Direction on Special Benefit Amendment (No 2) 2021, effective from 11 June 2021

02 June 2021.

This instrument, which comes into force on 11 June 2021 amends the Ministerial Direction in relation to Special Benefit given on 10 February 1999 and made under the Social Security Act 1964 (and saved by Schedule 1 of the Social Security Act 2018). The amendment excludes as a person’s chargeable income for a period of 12 months—any lump sum residential care subsidy refund made to a person on or after 11 June 2021, and arising from a retrospective review of any means assessment (for example, any assessments of cash assets, chargeable income, or income) by the Ministry of Social Development following the decision in Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development v Broadbent [2019] NZCA 201:any income derived from such a payment.