Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001
Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001
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Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001
Reprint as at 26 November 2018
Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001
Public Act |
2001 No 44 |
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Date of assent |
7 August 2001 |
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Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001: repealed, on 26 November 2018, pursuant to section 455(1) of the Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32).
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
(1)
This Act is the Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001.
(2)
In this Act, the Social Security Act 1964 is called “the principal Act”
.
2 Commencement
3 Persons unlawfully resident or present in New Zealand
Section 74A of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsections:
(2)
If subsection (3) applies to a person,—
(a)
the rate of benefit payable to the person is the appropriate rate for an unmarried person (and not the rate for a married person); and
(b)
the income and assets of both the person and the person’s spouse must be taken into account as the person’s income and assets in determining the rate of benefit payable to the person.
(3)
Subsection (2) applies to—
(a)
a person who applies for a benefit before the commencement of this subsection, and who is married to a person who is unlawfully resident or present in New Zealand; and
(b)
a person, other than a person who is already in receipt of a benefit applied for before the commencement of this subsection that is being paid at the rate for a married person, who applies for a benefit on or after that date, and who is married to a person who is—
(i)
unlawfully resident or present in New Zealand; or
(ii)
lawfully resident or present in New Zealand, but only by virtue of one of the permits listed in paragraph (b) of subsection (1).
(4)
Despite subsection (3)(b)(ii), subsection (2) does not apply to a person described in any of paragraphs (c), (d), or (e) of subsection (1).
(5)
Subsection (2) applies despite anything in this Act or the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990.
4 Commencement of benefits
Section 80(2)(b) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the word “Act,”
, the words “a sickness benefit,”
.
Eprint notes
1 General
This is an eprint of the Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 About this eprint
This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.
3 Amendments incorporated in this eprint
Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32): section 455(1)
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Versions
Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2001
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