Social Security Act 2018
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 52 — When person has parental support gap
52 When person has parental support gap (1) In this subpart, a person ( P ) has a parental support gap if— (a) none of P’s parents (and guardians (if any)) is able to support P financially; or (b)…
Section 53 — Youth payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
53 Youth payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship MSD may grant a youth payment to a young person ( P ) who meets all of the requirements in section 49 except for the residential…
Section 54 — Youth payment: continuation after turning 18 years old
54 Youth payment: continuation after turning 18 years old (1) This section sets out the circumstances in which, despite section 49(a) , a youth payment granted to a person ( P ) continues (if P is…
Section 55 — Youth payment: incentive payments
55 Youth payment: incentive payments (1) If a young person to whom a youth payment is payable meets the criteria prescribed for the purposes of this section by regulations made under section 418(1)…
Section 56 — Young parent payment: requirements
56 Young parent payment: requirements (1) A person ( P ) is entitled to a young parent payment if— (a) P is a parent or step-parent of at least 1 dependent child; and (b) P is study ready; and (c) P…
Section 57 — When person is study ready
57 When person is study ready In this subpart, a person is study ready if the person— (a) is undertaking or is available for full-time education or training leading to— (i) NCEA level 2; or (ii) an…
Section 58 — Young parent payment: no or minimum income
58 Young parent payment: no or minimum income (1) In this subpart, a person ( P ) has no or minimum income if P has— (a) no income; or (b) income of less than the amount that would reduce the…
Section 59 — When person has parental support gap
59 When person has parental support gap In this subpart, a person ( P ) has a parental support gap if— (a) P is not living with a parent or guardian and— (i) none of P’s parents (and guardians (if…
Section 60 — Young parent payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
60 Young parent payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship MSD may grant a young parent payment to a young person ( P ) who meets all of the requirements in section 56 except for the…
Section 61 — Young parent payment: continuation after turning 20 years old
61 Young parent payment: continuation after turning 20 years old (1) This section sets out the circumstances in which, despite section 56(1) (e) , a young parent payment granted to a person ( P )…
Section 62 — Young parent payment: incentive payments
62 Young parent payment: incentive payments (1) If a young person to whom a young parent payment is payable meets the criteria prescribed for the purposes of this section by regulations made under…
Section 63 — Emergency benefit: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
63 Emergency benefit: discretionary grant on ground of hardship (1) MSD may grant an emergency benefit on the ground of hardship to a person ( P )— (a) who is unable to earn enough income for P or…
Section 64 — Emergency benefit: grant during epidemic in New Zealand
64 Emergency benefit: grant during epidemic in New Zealand (1) This section applies while a domestic epidemic management notice is in force, and for any period after it expires that the Minister…
Section 65 — Accommodation supplement: discretionary grant
65 Accommodation supplement: discretionary grant (1) MSD may grant a person ( P ), for the period that MSD determines, an accommodation supplement if— (a) P has accommodation costs; and (b) P meets…
Section 66 — Social housing exclusion
66 Social housing exclusion (1) A person is ineligible for an accommodation supplement (on the ground of the social housing exclusion ) if the person’s accommodation costs (as defined in section 65 )…
Section 67 — Other funding exclusion
67 Other funding exclusion A person ( P ) is ineligible for an accommodation supplement (on the ground of the other funding exclusion ) if— (a) P is the spouse or partner of a person who is already…
Section 68 — Accommodation supplement: special rules for joint tenants who are in relationship
68 Accommodation supplement: special rules for joint tenants who are in relationship (1) If premises are occupied by 2 or more joint tenants that include 1 or more couples who are in a relationship,…
Section 69 — Accommodation supplement: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances
69 Accommodation supplement: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances (1) If MSD is satisfied that an applicant for an accommodation supplement ( A ), or A’s spouse or…
Section 70 — Winter energy payment: purpose
70 Winter energy payment: purpose The purpose of the winter energy payment is to provide targeted financial assistance to help certain people meet their household heating costs during the winter…
Section 71 — Winter energy payment: interpretation
71 Winter energy payment: interpretation In this subpart, section 220 , and Part 8 of Schedule 4, unless the context otherwise requires,— qualifying benefit means— (a) a main benefit under this Act;…
Section 72 — Winter energy payment: requirements
72 Winter energy payment: requirements (1) A person is entitled to a winter energy payment for 1 or more days during the winter period if, for those days,— (a) the person is receiving a qualifying…
Section 73 — Winter energy payment: election not to receive
73 Winter energy payment: election not to receive (1) A person entitled to a winter energy payment may make an election not to receive the payment. (2) If the payment would be payable at a rate…
Section 74 — Winter energy payment: instalments, rates, and payment
74 Winter energy payment: instalments, rates, and payment (1) A winter energy payment is payable,— (a) if the person’s qualifying benefit is a main benefit under this Act, in 22 weekly instalments;…
Section 75 — Winter energy payment: termination on review
75 Winter energy payment: termination on review MSD may terminate a winter energy payment if satisfied, after reviewing the payment under section 304 ( see also section 309 ), that— (a) the rate of…
Section 76 — Childcare assistance: purpose
76 Childcare assistance: purpose The purpose of childcare assistance is to provide targeted financial assistance to help certain people meet the costs of childcare. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 61GA(1)
Section 77 — Childcare assistance: eligibility
77 Childcare assistance: eligibility The principal caregiver of a dependent child is eligible for childcare assistance at the prescribed rate if that caregiver meets the criteria and other…
Section 78 — Child disability allowance: discretionary grant
78 Child disability allowance: discretionary grant (1) MSD may grant a child disability allowance for a child ( C ) if C— (a) is a child with a serious disability; and (b) is being cared for— (i) in…
Section 79 — Meaning of child with a serious disability
79 Meaning of child with a serious disability (1) In this subpart, child with a serious disability means a dependent child who— (a) has a disability; and (b) because of that disability needs constant…
Section 80 — Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical certificate
80 Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical certificate MSD may require that an application for a child disability allowance be supported by a medical certificate that certifies whether or…
Section 81 — Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical examination
81 Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical examination Before granting a child disability allowance, MSD may require the child to be examined by a prescribed health practitioner nominated…
Section 82 — Child disability allowance: payment
82 Child disability allowance: payment MSD may pay a child disability allowance granted under section 78(1) to the principal caregiver for the child or, if there is no such person, to the person for…
Section 83 — Child disability allowance: not payable with other assistance or pension
83 Child disability allowance: not payable with other assistance or pension A child disability allowance is not payable in addition to— (a) any benefit granted to the child under this Act (except an…
Section 84 — Meaning of disability
84 Meaning of disability In this subpart, disability has the same meaning as in section 21(1) (h) of the Human Rights Act 1993. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 69C(8)
Section 85 — Disability allowance: discretionary grant
85 Disability allowance: discretionary grant (1) MSD may grant a disability allowance to or on account of a person who— (a) meets the criteria for eligibility in subsection (2) (or to the dependent…
Section 86 — Disability allowance: excluded expenses
86 Disability allowance: excluded expenses (1) A disability allowance is not payable in respect of— (a) expenses arising from the disability of a person who is a resident assessed as requiring care…
Section 87 — Disability allowance: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances
87 Disability allowance: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances Despite anything to the contrary in section 85 , MSD may refuse to grant a disability allowance or may…
Section 88 — Disability allowance: medical examination
88 Disability allowance: medical examination Before granting a disability allowance, MSD may require the applicant (or the spouse or partner or child of the applicant, whichever applies) to be…
Section 89 — Special disability allowance: entitlement in special circumstances
89 Special disability allowance: entitlement in special circumstances (1) This section applies to a person who— (a) is in a relationship; and (b) is receiving— (i) New Zealand superannuation or a…
Section 90 — Funeral grant: general eligibility and definitions
90 Funeral grant: general eligibility and definitions (1) MSD may pay a funeral grant in respect of a deceased person if the person meets the criteria in section 91 , 92 , or 93 . (2) In this…
Section 91 — Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person has dependants
91 Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person has dependants A deceased person meets the criteria in this section if— (a) the person is survived by— (i) a spouse or partner; or (ii) a child or…
Section 92 — Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person has no dependants
92 Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person has no dependants A deceased person meets the criteria in this section if— (a) the person is not a child; and (b) the person’s funeral expenses cannot…
Section 93 — Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person is child
93 Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person is child A deceased person meets the criteria in this section if— (a) the person is a child; and (b) the person’s funeral expenses cannot be paid from…
Section 94 — Funeral grant: restrictions on payment
94 Funeral grant: restrictions on payment A funeral grant is not payable under section 90 if— (a) clause 64 of Schedule 1 of the Accident Compensation Act 2001 or subpart 8 of Part 5 of the Veterans’…
Section 95 — Temporary additional support: purpose
95 Temporary additional support: purpose The purpose of temporary additional support is to provide temporary financial assistance as a last resort to alleviate the financial hardship of people whose…
Section 96 — Temporary additional support: requirements
96 Temporary additional support: requirements (1) A person ( P ) is entitled to temporary additional support if— (a) P’s chargeable income is less than P’s essential costs; and (b) P has cash assets…
Section 97 — Temporary additional support: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances
97 Temporary additional support: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances (1) This section applies in respect of an applicant for temporary additional support if MSD is…
Section 98 — Interpretation
98 Interpretation In this subpart and in section 428 ,— allowable costs has the meaning prescribed in regulations made under section 428 , but does not include standard costs applicant includes a…
Section 99 — Overseas epidemics affecting visitors to New Zealand: Minister may give overseas epidemic management notice
99 Overseas epidemics affecting visitors to New Zealand: Minister may give overseas epidemic management notice (1) The Minister may, by written notice, declare that the effects of an outbreak outside…
Section 100 — Special assistance for visitors affected by overseas epidemics
100 Special assistance for visitors affected by overseas epidemics (1) The Minister may, in respect of any period for which an overseas epidemic management notice is in force, by written notice…
Section 101 — Approved special assistance programmes
101 Approved special assistance programmes (1) The Minister may from time to time, by written notice, approve and establish welfare programmes for the purpose of granting special assistance. (2) A…