Social Security (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Act 2015
Social Security (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Act 2015
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Social Security (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Act 2015
Reprint as at 26 November 2018

Social Security (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Act 2015
Public Act |
2015 No 113 |
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Date of assent |
23 November 2015 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Social Security (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Act 2015: repealed, on 26 November 2018, pursuant to section 455(1) of the Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32).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 official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Social Security (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Act 2015.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Social Security Act 1964 (the principal Act).
4 Section 80BA amended (Calculation of stand down)
(1)
In section 80BA(4)(a)(i), replace “on which” with “after”.
(2)
In section 80BA(4)(b), replace “on the day on which” with “on the day after”.
5 Retrospective effect of amendments to section 80BA
(1)
The principal Act must be read as if the amendments to section 80BA(4)(a)(i) and (b) made by section 4 of this Act had come into force on 3 June 1998.
(2)
However, subsection (1) does not apply in the case of any decision or determination made before the commencement of this Act—
(a)
that affects the appellant in Social Security Appeal No. SSA 001/14 and SSA 002/14 ([2014] NZSSAA 39); or
(b)
that affects the appellant in Social Security Appeal No. SSA 115/14 and SSA 134/14 ([2014] NZSSAA 106); or
(c)
that is a decision to commence a benefit on the day on which the stand down period ends; or
(d)
that relates to the commencement of a benefit on or after 20 May 2014 and is the subject of an application for a review under section 10A of the principal Act made at any time during the period—
(i)
beginning with the commencement of this Act; and
(ii)
ending on the close of 8 January 2016; or
(e)
that relates to the commencement of a benefit at any time on or after 3 June 1998 and is the subject of an application for a review under section 10A of the principal Act made at any time before the commencement of this Act.
6 Application for review not out of time
Any application for a review referred to in section 5(2)(d) or (e) must, for the purpose of section 10A(1B) of the principal Act, be taken to have been made within 3 months after the applicant received notice of the decision.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Social Security (Commencement of Benefits) Amendment Act 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32): section 455(1)
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Versions
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