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Legislation

Legislation contains an unofficial, consolidated version of the:

Social Security Act 1964

Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990

It also contains an unofficial, consolidated version of (parts of) the:

New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001

The availability of these Acts is subject to the disclaimer below.

Also available are:

guidelines

ministerial directions

reciprocal orders

regulations

welfare programmes

Most of these other forms of legislation have also been prepared for in-house use by the Ministry of Social Development. Some are unofficial, consolidated versions. And as for the Acts, their availability is subject to the disclaimer below (to the extent that this is relevant).

Some of this legislation is provided in a PDF ( ) format. This can be viewed with Adobe Reader, and you can download a free copy of that from http://www.adobe.com/.

Social Security Act 1964

This version of the Social Security Act 1964 is current as at 24 September 2007.

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Table of current amending legislation

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Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990

This version of the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 is current as at 30 June 2006.

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Table of current amending legislation

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New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001

This version of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 is current as at 1 April 2008.

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Table of amending legislation

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Disclaimer

The Consolidated Social Welfare Legislation (Unofficial) has been prepared for in-house use by the Ministry of Social Development. Although care has been taken in its preparation, no responsibility is taken for any errors or omissions, or for any actions or omissions based upon its use. It is recommended that the officially published versions of the statutes and their amendments be referred to, in conjunction with the unofficial consolidation.

The unofficial consolidation of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 is of the parts of the Act (and relevant provisions) relating to New Zealand superannuation entitlements and the Retirement Commissioner.

The unofficial consolidation does not purport to be a copy of an Act of Parliament or a reprint of such an Act printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government in terms of sections 29 and 29A Evidence Act 1908.

The unofficial consolidation is however subject to copyright and to Crown copyright, and no part may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without the prior written consent of the Ministry of Social Development.