New Zealand Parliament

“ The provisions of this Act—
(a) are the provisions of those former enactments in rewritten form; and
(b) are intended to have the same effect as the corresponding provisions of those former enactments.
(4) Subsection (3) is subject to subsections (5) and (6) and section 11.
(5) If the meaning of a provision of this Act that comes into force under section 2 (the new law) is unclear or gives rise to absurdity, the wording of a law that is repealed by section 455 or 456 and that corresponds to the new law (the old law) must be used to ascertain the meaning of the new law. ”

“ MSD may at any time require an applicant for, or a person receiving, jobseeker support on the ground of health condition, injury or disability (P) to undergo an examination by a prescribed health practitioner. ”

“ P is receiving jobseeker support at the rate in clause 1 (c) , (e) , or (f) of Part 1 of Schedule 4; and
(c) the income from that employment and P’s other income (if any) when calculated over a 52 week period is less than the amount that would, under the appropriate income test, reduce the applicable rate of jobseeker support to zero. ”

“ A power that is conferred by those specified provisions, and that is exercised on or after the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent and before 26 November 2018, may be exercised only with effect on or after 26 November 2018.
(4) If subsections (2) and (3) are to be, or have been, relied on to exercise a power,–
(a) all other enactments relevant to the power’s exercise, and that have not yet commenced, must be treated as if they had commenced ”

“ P is living apart from, and has lost the support of or is being inadequately maintained by, P’s spouse or partner; or
(e) P has lost the regular support of P’s spouse or partner because that spouse or partner—
(i) is subject to a sentence of imprisonment and is serving the sentence in a prison or is subject to release conditions that prevent that spouse or partner from undertaking employment ”

“ This section applies to a person (P) who is in a relationship and who—
(a) is receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home because P has a disability; and
(b) has not been means assessed under Part 6 of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018. ”

“ P is ordinarily resident in a country with which New Zealand has a reciprocity agreement, and P has resided continuously in New Zealand for a period of at least 2 years before applying for the benefit or before a decision on P’s claim for the benefit is made. ”

“ MSD may make a determination to regard as a party to a de facto relationship, for the purposes of the decision, any 2 people who, not being legally married or in a civil union, have entered into a de facto relationship. ”

“ This section applies to a person (P) who is receiving sole parent support.
(2) On the date that the youngest dependent child in P’s care turns 14, P’s sole parent support expires and is replaced with jobseeker support that commences on that date and is taken to be granted to P as if P had applied for it.
(3) However, if MSD reasonably believes that on that date P would not meet the conditions of entitlement to jobseeker support,—
(a) P’s sole parent support expires but is not replaced under subsection (2) by jobseeker support ”