Social Security Act 1964

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Reference: 1964 No 136
• Citation: 1964 No 136
• Record Number: DLM359106
• Act Number: 136
• Type of Document: Act

Contenidos

• Social Security Act 1964
• Preamble
• Contents
• 1 Short Title and commencement
• Part 1
• 1A Purpose
• 1B Principles
• 2 Administration
• 3 Interpretation
• 3A Delegation of powers by Minister
• 3B Status of examples
• 3C Transitional and savings provisions relating to amendments to this Act
• 4 Social Security Department
• Part 1A
• 5 Chief executive to comply with directions
• 6 Social Security Commission
• 7 Acting Commissioners
• 8 Commissioners, Acting Commissioners, and other officers to be appointed under State Services Act 1962
• 9 Meetings of Commission
• 10 Delegation of Director-General's powers
• 10A Review of decisions of chief executive made under delegation by other decision makers
• 10B Right of appeal on medical grounds
• 11 Power to obtain information
• 11A Power to obtain information for matching purposes
• 11B Code of conduct applying to obtaining information under section 11
• 11C Matters to be included in code of conduct
• 11D Application process for benefits
• 11E Pre-benefit activities: requirements
• 11F Pre-benefit activities: department must explain requirements
• 11G Pre-benefit activities: consequences of non-compliance by applicant
• 11H Pre-benefit activities: consequences of non-compliance by applicant's spouse or partner
• 12 Investigation of claims and grant of benefits
• 12A Social Security Appeal Authority
• 12B Term of office of members
• 12C Extraordinary vacancies
• 12D Special Appeal Authorities
• 12E Deputies of members
• 12F Remuneration and travelling allowances
• 12G Services for Appeal Authority
• 12H Authority to have seal
• 12I Functions of Appeal Authority
• 12J Rights of appeal
• 12K Procedure on appeal
• 12L Expenses payable to appellants
• 12M Hearing and determination of appeal
• 12N Sittings of Appeal Authority
• 12O Costs
• 12OA Costs incurred by Authority
• 12P Notice of decision
• 12Q Appeals to High Court on questions of law only
• 12R Appeals to Court of Appeal
• 12S Appeals to Supreme Court
• 13 National superannuation
• 14 Residential qualification for national superannuation
• 15 Rates of national superannuation
• 16 Special provisions in respect of married couples where one spouse not entitled to national superannuation
• 17 Commencement and payment of national superannuation
• 18 Termination of national superannuation on death of recipient
• 19 Special allowance for South African War veterans
• 20 Additional benefit for South African War veterans
• Part 1B
• 20A Sole parent support: meaning of applicant
• 20B Sole parent support: when dependent child may be regarded as applicant's child
• 20C Sole parent support: split custody
• 20D Sole parent support: standard eligibility requirements
• 20E Sole parent support: obligations on beneficiaries
• 20F Sole parent support: payment
• 20G Sole parent support: rate
• 20H Sole parent support: expiry, and replacement with jobseeker support, when youngest dependent child 14
• 21 Widows' benefits
• 21A Widows' benefits: pre-benefit activities
• 22 Benefits to wives of mental patients
• 23 Benefits to deserted wives
• 24 Rates of widows' benefits
• 25 Special provisions as to benefits to deserted wives
• 26 Continuation of benefit to deserted wife after divorce
• 27 Continuation of widow's benefit when benefit ceases to be payable in respect of children
• 27A Interpretation
• 27B Domestic purposes benefits for solo parents
• 27BA Split custody
• 27C Domestic purposes benefits for women alone
• 27CA Domestic purposes benefits under section 27B or 27C: pre-benefit activities
• 27D Applicants for domestic purposes benefits for women alone to meet residential qualifications in section 74AA
• 27E Continuation of benefit when benefit ceases to be payable in respect of children
• 27F Special provisions as to maintenance
• 27G Domestic purposes benefits for care at home of the sick or infirm
• 27H Rates of domestic purposes benefits
• 27I Interpretation
• 27J Maintenance order or agreement suspended while benefit is paid
• 27K Liable parent to contribute towards cost of benefit and child supplement
• 27L Director-General to give liable parent notice of grant of benefit
• 27M Liable parent to notify Director General of total income, etc
• 27N Director-General to assess contribution and notify liable parent
• 27O Notice of objection
• 27P Grounds on which objection may be made
• 27Q Procedure to be followed where objection received
• 27R Hearing of objection by court
• 27S Findings of court
• 27T Appeal from decisions of courts
• 27U Proceedings not open to public
• 27V Restriction of publication of reports
• 27W Costs
• 27X Recovery of unpaid contributions
• 27Y Deduction notices
• 27Z Effect of deduction notices
• 27ZA Liability of employer
• 27ZB Protected earnings
• 27ZC Variation or discharge of deduction notice
• 27ZD Transaction fee
• 27ZE Wrongful treatment of...