Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004
Unofficial consolidation of the Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004
-- as at 1 April 2008
SYLVIA CARTWRIGHT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At Wellington this 18th day of October 2004
Present:
HER EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL
Regulations
Pursuant to sections 132 and 132AA of the Social Security Act 1964, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Analysis
(List of Sections)
Regulation 5. Declaring certain amounts not to be income
1. Title
1. These regulations are the Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004.
2. Commencement
These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
3. Application
These regulations apply to payments for home-based care received by a caregiver on or after the day these regulations came into force.
4. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-
Act means the Social Security Act 1964
arranger has the meaning given to it in the code of practice
caregiver has the meaning given to it in the code of practice
code of practice means the code of practice set out in the Schedule to the Education (Home-Based Care) Order 1992 (SR 1992/238)
home-based care has the meaning given to it in the code of practice
income has the meaning given to it in section 3(1) of the Act
5. Declaring certain amounts not to be income
(1) The amount described in subclause (2) is declared not to be the income of a caregiver who receives payment for providing home-based care, arranged by an arranger, in accordance with the code of practice.
(2) The amount, in respect of each child for whom the caregiver receives payment, is the greater of-
(a) $2.99 per hour:
(b) the caregiver's actual expenses per hour of providing home-based care to that child in accordance with the code of practice, verified by receipts and supporting documents needed to calculate those expenses provided by the caregiver in a form acceptable to the chief executive.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, are made pursuant to sections 132 and 132AA of the Social Security Act 1964. The regulations declare that certain amounts of the payments received by caregivers for providing home-based care in accordance with the code of practice set out in the Education (Home-based Care) Order 1992 (SR 1992/238) are not income of the caregiver.
Explanatory notes
Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Amendment Regulations 2008
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2008, amend the Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004.
The amendment raises the amount that is declared not to be the income of a caregiver who receives payment for providing home-based care, arranged by an arranger, in accordance with the code of practice set out in the Schedule of the Education (Home-based Care) Order 1992. The amount is raised to reflect a 3.18% increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index (All Groups) from the December 2006 quarter to the December 2007 quarter.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette:
These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Social Development.
Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Amendment Regulations 2007
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2007, amend the Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004.
The amendment raises the amount that is declared not to be the income of a caregiver who receives payment for providing home-based care, arranged by an arranger, in accordance with the code of practice set out in the Schedule of the Education (Home-based Care) Order 1992. The amount is raised to reflect a 2.63% increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index (All Groups) from the December 2005 quarter to the December 2006 quarter.
Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Amendment Regulations 2006
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2006, amend the Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004.
The amendment raises the amount that is declared not to be the income of a caregiver who receives payment for providing home-based care, arranged by an arranger, in accordance with the code of practice set out in the Schedule of the Education (home-based Care) Order 1992. The raised amount is in accordance with a 3.16% increase in the All Groups Consumers Price Index.
Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Amendment Regulations 2005
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2005, amend the Social Security (Income Exemption: Home-based Care) Regulations 2004.
increased the rate in clause 5(2) from $2.67 to $2.74 effective from 1 April 2005.