2008/53
Social Security (Rates of Benefits
and Allowances) Order 2008
Anand Satyanand, Governor­General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 3rd day of March 2008
Present:
His Excellency the Governor­General in Council
Pursuant to section 61H of the Social Security Act 1964 and section
15 of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act
2001, His Excellency the Governor­General, acting on the advice
and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following
order.
Contents
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Title
Commencement
Increasing amount of funeral grants
Increasing asset and income limits and certain benefits
and allowances payable under Social Security Act 1964
Increasing New Zealand superannuation, etc, payable
under New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement
Income Act 2001
Consequential revocation
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Social Security (Rates of Benefits and
Allowances) Order 2008
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Schedule 1
Increases to asset and income limits and certain
benefits and allowances payable under Social Security
Act 1964
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Schedule 2
Increases to New Zealand superannuation, etc, payable
under New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement
Income Act 2001
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Order
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Title
This order is the Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allow­
ances) Order 2008.
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Commencement
This order comes into force on 1 April 2008.
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(1)
Increasing amount of funeral grants
Sections 61DB, 61DC, and 61DD of the Social Security Act
1964 are amended by omitting “$1,706.31” and substituting in
each case “$1,760.57”.
The amendments made by subclause (1) apply only in respect
of persons who die on or after 1 April 2008.
(2)
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Increasing asset and income limits and certain benefits
and allowances payable under Social Security Act 1964
Each provision of the Social Security Act 1964 listed in the
first column of Schedule 1 is amended by omitting the expres­
sion set out opposite to it in the second column and substitut­
ing in each case the expression set out opposite to it in the third
column.
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Increasing New Zealand superannuation, etc, payable
under New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement
Income Act 2001
Each provision of the New Zealand Superannuation and Re­
tirement Income Act 2001 listed in the first column of Sched­
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Schedule 1
ule 2 is amended by omitting the expression set out opposite
to it in the second column and substituting in each case the ex­
pression set out opposite to it in the third column.
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Consequential revocation
The Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order
2007 (SR 2007/60) is consequentially revoked.
Schedule 1
Increases to asset and income limits and
certain benefits and allowances payable
under Social Security Act 1964
Provisions amended
Schedule 3
Clause 1
Clause 2
Schedule 4
Clause 1(a)
Clause 1(b)
Clause 1(c)
Clause 1(d)
Schedule 6
Clause 1(a)
Clause 1(b)
Clause 1(c)
Clause 1(e)
Clause 1(f)
Clause 1(g)
Clause 2
Schedule 9
Clause 1(aa)
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Expressions
omitted ($)
Expressions
substituted ($)
255.65
185.92
263.78
191.83
153.05
157.92
144.24
135.42
117.76
148.83
139.73
121.50
180.54
223.10
293.08
185.92
185.92
185.92
295.92
37.18
186.28
230.19
302.40
191.83
191.83
191.83
301.83
38.36
118.98
122.77
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Schedule 1
Social Security (Rates of Benefits and
Allowances) Order 2008
Provisions amended
Clause 1(a)
Schedule 9—continued
Clause 1(b)
Clause 1(c)
Clause 1(d)
Clause 1(e)
Clause 1(f)
Clause 2
Clause 5
Schedule 16
Clause 1
Clause 2
Schedule 17
Clause 1
Clause 2
Clause 3
Clause 5
Clause 6
Clause 7
Clause 8
Schedule 19
Clause 1
Clause 2
Clause 3
Schedule 22
Clause 1
Clause 2
Schedule 26
Clause 1
Clause 2
Clause 3
Schedule 31
Clause 1
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Expressions
omitted ($)
148.73
Expressions
substituted ($)
153.46
178.49
255.65
148.73
148.73
148.73
148.73
148.73
184.17
263.78
153.46
153.46
153.46
153.46
153.46
255.65
185.92
263.78
191.83
180.54
223.10
293.08
185.92
185.92
185.92
185.92
186.28
230.19
302.40
191.83
191.83
191.83
191.83
39.47
52.38
32.69
40.73
54.05
33.73
32.69
32.69
33.73
33.73
148.73
148.73
148.73
153.46
153.46
153.46
892.69
921.08
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Allowances) Order 2008
Provisions amended
Clause 2
Schedule 31—continued
Clause 3
Clause 4
Clause 5
Clause 6
Clause 7
Clause 8
Clause 9
Clause 10
Clause 11
Clause 12
Clause 13
Clause 14
Schedule 2
Expressions
omitted ($)
1487.46
Expressions
substituted ($)
1534.76
1172.13
1259.12
407.75
468.64
680.66
568.66
599.11
440.65
510.01
742.05
614.57
647.48
1209.40
1299.16
420.72
483.54
702.30
586.74
618.16
454.66
526.23
765.65
634.11
668.07
Schedule 2
Increases to New Zealand superannuation,
etc, payable under New Zealand
Superannuation and Retirement Income
Act 2001
Provisions amended
Schedule 1
Clause 1(a)
Clause 1(b)
Clause 1(c)
Clause 2(a)
Clause 2(b)
Clause 3
Clause 4
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Expressions
omitted ($)
Expressions
substituted ($)
336.65
309.66
255.70
511.40
486.56
32.69
32.69
347.77
320.11
264.37
528.74
502.84
33.73
33.73
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Social Security (Rates of Benefits and
Allowances) Order 2008
2008/53
Rebecca Kitteridge,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general
effect.
This order, which comes into force on 1 April 2008, increases most
benefits and pensions.
Clauses 3 and 4 amend the Social Security Act 1964. Clause
5 amends the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income
Act 2001.
Clause 3 increases the amounts of funeral grants.
Clause 4 and Schedule 1 increase the following benefits or allow­
ances: widow’s, orphan’s, unsupported child’s, invalid’s, unemploy­
ment, sickness, domestic purposes, child disability, disability, inde­
pendent youth, related emergency benefits, and the long­term hos­
pital rates. The maximum amount of income that a blind beneficiary
may earn, and still receive a subsidy, is also increased, as are the as­
set and income limits in Schedule 31.
Clause 5 and Schedule 2 increase the rates of New Zealand super­
annuation entitlements. The rates of New Zealand superannuation
that are amended are the gross rates, but the CPI adjustment has been
calculated in relation to the net rate in each case.
These increases reflect a 3.18% increase in the New Zealand Con­
sumers 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: 6 March 2008.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.
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Wellington, New Zealand:
Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2008
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