declared not to be income
39 Payments and income declared not to be cash assets
41 Payments and interest declared not to be income
42 Payments declared not to be cash assets
Viet Nam Veterans and Their Families Trust payments
45 Payments and income declared not to be income
46 Payments declared not to be cash assets
47 Revocations
48 Savings provision
51 Items declared not to be income
52 Items declared not to be cash assets
These regulations are the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Regulations 2011.
DHB has the meaning given to it by section 6(1) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000
Part 1AA Accommodation supplement arrears payments
Part 1AA: inserted, on 31 October 2016, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/232).
In this Part, a specified processing error, for a person, means incorrect data relating to either or both of the type of the person’s premises and the person’s accommodation costs (within the meaning of section 61E of the Act) being entered—
Regulation 3A: inserted, on 31 October 2016, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/232).
The exemptions in regulations 3C and 3D—
apply to any lump sum payment of arrears of accommodation supplement made—
on or after 1 November 2016; and
as a result of the department correcting a specified processing error; and
have effect, in respect of the income or cash assets specified in regulations 3C and 3D, on and after 1 November 2016; but
apply only for the first 12 months after the payment concerned is made.
Regulation 3B: inserted, on 31 October 2016, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/232).
Any income derived by the person from a payment specified in regulation 3B(a) is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 3C: inserted, on 31 October 2016, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/232).
A payment specified in regulation 3B(a) is not cash assets for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 3D: inserted, on 31 October 2016, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/232).
Part 1 Canterbury earthquake exemptions
Government offer means an offer by or on behalf of the Government of New Zealand in respect of any residential premises in the red zone either—
red zone or red zone land means the area designated in the Prime Minister’s public announcement of 23 June 2011 as the red zone, and any other area included in that zone or designated as red zone land by any subsequent announcement of the New Zealand Government
related interest on a payment to which regulation 5(1), (3), or (5) applies means any interest that is—
interest derived from that payment; or
interest derived from related interest.
Compare: SR 2011/15 r 3
This subclause applies to every amount that is—
an amount of related interest on a payment to which subclause (1) applies; and
acquired on or after 13 September 2010 and before,—
if the person intends to use the payment to repair or rebuild any existing premises or to purchase any replacement residential premises, the expiry of 48 months starting from the day when that payment was made; or
in any other case, the expiry of 12 months starting on the day the payment was made.
an amount of related interest on a payment to which subclause (3) applies; and
acquired on or after 24 December 2010 and before,—
in any other case, the close of 31 March 2012.
This subclause applies to every payment made on or after 23 June 2011 by the Crown as a payment or part payment of the purchase price for any property or land in the red zone under a Government offer that has been accepted by the person to whom it was made.
an amount of related interest on a payment to which subclause (5) applies; and
acquired on or after 23 June 2011 and before,—
For the purposes of subclauses (4)﻿(b) and (6) and regulation 7(1),—
if any payments to which subclause (3) or (5) applies are paid in instalments, or 1 or more payments are made under subclause (3) or (5), the date that the payments are made is the date on which the final instalment is paid or the last payment is made:
if any payments to which subclause (3) or (5) applies are paid in instalments for different purposes, or 1 or more payments are made under subclause (3) or (5) for different purposes, but in either case are part of a single compensation package, the date that the payments are made is the date on which the final instalment is paid or the last payment is made.
Compare: SR 2011/15 r 4
Regulation 5(2)﻿(b): replaced, on 30 March 2012, by regulation 4(1) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2012 (SR 2012/43).
Regulation 5(2)﻿(b)﻿(i): amended, on 9 December 2014, by regulation 4(1) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2014 (LI 2014/383).
Regulation 5(4)﻿(b): replaced, on 30 March 2012, by regulation 4(2) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2012 (SR 2012/43).
Regulation 5(4)﻿(b)﻿(i): amended, on 9 December 2014, by regulation 4(1) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2014 (LI 2014/383).
Regulation 5(6): replaced, on 9 December 2014, by regulation 4(2) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2014 (LI 2014/383).
Regulation 5(7): inserted, on 30 March 2012, by regulation 4(3) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2012 (SR 2012/43).
Any payment or amount to which regulation 5(1), (2), (3), (4), or (6) applies is not income for the purposes of the Act in relation to the person to whom it was made or by whom the amount was acquired.
Compare: SR 2011/15 r 5
Regulation 6: amended, on 9 December 2014, by regulation 5 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2014 (LI 2014/383).
On any day, any payment to which regulation 5(3) applies that was made less than 48 months before that day is not cash assets for the purpose of the Act in relation to the person to whom the payment was made.
On any day, any payment to which regulation 5(1) or (5) applies that was made less than the specified time before that day is not cash assets for the purpose of the Act in relation to the person to whom the payment was made.
In subclause (2), specified time, in relation to a person and a payment, means,—
Regulation 7: replaced, on 30 March 2012, by regulation 5 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2012 (SR 2012/43).
Regulation 7(1): amended, on 9 December 2014, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2014 (LI 2014/383).
Regulation 7(3)﻿(a): amended, on 9 December 2014, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2014 (LI 2014/383).
Part 1A Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme payments
Part 1A: inserted, on 26 June 2014, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2014 (LI 2014/168).
In this Part, Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme means the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme established and approved by the Minister for Social Development under section 124(1)﻿(d) of the Social Security Act 1964 on 6 March 2014.
Regulation 7A: inserted, on 26 June 2014, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2014 (LI 2014/168).
The exemption in regulation 7C applies only for the first 12 months after the payment is made.
Regulation 7B: inserted, on 26 June 2014, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2014 (LI 2014/168).
Any lump sum payment made under the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme is not cash assets for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 7C: inserted, on 26 June 2014, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2014 (LI 2014/168).
Part 1B Payments of energy trust dividends
Part 1B: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, energy trust dividend means a payment that—
is received by a person as a discount on a power bill, or as a distribution, from a lines company or an energy trust; but
is not made because the person has bought or owns shares in the company or the trust.
Regulation 7D: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
The exemption in regulation 7F—
applies to an energy trust dividend received on or after 18 August 2017; and
has effect, in respect of the income specified in regulation 7F, on and after 18 August 2017; but
applies only for the first 12 months after the payment concerned is received.
Regulation 7E: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
An energy trust dividend is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 7F: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
Part 2 EVSA (Neville Wallace Memorial) Children’s & Grandchildren’s Trust payments
Compare: SR 2009/405 r 3
The exemptions in regulations 10 and 11—
apply to any payments made on or after 17 August 2007; and
apply only in respect of the first 12 months after the payment is made.
Compare: SR 2009/405 r 4
any payment made to a person by the Trust; and
Any payment or income to which subclause (1) applies is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2009/405 r 5
Any payment or income to which subclause (1) applies is not cash assets for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2009/405 r 6
Part 3 Ex gratia and compensation payments made by the Crown
in settlement of a claim against the Crown (whether or not that claim has been formally filed in a court or tribunal); and
does not include a payment made pursuant to—
Compare: SR 2008/347 r 3
The exemptions in regulations 14 and 15 apply only for the first 12 months after the payment is made.
Compare: SR 2008/347 r 4
any compensation or ex gratia payment made—
by the Crown to a person; and
in recognition of harm or in respect of a claim of harm; and
Compare: SR 2008/347 r 5
This subclause applies to any compensation or ex gratia payment made—
in recognition of harm or in respect of a claim of harm.
Any payment to which subclause (1) applies is not cash assets for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2008/347 r 6
Part 4 Health services and disability support services funded or provided by the Crown
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, health or disability dependant, in relation to any person (A), means any other person who—
is not a dependent child of A; but
has an illness or a sickness, an injury, or a disability; and
is a person for whose care A has the primary responsibility, other than on a temporary basis.
Compare: SR 2007/167 r 3
The exemptions in regulation 18—
apply to a service provided, or a payment made, on or after 18 August 2017; and
have effect, in respect of the income or cash assets specified in regulation 18(4), on and after 18 August 2017.
Regulation 17: replaced, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 5 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
This subclause applies to the value of any health services or disability support services, or both,—
provided on or after 18 August 2017 to all or any of the following:
a person (A):
a dependent child of A:
a health or disability dependant of A; and
provided or funded (in whole or in part) by or on behalf of the Crown.
This subclause applies to any payment—
made on or after 18 August 2017 to a person (B) and used by the person for purchasing health services or disability support services, or both, for all or any of the following:
a dependent child of B:
a health or disability dependant of B; and
made (in whole or in part) by or on behalf of the Crown.
Despite subclauses (1) and (2), nothing in those subclauses applies to—
services provided, or payments made, because of an employment relationship to which A or B is or was a party as the employee; or
any payment received by a person (C) from B in the course of an employment relationship, if B has purchased the services by employing C to provide them; or
any part of any payment used by B to meet B’s ordinary living expenses.
For the purposes of the Act, in relation to A or, as the case requires, B, any service or payment to which subclause (1) or (2) applies is not—
Regulation 18: replaced, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
Part 5 Home-based care
caregiver has the meaning given to it in the code of practice
code of practice means the code of practice set out in the Schedule of the Education (Home-Based Care) Order 1992
home-based education and care has the meaning given to it in the code of practice
service provider has the meaning given to it in the code of practice.
Compare: SR 2004/363 r 4
This Part applies to payments for home-based education and care received by a caregiver on or after 18 November 2004.
Compare: SR 2004/363 r 3
Regulation 20(2): revoked, on 1 April 2012, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2012 (SR 2012/20).
This subclause applies to any payment to a caregiver for providing home-based education and care for a child that is arranged by a service provider in accordance with the code of practice.
For the purposes of subclause (1), the payment in respect of each child is the greater of,—
payments received on or after 18 November 2004 but before the close of 31 March 2011, $3.15 per hour:
payments received on or after 1 April 2011 but before the close of 31 March 2012, $3.27 per hour:
payments received on or after 1 April 2012 but before the close of 31 March 2013, $3.33 per hour:
payments received on or after 1 April 2013 but before the close of 31 March 2014, $3.35 per hour:
payments received on or after 1 April 2014 but before the close of 31 March 2015, $3.40 per hour:
payments received on or after 1 April 2015 but before the close of 31 March 2017, $3.42 per hour:
payments received on or after 1 April 2017 but before the close of 31 March 2018, $3.46 per hour:
payments received on or after 1 April 2018 but before the close of 31 March 2019, $3.51 per hour; and
the caregiver’s actual expenses per hour of providing home-based education and care to that child in accordance with the code of practice, verified by receipts and supporting documents needed to calculate those expenses that are provided by the caregiver in a form acceptable to the chief executive.
Any payment to which subclause (1) applies is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2004/363 r 5
Regulation 21(2): replaced, on 1 April 2013, by regulation 4 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/21).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(iv): amended, on 1 April 2014, by regulation 4(1) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/38).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(v): inserted, on 1 April 2014, by regulation 4(2) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/38).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(v): amended, on 1 April 2015, by regulation 4(1) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/31).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(vi): inserted, on 1 April 2015, by regulation 4(2) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/31).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(vi): amended, on 1 April 2017, by regulation 4(1) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/32).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(vi): amended, on 1 April 2017, by regulation 4(2) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/32).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(vii): inserted, on 1 April 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/32).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(vii): amended, on 1 April 2018, by regulation 4(1) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/21).
Regulation 21(2)﻿(a)﻿(viii): inserted, on 1 April 2018, by regulation 4(2) of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/21).
Part 6 Lake Alice compensation or ex gratia payments
The exemptions in regulations 23 and 24 apply only in respect of the first 12 months after the compensation or ex gratia payment concerned is made.
Compare: SR 2007/321 r 4
any compensation payment or ex gratia payment—
made to a person, on or after 1 September 2001, by or on behalf of the Crown; and
made because the person is a former patient of the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital; and
Any payment or income to which subsection (1) applies is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2007/321 r 5
This subclause applies to any compensation payment or ex gratia payment—
Compare: SR 2007/321 r 6
Part 7 Operational allowances
member has the same meaning as in section CW 19(1) of the Income Tax Act 2004
operational allowance has the meaning given to it by section CW 19(4) of the Income Tax Act 2004.
Compare: SR 2007/55 r 4
This Part applies to operational allowances paid to any member on or after 18 March 2007.
Compare: SR 2007/55 r 3
Any payment of an operational allowance is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2007/55 r 5
Part 8 Personal injury from hepatitis C infection contracted through New Zealand blood supply
blood collected in New Zealand (whether or not that blood was donated, or otherwise collected, with assistance provided or funded by or on behalf of the Crown); and
Compare: SR 2006/377 r 3
The exemptions in regulations 30 and 31 apply only in respect of the first 12 months after the ex gratia payment concerned was made.
Compare: SR 2006/377 r 4
any ex gratia payment—
made to a person, on or after 15 December 2006, by or on behalf of the Crown; and
made because the person suffered a personal injury that is, or was caused by, hepatitis C infection contracted through the New Zealand blood supply; and
Compare: SR 2006/377 r 5
This subclause applies to any ex gratia payment—
made to a person, on or after 15 December 2006, by or on behalf of the Crown; and
Compare: SR 2006/377 r 6
Part 9 Superannuation schemes
contribution means any contribution to a scheme (for example,—
an employer contribution (for example, a compulsory employer contribution); or
any Crown contribution)
Crown contribution,—
in relation to a KiwiSaver scheme, has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the KiwiSaver Act 2006; and
in relation to a specified non-KiwiSaver scheme, means any Crown contribution
expected time of retirement, in relation to a member of a non-KiwiSaver scheme, means the member’s expected age or date of retirement as defined in the provisions of the scheme
fee subsidy,—
in relation to a specified non-KiwiSaver scheme, means any fee subsidy
KiwiSaver scheme and KiwiSaver scheme rules have the same meanings as in section 4(1) of the KiwiSaver Act 2006
member’s interest, in relation to a member of a specified non-KiwiSaver scheme, means the total of—
the member’s contributions; and
any employer contributions (vested or unvested) in respect of the member; and
any fee subsidies paid in respect of the member; and
any Crown contribution paid in respect of the member
net value, in relation to a member’s interest, means the value of the member’s interest once any other appropriate debits and credits have been made to account for things like fees, permitted withdrawals or permitted proposed withdrawals, and positive and negative returns
non-KiwiSaver scheme means a scheme that is registered as a superannuation scheme under subpart 2 of Part 4 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
permitted, in relation to a withdrawal or proposed withdrawal from a scheme, means that the withdrawal is, or the proposed withdrawal if it were provided would be, permitted under the provisions of the scheme
proposed withdrawal means a withdrawal that has been applied for, but has not yet been provided
provision, in relation to a scheme, means a provision (express or implied) of either or both of the following:
qualifying lock-in clause, in relation to a KiwiSaver scheme, means the provision of the scheme implied in its trust deed under section 126 and clause 4 (lock-in of funds to KiwiSaver end payment date) of Schedule 1 of the KiwiSaver Act 2006 and, in relation to a non-KiwiSaver scheme, means a provision of the scheme that—
prevents a member of the scheme from making or receiving a withdrawal from the scheme until all or any of the following apply to the member:
he or she reaches the expected time of retirement:
before reaching the expected time of retirement, he or she leaves the employment in respect of which the scheme was constituted or established:
before reaching the expected time of retirement, he or she leaves any employment covered by the scheme; and
may, but need not, be, or be accompanied by another provision of the scheme that is, a standard withdrawals clause
scheme means a retirement scheme within the meaning of section 6(1) of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (for example, a KiwiSaver scheme or a non-KiwiSaver scheme)
specified non-KiwiSaver scheme means a non-KiwiSaver scheme the provisions of which include a qualifying lock-in clause
standard withdrawals clause, in relation to a scheme, means a provision of the scheme that permits a member of the scheme to make or receive a withdrawal from the scheme in circumstances that are, or are essentially, the same as those specified in all or any of the following clauses of Schedule 1 of the KiwiSaver Act 2006:
withdrawal, in relation to a member and a KiwiSaver scheme or a non-KiwiSaver scheme,—
includes any benefit provided from, and debited against the member’s interest in, the scheme; but
does not include a permitted withdrawal or permitted proposed withdrawal that is a transfer (with or without the member’s consent) from the scheme to another KiwiSaver scheme or non-KiwiSaver scheme; and
for the purposes of regulations 33(2) and 34(2), does not include a withdrawal made or received in accordance with a standard withdrawals clause.
Compare: SR 2008/68 r 3
Regulation 32 non-KiwiSaver scheme: replaced, on 1 December 2014, by section 150 of the Financial Markets (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2013 (2013 No 70).
Regulation 32 scheme: replaced, on 1 December 2014, by section 150 of the Financial Markets (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2013 (2013 No 70).
This subclause applies to the following items if paid or made on or after 1 May 2008 in respect of a person as a member of a KiwiSaver scheme or specified non-KiwiSaver scheme:
employer contributions and any Crown contribution; and
fee subsidies; and
credits for positive returns.
However, subclause (1) applies in respect of a KiwiSaver scheme or specified non-KiwiSaver scheme only while a qualifying lock-in clause prevents the person, as a member of the scheme, from making or receiving a withdrawal from the scheme.
Any item to which subclause (1) applies is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2008/68 r 4
This subclause applies to the net value of a person’s member’s interest, on or after 1 May 2008, in a specified non-KiwiSaver scheme.
However, subclause (1) applies in respect of a specified non-KiwiSaver scheme only while a qualifying lock-in clause prevents the person, as a member of the scheme, from making or receiving a withdrawal from the scheme.
The item to which subclause (1) applies is not cash assets for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2008/68 r 5
This regulation applies to a person who, as a member of a KiwiSaver scheme or specified non-KiwiSaver scheme, has exercised a right under the provisions of the scheme to elect to defer receipt of any benefit that he or she is eligible to receive under the scheme.
A qualifying lock-in clause must, for the purposes of regulations 33(2) and 34(2), be treated as not preventing the person, as a member of the scheme, from making or receiving a withdrawal from the scheme.
Compare: SR 2008/68 r 6
Part 9A Temporary additional support arrears payments
Part 9A: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 7 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
special benefit means the special benefit as continued under section 23 of the Social Security (Working for Families) Amendment Act 2004
temporary additional support means the benefit described in section 61G of the Act.
Regulation 35A: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 7 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
The exemptions in regulations 35C and 35D—
apply to a lump sum payment of arrears of temporary additional support made to a person on or after 18 August 2017; and
have effect, in respect of the income or cash assets specified in regulations 35C and 35D, on and after 18 August 2017; but
Regulation 35B: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 7 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
Any income derived by the person from a payment specified in regulation 35B(a) is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 35C: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 7 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
A payment specified in regulation 35B(a) is not cash assets for the purposes of the Act.
Regulation 35D: inserted, on 18 August 2017, by regulation 7 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224).
Part 10 Payments to victims of crime
Compare: SR 2009/404 r 3
Regulation 36 crime paragraph (a): replaced, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 3(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409).
Regulation 36 crime paragraph (b): replaced, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 3(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409).
The exemptions in regulations 38 and 39 apply only in respect of the first 12 months after the payment is made.
Compare: SR 2009/404 r 4
Compare: SR 2009/404 r 5
Compare: SR 2009/404 r 6
Part 11 Viet Nam veterans ex gratia payments
Compare: SR 2007/98 r 3
made to a person, on or after 27 April 2007, by the Crown; and
made in accordance with the MoU on measures related to veterans; and
Any payment or interest to which subclause (1) applies is not income for the purposes of the Act.
Compare: SR 2007/98 r 4
Compare: SR 2007/98 r 5
Part 12 Viet Nam Veterans and Their Families Trust payments
MoU on measures related to veterans has the meaning given to it in regulation 40
Trust means the trust established by the trust deed and that was, immediately before the commencement of these regulations, called the Viet Nam Veterans and Their Families Trust
Compare: SR 2008/348 r 3
The exemptions in regulations 45 and 46 apply to any payments made on or after 17 August 2007.
Compare: SR 2008/348 r 4
any payment made to a person by the Trust other than a payment of the kind referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of clause 14.2 of the trust deed; and
Subclause (1) applies only in respect of the first 12 months after the payment is made.
Compare: SR 2008/348 r 5
This subclause applies to any payment made to a person by the Trust other than a payment of the kind referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of clause 14.2 of the trust deed.
Compare: SR 2008/348 r 6
The regulations specified in the Schedule are revoked on the commencement of these regulations.
The revocation of any provision by these regulations does not affect any document made or any thing done under the revoked provision.
Every document made or thing done under the revoked provision, so far as it has effect at the time of the revocation and could have been made or done under these regulations, continues and has effect as if—
it had been made or done under the corresponding provision of these regulations; and
the corresponding provision of these regulations had been in force when the document was made or the thing was done.
This regulation does not limit the provisions of the Interpretation Act 1999.
Part 14 Payments under Sleepover Wages (Settlement) Act 2011
Part 14: inserted, on 17 February 2012, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/4).
Idea Services; or
Timata Hou; or
Regulation 49: inserted, on 17 February 2012, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/4).
The exemption in regulation 51 applies on and after the date on which the performance of the sleepover concerned ended.
The exemption in regulation 52 applies only for the first 12 months after the payment concerned is made.
Regulation 50: inserted, on 17 February 2012, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/4).
This subclause applies to every payment—
of back wages that are for a sleepover that began to be performed on or after 1 June 2004; and
a historic employee.
Regulation 51: inserted, on 17 February 2012, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/4).
Regulation 52: inserted, on 17 February 2012, by regulation 6 of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/4).
Social Security (Cash Assets Exemption—Redundancy Payment) Regulations 2008 2008/448
Social Security (Income and Cash Asset Exemptions—Viet Nam Veterans and Their Families Trust Payments) Regulations 2008 2008/348
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions—Canterbury Earthquake) Regulations 2011 2011/15
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions—EVSA (Neville Wallace Memorial) Children’s & Grandchildren’s Trust Payments) Regulations 2009 2009/405
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions: Ex Gratia and Compensation Payments Made by the Crown) Regulations 2008 2008/347
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions—Lake Alice Compensation or Ex Gratia Payments) Regulations 2007 2007/321
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions—Payments to Victims of Crime) Regulations 2009 2009/404
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions: Personal Injury from Hepatitis C Infection Contracted Through New Zealand Blood Supply) Regulations 2006 2006/377
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions: Superannuation Schemes) Regulations 2008 2008/68
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions—Vietnam Veterans Ex Gratia Payments) Regulations 2007 2007/98
Social Security (Income Exemption: Health Services and Disability Support Services Funded or Provided by the Crown) Regulations 2007 2007/167
Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004 2004/363
Social Security (Income Exemption: Operational Allowances) Regulations 2007 2007/55
This is a reprint of the Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Regulations 2011 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2018 (LI 2018/21)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2017 (LI 2017/224)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/32)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2016 (LI 2016/232)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/31)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2014 (LI 2014/383)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2014 (LI 2014/168)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/38)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/21)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2012 (SR 2012/43)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2012 (SR 2012/20)
Social Security (Income and Cash Assets Exemptions) Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/4)