Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2013: revoked, on 1 April 2014, by regulation 5 of the Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/33).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Health.

Pursuant to section 92(3) of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and section 132A of the Social Security Act 1964, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Principal regulations

4 Regulation 8 amended (Eligibility for community services cards)

5 Consequential revocation

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2013.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 April 2013.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993 (the principal regulations).

4 Regulation 8 amended (Eligibility for community services cards)

(1) In regulation 8(5)(a), replace “$24,894” with “$25,046”.

(2) In regulation 8(5)(b), replace “$26,393” with “$26,554”.

(3) In regulation 8(5)(c), replace “$39,423” with “$39,664”.

(4) In regulation 8(6)(a), replace “$47,597” with “$47,888”.

(5) In regulation 8(6)(b), replace “$57,640” with “$57,992”.

(6) In regulation 8(6)(c), replace “$65,627” with “$66,028”.

(7) In regulation 8(6)(d), replace “$73,450” with “$73,899”.

(8) In regulation 8(6)(e), replace “$82,193 for the first 6 people, plus a further $7,703” with “$82,695 for the first 6 people, plus a further $7,750”.

5 Consequential revocation

The Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2012 (SR 2012/16) are revoked.

Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.

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 1 April 2013, amend the Health Entitlement Cards Regulations 1993.

The amendments raise the income entitlement thresholds that are used to determine a person's eligibility for a community services card. These increases reflect a 0.61% increase in the New Zealand Consumers Price Index from the December 2011 quarter to the December 2012 quarter (calculated for all quarters using the CPI All Groups excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 28 February 2013.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2013 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ .

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/33): regulation 5

Health Entitlement Cards Amendment Regulations 2013