Appendix A
Legislation we manage and administer
The key pieces of legislation we manage and administer are the:
- Adoption Act 1955 (operational administration)
- Adoption (Intercountry) Act 1997 (operational administration)
- Adult Adoption Information Act 1985 (operational administration)
- Charities Act 2005
- Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
- Children’s Commissioner Act 2003
- Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999
- Department of Social Welfare Act 1971
- Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act 2008
- Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975 (except Part 2A)
- Education Act 1989 (Part 25)
- Employment Services and Income Support (Integrated Administration) Act 1998
- Families Commission Act 2003
- Family Benefits (Home Ownership) Act 1964
- New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006
- New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 (Parts 1 and 4 and Schedules 1 and 6)
- Social Security Act 1964
- Social Welfare ( Transitional Provisions) Act 1990
- Social Workers Registration Act 2003
- War Pensions Act 1954 (operational administration for Veterans’ Pensions).
Bills on the 2013 legislation programme in the name of the Minister for Social Development and Associate Ministers for Social Development are:
Category 2 (must be passed in 2013):
- Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill
- Families Commission Amendment Bill.
Category 3 (to be passed if possible in 2013):
- Social Security (Fraud Measures and Debt Recovery) Amendment Bill
- Social Assistance (Living Alone Payments) Amendment Bill
- Social Security Amendment Bill (No 3).
Category 5 (to be referred to a Select Committee in 2013):
Vulnerable Children’s Bill.
Non-Ministry Bills in which the Ministry has a particular interest include the:
- Child Support Amendment Bill
- Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill
- Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Amendment Bill
- Housing Sector (Functions and Transfers) Bill
- Housing Reform Bill
- Legal Assistance (Sustainability) Amendment Bill
- Minimum Wage (Starting-out Wage) Amendment Bill
- Social Security (Clothing Allowances for Orphans and
- Unsupported Children) Amendment Bill (private members bill)
- State Sector and Public Finance Reform Bill
- Statutes Amendment Bill
- Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2)
- Student Loan Scheme Amendment Bill (No 2)
- Victims of Crime Reform Bill.
