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126: Corporation to pay amount to claimant's estate
283: Disclosure of information by Corporation for injury prevention purposes
382: Survivor's grant to surviving spouses or partners, children, and other dependants for death before 1 April 2002
383: Compensation payable to surviving spouses or partners, children, and other dependants under Accident Insurance Act 1998
384: Compensation payable to surviving spouses or de facto partners under 1972 and 1982 Acts
385: Compensation payable to children and other dependants under 1972 and 1982 Acts
386: Child care payments for children of deceased persons
387: Compensation for pecuniary loss not related to earnings under former Acts: child care for child of deceased person
Schedule 6: Consequential amendments
69AAA: Interpretation
59: Applications by minors
331: Form of custody of persons detained without warrant overnight
373: Immigration status of persons born in New Zealand on or after 1 January 2006
374: Immigration status of persons whose status depends on immigration status of parent
375: Minors to have responsible adult to represent their interests
377: Views of minor to be considered
398: Costs of deportation or repatriation
459: Children to have responsible adult to represent their interests
CW 32: Maintenance payments
DB 32: Bad debts owed to estates
FC 4: Property transferred to charities or to close relatives and others
FC 8: Transfer of certain financial arrangements
GB 44: Arrangements involving tax credits for families
HC 16: Ordering rule for distributions from non-complying and foreign trusts
HC 36: Trusts and minor beneficiary rule
HC 37: Testamentary trusts and minor beneficiary rule
LB 4: Tax credits for families
MA 7: Meaning of full-time earner and earner for family scheme
MA 8: Some definitions for family scheme
MB 4: Family scheme income of major shareholders in close companies
MC 2: Who qualifies for entitlements under family scheme?
MC 4: Second requirement: principal care
MC 8: Continuing requirements
MC 10: Principal caregiver
MD 3: Calculation of family tax credit
MD 6: Second requirement: principal care
MD 11: Entitlement to parental tax credit
MD 14: Person receiving protected family tax credit
ME 1: Minimum family tax credit
MZ 1: Entitlement to child tax credit
69X: Interpretation
69Z: Breastfeeding breaks additional to breaks under Part 6D
69ZA: Code of employment practice relating to employer's obligation
69ZB: Penalty
1: Title and commencement
2: Interpretation
3: Act to bind the Crown
4: Objects
5: Children who qualify for child support
6: Parents by whom child support payable
7A: Commissioner may disregard document from overseas jurisdiction if not satisfied that document is valid and authentic
8: Who may apply for formula assessment
9: UCB beneficiaries must apply for formula assessment
10: Form of application
11: Multiple applications in single form
12: Deemed application by UCB beneficiary
13: Notification by Commissioner of application
14: Commissioner to establish proportions of care
15: How Commissioner establishes proportions of care
16: Determining care cost percentages
17: Determining who are liable parents and receiving carers
18: Effect of being liable parent or receiving carer
19: When liability to pay child support starts
20: Suspension of voluntary agreements
21: Duty to give notice of decision to unsuccessful applicant
22: Duty to give notice of decision to custodian
23: Duty to give notice to person from whom child support sought
24: Duty to make assessment
25: When liability to pay child support ceases
26: Miscellaneous provisions relating to death of carer
27: Election by receiving carer to end formula assessment
28: This Part sets out rates of child support
29: Commissioner to assess child support payable under formula assessment
30: Formula for assessing annual amount of child support
31: Annual amount of child support payable by liable parent
32: Minimum annual rate of child support
33: Income percentage
34: Child support income amount
35: Adjusted income
36: Multi-group allowance
37: Nil assessment of taxable income
38: Application of assessments under Income Tax Act 1976 or Tax Administration Act 1994
38A: Position where taxable income from withholding income not available for full tax year
39: Position where income not readily ascertainable
39A: Commissioner may take overseas income into account
40: Estimated income
41: Effect of election
42: Revocation of election and subsequent elections
43: Effect of revocation of election
44: End-of-year reconciliation
44A: Determining income amount if no tax return filed
45: Penalty if estimated income less than 80% of actual income
46: Interest to be charged on underestimations
47: Application of this Part
48: Voluntary agreements that qualify for acceptance
49: Minimum instalment required before agreement can be accepted
50: Exception where payee is UCB beneficiary
51: Exception in respect of child support voluntary agreement where formula assessment applies
52: Exception in respect of spousal voluntary agreement where court order in force
53: Dual-purpose voluntary agreements
54: Act not to affect other provisions of agreement
55: Application requirements
56: Dual applications
57: Decision on application
58: Consequences of Commissioner accepting voluntary agreement
59: Commencement of liability under voluntary agreement
60: Duty to give notice of decision
61: Duty to make assessment
62: When payments under voluntary agreement cease to be payable
63: Voluntary agreement may be varied
64: Election to terminate liability under voluntary agreement
65: Child support voluntary agreement no bar to application for formula assessment
66: Voluntary agreement no bar to application for maintenance order under Family Proceedings Act 1980
66A: Commissioner to give effect to orders made under Property (Relationships) Act 1976
67: Application of this Part
68: Effect of certain court orders
69: Duty to make assessment
70: Election that Commissioner is not to enforce order
71: Period for which money payable under this Act
72: Minimum rate of child support or domestic maintenance
73: Application for exemption by prisoner or hospital patient
74: Effect of election
75: End of exemption
76: Prisoner or hospital patient to advise Commissioner if exemption ends
77: Assessment on basis of information supplied to Commissioner
78: Assessment to relate to all children for whom child support payable
79: Assessment to relate to whole or part of single child support year
80: Assessments for part of child support year
81: Notification requirements of parent
82: Parents and receiving carers to advise Commissioner of changes
83: Evidence relating to assessments
84: Validity of assessments
85: Assumptions as to future events
86: Commissioner to give effect to changed circumstances
87: Amendment of assessments
88: Notice of assessment of formula assessment of child support
89: Notification by Commissioner to other payers and payees
89A: Outline
89B: Definitions for this Part
89C: Exemption for long-term hospital patients
89D: Exemption for long-term prisoners
89E: Exemption for persons under 16 years
89F: Exemption does not apply at any time during child support year if income criteria not met at any time during relevant period
89G: Other restrictions on application of exemptions
89H: Applications for exemptions under this subpart
89I: Grant of exemption under this subpart
89J: Exempted person not entitled to refund
89K: Commissioner may make determinations in relation to exemptions
89L: Application for determination
89M: Determination that exemption does not apply or ceases to apply or determination confirming exemption
89N: Determination that provisions of Act relating to formula assessment of child support will be departed from
89O: Reasons for determination
89P: Commissioner may refuse to make determination because issues too complex
89Q: Application disclosing no grounds for making determination: how dealt with
89R: Other party to be notified
89S: Procedure for dealing with application
89T: Circumstances in which representation or assistance at hearing may be approved
89U: Subsequent applications
89V: Effect of pending applications
89W: Commencement of determinations
89X: Restriction on publication of reports of proceedings
89Y: Application for exemption on grounds relating to sex offence
89Z: Grant of exemption to victim of sex offence
89ZA: Exemption is void in certain circumstances
89ZB: Commissioner must give effect to exemption and may take changes into account
89ZC: Exempted person must advise Commissioner of certain matters
89ZD: Liable person liable for payment of financial support for parts of child support year to which exemption does not apply
89ZE: Applications by agents
90: Objections to appealable decisions
91: Objections to assessments
92: Requirements in relation to objections
93: Notice of result of objection
94: Determination of objection not to affect other assessments or decisions
95: Obligation to pay financial support where objection made
96: Objections to which this Part does not apply
96A: Commissioner may make determination
96B: Application for determination
96C: Matters as to which Commissioner must be satisfied before making determination
96D: Determinations that may be made
96E: Requirements for application
96F: Commissioner may refuse to make determination because issues too complex
96G: Application disclosing no grounds, etc, for making determination—how dealt with
96H: Other parties to be notified
96I: Procedure for dealing with application
96J: Circumstances in which representation or assistance at hearing may be approved
96K: Child support agreements entered into before determination made
96L: Subsequent applications
96M: Effect of pending applications
96N: Suspension of liabilities
96O: Commencement of determinations
96P: Restriction on publication of reports of proceedings
96Q: Commissioner may make determination under this Part
96R: Matters that Commissioner must be satisfied of before making determination
96S: Commissioner may make preliminary enquiries
96T: Notice to subject parent giving chance to respond
96U: Written response by subject parent
96V: Decision by Commissioner to start proceedings under this Part
96W: Commissioner to notify subject parent
96X: Commissioner to notify receiving carers and liable parent with rights of election under section 96Y
96Y: Election by receiving carer or by liable parent to become party or discontinue proceedings
96Z: Written representations by parties
96ZA: Procedure for making determination
96ZB: Determinations that may be made
96ZC: Commissioner may refuse to make determination because issues too complex
96ZD: Effect of pending proceedings under this Part
96ZE: Commencement of determinations
96ZF: Restriction on publication of reports of proceedings
96ZG: Application of certain provisions in Part 6A to proceedings under this Part
97: Jurisdiction of courts
98: Minimum liability in respect of child support
99: Declarations in respect of step-parents
100: Appeal by person from whom formula assessment of child support sought
101: Appeal by unsuccessful applicant for formula assessment
102: Appeals against decisions of Commissioner
103: Appeals against assessments
103A: Appeal in relation to determination or decision under subpart 3 of Part 5A
103B: Appeal by respondent from determination under Part 6A
103C: Appeal from determination under Part 6B
103D: Powers of Family Court on appeal
103E: Implementation of orders
104: Application for departure from formula assessment in special circumstances
105: Matters as to which court must be satisfied before making order
106: Orders that may be made
107: Implementation of orders
108: Application for order for provision of child support in form of lump sum
109: Orders for provision of child support in form of lump sum
110: Relationship between lump sum orders and assessed child support
111: Effect of lump sum orders on formula assessment of child support
112: Discharge, suspension, revival, and variation of orders
113: Power to set aside agreements
114: Implementation of decision
115: Pending appeal or application not to affect assessment
116: Urgent maintenance orders
117: Suspension orders
118: General powers of court
119: Cessation of orders under Act
120: Appeal from decisions of courts
121: Evidence on hearing of appeal against disallowance
122: UCB beneficiary is compellable witness against liable parent
123: Conduct of proceedings
124: Publication of reports of proceedings
125: Intervention in proceedings
126: Copies of orders to be forwarded to Commissioner
127: Orders by consent
128: Debt due to the Crown
129: Right to choose voluntary automatic deductions or other payment method
130: Defaulters to pay child support by automatic deduction
131: Social security beneficiaries to pay financial support by automatic deduction
132: Due date for payment of financial support
133: Alteration to first due date where notice of assessment issued
134: Penalties for late payment of financial support debts
135: Interpretation for purposes of sections 135A to 135G
135A: Application of sections 135AB to 135G
135B: Discretionary relief if reasonable cause
135C: Discretionary relief if failure of another person to make deduction
135D: Discretionary relief if honest oversight by liable person with no history of default
135E: Discretionary relief if error made by Department
135F: Discretionary relief if debt waived or uplifted
135G: Discretionary relief if serious hardship
135H: Relief from initial late payment penalty if full compliance with payment arrangement entered into or made before 1 April 2016 and within 3-month period
135I: Relief from initial late payment penalty if minimum amount
135J: Relief from incremental penalties unpaid before agreement entered into on or after 26 September 2006
135K: Relief from incremental penalties in relation to arrangements entered into or made before 26 September 2006
135L: Writing-off of incremental penalties if non-compliance with arrangement
135M: Relief from ongoing incremental penalties if payment agreement in force
135N: Relief from ongoing incremental penalties if deduction notice in force
135O: Refunds paid out of Crown Bank Account without further appropriation
136: Amounts payable per month and per day
137: Order in which payments to be applied by Commissioner
138: Apportionment of payment between payees
139: Establishment of Child Support Trust Bank Account
140: Payments into, and out of, Child Support Trust Bank Account
141: Payment to receiving carers who are not UCB beneficiaries
142: Payment of formula assessment child support to receiving carers who are UCB beneficiaries
143: Payment of voluntary agreement child support to receiving carers who are UCB beneficiaries
144: Payment of lump sum and other child support
145: Payment to spouses or other partners
146: Time at which payments are to be made
147: Unremitted deductions made by employers or PAYE intermediaries
148: Method by which payments to be made
149: Unexplained remittances
150: Time at which unexplained remittances deemed to be received
151: Overpayments to payees before 1 April 2016
151A: Relief where child support overpaid before estimation
152: Relief in cases of serious hardship
152A: Relief in case of exemption granted to liable person
153: Interpretation
154: Deduction notice
155: Money from which deductions to be made
156: Copy of deduction notice to be given to liable person
157: Priority of deductions under this Act
158: Life of deduction notices
159: Duty of payer to make deductions from money payable
160: Periodic deductions from money other than source deduction payments
161: No opting out
162: Authority to make deductions
163: Payment of deductions to Commissioner
164: Discharge of liable person's liability to Commissioner and payer's liability to liable person
165: Protected net earnings rate
166: Position where liable person has 2 or more employers
167: Deductions to be held on trust
168: Payer failing to make financial support deductions
169: Unpaid financial support to constitute charge on payer's property
170: Payers not to disclose information
171: Offence to prejudice employees because of financial support liability
173: Penalty for late deductions
174: Write-off of late deduction penalty
175: Application of other provisions to amounts payable under this Part
176: Application of amounts paid or credited where 2 or more debts due
177: Records to be kept by payer
178: Mode of recovery of unpaid financial support
179: Payee has no right to take action to recover financial support payments
180: Payee may uplift financial support debt
181: Application of tax overpayments
182: Bankruptcy
183: Warrant to seize property
184: Charging orders
185: Charging orders on life insurance policies
186: Extent to which charging orders bind the Crown
187: Receiving orders
188: Powers and duties of receiver
189: Order for enforcement of arrears
190: Power to issue summons to appear in court
191: Evidence of default
192: Power to summons witnesses
193: Execution of warrants
194: Conduct of examination
195: Orders by court
196: Contempt procedures
197: Application of Legal Services Act 2000
198: Liable person doing community work to be discharged on payment
199: Arrest of liable person
200: Dispositions may be restrained
201: Dispositions may be set aside
202: Procedure in High Court where defendant absent from New Zealand
203: No limitation of action to recover financial support
204: Crown Proceedings Act 1950 not affected
205: Recovery of financial support paid by one person on behalf of another
206: Direct payment to payee
207: Amounts paid where no liability to pay exists, etc
208: Offences
208A: Offences by payers
209: Officers and employees of corporate bodies
210: Penalties for offences
211: Proceedings must be commenced by Commissioner
212: Charging document may charge several offences
213: Charging document may be filed within 10 years
214: Interpretation
215: Adoption of reciprocal agreement with other countries
216: Refund of excess financial support
216A: Method of application for refund of excess financial support paid
216B: Transfer of refund
216C: Form of request for transfer of refund
216D: Commissioner must transfer refund
217: Appropriation of refunds
218: Meaning of ordinarily resident in New Zealand
219: Power of Commissioner in respect of small amounts
219A: Power of Commissioner where small debit results from exchange rate fluctuations
220: Evidentiary certificates by Commissioner
221: Commissioner may appear in legal proceedings by employee of the Crown
222: Proceedings not affected by vacancy or change in office of Commissioner
223: Service on protected person
224: Proceedings where respondent is absent from New Zealand or cannot be found
225: Proceedings by or against minors
226: Appointment of lawyer to represent child in proceedings
227: Vexatious proceedings
228: Evidence
229: Power of Family Court or District Court to call witnesses
230: Proof of certain matters
231: Standard of proof
232: Costs
233: Court fees
235: Regulations
236: Changes in published statistics to be disregarded
237: Rounding of amounts
238: Applications by agents
239: Notification requirements
241: Compensation not assignable
242: Protection of administrator against certain claims
243: Effect of adoption order
244: Recovery of cost of maintenance of children and young persons in care
245: Preferential payments
246: Effect of attachment orders
247: Jurisdiction of Family Courts
250: Interpretation
253: No liability to pay financial support under this Act until 1 July 1992
254: Changes to ways in which maintenance liabilities may be enforced
255: Evidence of default
256: Savings in respect of outstanding liable parent contributions
257: Saving in respect of assignment of accident compensation
258: Saving in respect of jurisdiction of Family Courts
259: Savings in respect of outstanding maintenance liabilities
260: Savings in respect of assignment of accident compensation
261: Automatic applications for formula assessment in respect of existing liable parent contributors
262: Expiry of certain suspended child maintenance orders and agreements
263: Continuation of certain other child maintenance orders and agreements
264: Enforcement of Department of Social Welfare administered child maintenance orders and agreements
265: Enforcement of other child maintenance orders and agreements
266: Deferral of commencement of formula assessment in certain cases
267: Enforcement of Department of Social Welfare administered maintenance orders and agreements
268: Enforcement of other maintenance orders and agreements
269: Transfer of information during transitional period
270: Beneficiaries to apply for child support from 16 March 1992
271: Assessment activity under Social Security Act 1964 to cease from 16 March 1992
272: Transitional date for calculating living allowance
273: Transitional date for departure order and lump sum order applications
275: Application of repealed provisions of Tax Administration Act 1994
22: Children between 10 and 14
59: Parental control
131: Sexual conduct with dependent family member
131A: Dependent family member defined
149A: Being client in act of prostitution by person under 18 years of age
151: Duty to provide necessaries and protect from injury
152: Duty of parent or guardian to provide necessaries and protect from injury
154: Abandoning child under 6
159: Killing of a child
195: Ill-treatment or neglect of child or vulnerable adult
210: Abduction of young person under 16
MB 7: Family scheme income of settlor of trust
195A: Failure to protect child or vulnerable adult
276: Application, transitional, and savings provisions relating to amendments to Act
Schedule 1: Application, transitional, and savings provisions relating to amendments to Act made on or after 1 April 2015
3A: Application, transitional, and savings provisions relating to amendments to this Act
226A: Appointment of lawyer to assist court
226B: Fees and expenses of lawyer appointed under section 226 or 226A
226C: Order requiring reimbursement of costs payments
226D: Enforcement of orders made under section 226C
268A: Transitional provision for proceedings commenced before commencement of Child Support Amendment Act (No 3) 2013 but not completed
4A: Overview of child support payable under formula assessment
7B: Assumptions about parents of child
35A: Living allowance
35B: Dependent child allowance
36A: Where parent is sole receiving carer
36B: Where no receiving carers are parents
36C: Where 1 receiving carer is parent and other is non-parent
36D: Child expenditure tables
40AA: Interpretation for purposes of sections 40 to 45
88A: Details in notices of assessments
152B: Offsetting child support payments
179A: Waiver of right to payment
Schedule 2: Care cost percentage
Schedule 3: Expenditure on children
124A: Indecent communication with young person under 16
13A: Cases where formula assessment to be refused
106A: Further provision on orders for re-establishment costs situations if income increases
135AA: Non-compliance without reasonable cause with previous payment agreements
135GA: Discretionary relief for residual penalty-only debt
3: Purpose of this Act
25: Jobseeker support: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
29: Sole parent support: requirements
30: What is sole parent requirement
31: When dependent child may be regarded as applicant’s child
33: Expiry of sole parent support, and replacement with jobseeker support, when youngest dependent child turns 14 years old
40: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: requirements
41: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: application must include certificate
42: Supported living payment: on ground of caring for another person: medical examination
49: Youth payment: requirements
51: Youth payment: no or minimum income
52: When person has parental support gap
53: Youth payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
54: Youth payment: continuation after turning 18 years old
55: Youth payment: incentive payments
56: Young parent payment: requirements
58: Young parent payment: no or minimum income
59: When person has parental support gap
60: Young parent payment: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
61: Young parent payment: continuation after turning 20 years old
62: Young parent payment: incentive payments
63: Emergency benefit: discretionary grant on ground of hardship
76: Childcare assistance: purpose
77: Childcare assistance: eligibility
78: Child disability allowance: discretionary grant
79: Meaning of child with a serious disability
80: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical certificate
81: Child disability allowance: MSD may require medical examination
82: Child disability allowance: payment
83: Child disability allowance: not payable with other assistance or pension
90: Funeral grant: general eligibility and definitions
95: Temporary additional support: purpose
96: Temporary additional support: requirements
97: Temporary additional support: refusal, reduction, or cancellation of grant in certain circumstances
98: Interpretation
101: Approved special assistance programmes
102: Special assistance: status of, and access to, notices
103: Provisions relating to children aged 18 years or over who continue education
104: What this Part does
109: Outline of beneficiary’s general and specific obligations
113: Beneficiary must notify change of circumstances
120: Work-preparation obligations
121: Persons subject to work-preparation obligations
127: Obligations in relation to dependent children
128: Obligations of beneficiary in relation to dependent children
129: Obligations of spouse or partner of beneficiary in relation to dependent children of beneficiary
130: Obligations of spouse or partner of beneficiary in relation to dependent children of spouse or partner
131: Attendance of dependent child aged 3 to 5 years at early childhood education programme
134: Health care enrolment and compliance with core health checks
135: Interviews and reporting
136: Person who fails to comply with obligations in relation to dependent children is subject to sanction
137: Definitions and attendance: regulations made under section 430
140: Persons subject to work-test obligations
162: Obligations of young person granted youth support payment
163: When education obligation or training obligation begins for young parent
164: Obligations of young person granted young parent payment
166: Young person aged 16 or 17 years who has no dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary
167: Young person aged 16 to 19 years who has dependent child and who is spouse or partner of specified beneficiary
169: Interpretation
183: What this Part does
192: MSD must reduce rates of benefits for sole parents for failure to assist child support
194: Additional reduction in certain cases
195: Shared care of dependent child
196: Rules for assessing which parent has greater responsibility for dependent child
198: Loss of earnings compensation under Accident Compensation Act 2001
200: Exceptions to rule that veteran’s entitlement excludes any other benefit
202: MSD may refuse or cancel benefit for failure to take reasonable steps to obtain maintenance
203: MSD may refuse or cancel benefit if family protection claim not pursued
206: Hospitalisation
210: Beneficiary and offence defined for section 209
214: Beneficiary and offence defined for section 213
218: Exceptions to rule that benefit not payable during custody in prison or on remand
222: Additional dependent child must not be taken into account in certain cases
223: Extended application of additional dependent child rules
224: Limited application of additional dependent child rules
230: How non-entitlement period, etc, affects supplementary benefits, and spouse or partner
233: Obligations that carry sanction for failure to comply
243: Exclusion of sanction if failure is subject of prosecution under Education and Training Act 2020
247: Variation for suspension or cancellation of benefit or non-entitlement period affecting couple with 1 or more dependent children
248: Variation for suspension or cancellation of main benefit or non-entitlement period affecting sole parent
249: Good and sufficient reason for non-compliance: default by MSD
251: Good and sufficient reason for failure to supervise dependent child
255: Breach of obligation in relation to dependent children: additional steps before notice may be given
267: Case management support for beneficiary in breach of obligation in relation to dependent children
268: Failure, and first, second, and third failure, defined for young person or young parent obligations
269: Sanction for failure to comply with young person obligation
270: Sanction for first or second failure: suspension of in-hand allowance and incentive payments
272: Effect of cancellation of youth payment on accommodation supplement or temporary additional support
273: Effect of cancellation of youth payment on emergency benefit
274: Effect of cancellation of youth payment on disability allowance or child disability allowance
275: Sanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations: money management
276: Sanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations: other cases
279: Sanction for failure to comply with young parent obligation
280: Sanction for first or second failure: suspension of in-hand allowance and incentive payments
281: Sanction for third failure: cancellation of young parent payment and incentive payments
282: Effect of cancellation of young parent payment
283: Effect of cancellation of young parent payment on accommodation supplement or temporary additional support
284: Effect of cancellation of young parent payment on emergency benefit
285: Effect of cancellation of young parent payment on disability allowance or child disability allowance
286: How young person satisfies obligation after failure to comply
287: Procedure for imposing sanctions for failure to comply with young person or young parent obligation
288: Effect of regrant of youth payment on incentive payment
289: MSD may cancel incentive payment
303: After death of applicant
304: Review of entitlement and rate payable
313: Benefits subject to stand down
316: Start and calculation of stand-down period
321: Effect of no longer being subject to dependent children obligations
326: After death of beneficiary receiving specified benefit
327: Benefits payable to sole parent who stops caring for dependent child due to sudden and uncontrollable circumstances
328: Supported living payment payable to beneficiary who stops caring for another person
329: If child ceases to be entitled to orphan’s benefit or unsupported child’s benefit
333: Exception for specified benefit expiring in week of or before 26 December
339: Payment generally to, or on account of, beneficiary personally
341: Required manner of payment: money management for certain payments to young people
342: Money management for certain payments to young people: exception if young person meets prescribed criteria for managing own payments
344: Young person beneficiaries may elect money management
346: Required manner of payment: payment on death of beneficiary
367: Preferred suppliers: determinations
378: MSD may assign contracted service provider to young person
380: Orders adopting reciprocity agreements
388: Payment of benefit does not affect right to maintenance
389: Maintenance proceedings
391: Right to seek review of specified decision of MSD made under delegation
396: Authority cannot hear and determine certain appeals on medical or capacity grounds
397: Decision under specified social assistance enactments
418: Regulations: general
421: Regulations: residential requirement
424: Regulations: childcare assistance
427: Regulations: funeral grants: amounts and methods of payment
428: Regulations: temporary additional support
430: Regulations: specific obligations: obligations in relation to dependent children: definitions and attendance
442: Regulations: payments
443: Regulations: payments during epidemic in New Zealand
457: Department of Social Welfare Act 1971 repealed
Schedule 1: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Schedule 3: Income and liabilities
Schedule 4: Rates of benefits
Schedule 5: Asset and income limits
Schedule 10: Consequential amendments
Schedule 11: Identified changes in legislation
134A: Status of penalties under section 134
134B: Act's provisions on liable person's financial support debt also apply to payees' debts arising from overpayments
135FA: Discretionary relief from incremental penalties unpaid before agreement entered into on or after 1 April 2016
135GB: Relief from initial late payment penalty if full or substantial compliance with payment arrangement entered into or made on or after 1 April 2016 and within 3-month period
151AA: Overpayments to payees on or after 1 April 2016
180A: Commissioner may write off benefit component of child support debt if receiving carer was UCB beneficiary and recovery would cause serious hardship or be inefficient use of Commissioner's resources
180B: Commissioner may write off child support debt if liable person has died and his or her estate is insufficient
180C: Commissioner may write off child support debt if receiving carer has died and debt is likely to be unable to be recovered
180D: Sections 180B and 180C to cover child support penalties
179C: Limitations on consideration by Employment Court of matters arising under section 30D of Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
106B: Further provision on orders for offsetting of liabilities situations
135JA: Relief from incremental penalties unpaid before deduction plan made on or after 1 April 2016
87: Court may inquire into fairness and reasonableness of contract
88: Court orders where contract was fair and reasonable
91: Further provisions relating to application of sections 86 to 90
92: Contracts of service and life insurance contracts have effect as if minor were of full age
98: Minor may enter into contract with approval of District Court
100: Referral of application
103: Application
104: Claim that is not subject of proceeding
105: Claim that has become subject of proceeding
106: Who may apply for approval
107: Court may refuse or grant approval
108: Money or damages to be held on trust
111: Variation of certain orders
112: Order may be made on court’s own motion or on application
116: Effect of this subpart on trust
277: Sanctions for failure by young spouse or partner of specified beneficiary to comply with obligations: money management
278: Sanctions for failure by young spouse or partner of specified beneficiary to comply with obligations: other cases
162A: Purpose
162C: Residential pools must have means of restricting access
MD 12B: Additional parental tax credit amount included in lump sum if 70-day period crosses 2 tax years
69AB: Object of this Part
69ABC: Requirements relating to request
69ABE: Employer must notify decision as soon as possible
69ABF: Grounds for refusal of request by employer
69ABI: Application to Authority after initial or later reference to mediation
69ABJ: Penalty
91: Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person has dependants
92: Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person has no dependants
93: Funeral grant: eligibility if deceased person is child
94: Funeral grant: restrictions on payment
138F: Regulations relating to withdrawal from tenancy following family violence
72: Winter energy payment: requirements
135AB: Discretionary relief for pre-2021 penalties
135DA: Discretionary relief if recovery is inefficient use of Commissioner’s resources
56B: Withdrawal from tenancy following family violence
81A: Amendments of assessments arising from living circumstances existing at time when assessment begins
87A: Four-year time bar for amendment of certain assessments
89CA: Exemption for persons suffering from long-term periods of illness
96BA: Four-month time limit for certain applications that are time-barred under section 87A
129A: Newly liable persons to pay financial support by automatic deduction
43: Orphan’s benefit: requirements
45: Orphan’s benefit to be used for benefit of child
46: Unsupported child’s benefit: requirements
48: Unsupported child’s benefit to be used for benefit of child
44: Who is eligible caregiver
47: Who is eligible caregiver
134AAA: Sixty-day grace period before penalties apply
MG 1: Best Start tax credit entitlement
MG 2: Best Start tax credit
32: Sole parent support: situation of split care
Schedule 3A: Maternal birth injuries
131AB: Grooming for sexual conduct with young person
45A: Review of effect on homelessness of Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023
304A: Grounds for review of whether person’s information share child support payment is or was their weekly income
363D: Appeals and reviews unaffected
HC 39: Trustee income: disabled beneficiary trusts
MF 4K: Calculation of instalments: 31 July 2024 to 31 March 2025
MH 1: FamilyBoost tax credits: purpose
MH 3: FamilyBoost tax credit
LB 4BA: Tax credits for early childhood education
This project is an experiment to take difficult language, and make it easier to read and understand for everyone.
What’s our process for taking the law and turning it into plain language?
Laws are often hard to read. They use a lot of words and language we don’t usually use when we talk.
What are the good and bad sides of using AI?
We hope that this information will help people understand New Zealand laws. But we think that it’s important you talk to someone who understands the law well if you have questions or are worried about something.
You can talk to Community Law or Citizen’s Advice Bureau about your rights.
Remember that AI can make mistakes, and just reading the law isn’t enough to understand how it could be used in court.
