Section 46 — Social Security Act 2018: Unsupported child’s benefit: requirements

46 Unsupported child’s benefit: requirements (1) This section applies if, because of the circumstances specified in subsection (2), a child has no parent (as defined in subsection (3)) who is able to— (a) care for the child; or (b) provide fully for the child’s support. (2) The circumstances are that there has been a breakdown in the child’s family. (3) A parent , in relation to a child, and for the purposes only of this subpart and section 31(b)(ii) , means a natural parent, an adoptive parent, or a step-parent of the child. (4) A person ( P ) is entitled to an unsupported child’s benefit for the child if— (a) P is an eligible caregiver of the child; and (b) either— (i) the child is both resident and present in New Zealand; or (ii) P has been both resident and present in New Zealand for a continuous period of 12 months at any time. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 29