Section 220 — Social Security Act 2018: Special absence rule: winter energy payment

220 Special absence rule: winter energy payment (1) The winter energy payment is not payable for 1 or more days while a beneficiary is absent from New Zealand unless it is so payable under subsection (2). (2) The winter energy payment is payable to a beneficiary for 1 or more days during any 1 or more absences of the beneficiary from New Zealand so long as each such absence is equal to or shorter than 4 weeks during the winter period (as defined in section 71 ) and— (a) the payment would, but for those 1 or more absences, be payable to the beneficiary; and (b) the chief executive is satisfied that the 1 or more absences do not affect the beneficiary’s eligibility for the payment under section 72 . (3) Sections 219 and 436 do not apply to the winter energy payment. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 61FJ(1), (2)