These regulations are made under sections 418, 423(1)(b), and 428(2)(d) of the Social Security Act 2018 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Principal regulations
4	Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
5	Regulation 69 amended (Chargeable income)
6	Regulation 194 amended (How specified payment may be paid)
7	Regulation 195 amended (Other payments that may be paid to young person or on account of young person)
8	Schedule 8 amended
	Explanatory note
	Administrative Information

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Social Security (Youth Money Management) Amendment Regulations 2025.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 17 November 2025.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Social Security Regulations 2018.

4 Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

In regulation 3(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:

Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme means the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme—

(a)

approved and established under section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964 on 6 March 2014; and

(b)

saved by clause 21 of Schedule 1 of the Social Security Act 2018 as if it were approved and established under section 101 of that Act

Training Incentive Allowance Programme means the Training Incentive Allowance Programme approved and established under section 101 of the Act on 24 May 2021

5 Regulation 69 amended (Chargeable income)

In regulation 69(5)(g), replace “Employment Readiness and Work Assistance Programme” with “Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme”.

6 Regulation 194 amended (How specified payment may be paid)

In regulation 194(2), after “subject to”, insert “regulation 195 and”.

7 Regulation 195 amended (Other payments that may be paid to young person or on account of young person)

(1)

In the heading to regulation 195, replace “Other payments” with “Payments”.

(2)

In regulation 195(1)(c), delete—

(a)

“payments of training incentive allowance under the employment readiness and work assistance programme,”; and

(b)

“, or payments under the sole parent study assistance programme,”.

(3)

After regulation 195(1)(c), insert:

(ca)

any flexible childcare assistance under the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme:

(cb)

any payment under the Training Incentive Allowance Programme:

8 Schedule 8 amended

In Schedule 8, replace clause 10 with:

10 Lump sum payments made under Programme

This clause applies to a lump sum payment made under the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme.

Rachel Hayward,
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 17 November 2025, amend the Social Security Regulations 2018 (the principal regulations).

The amendments—

clarify the relationship between regulations 194 and 195 of the principal regulations; and
update regulation 195 of the principal regulations to refer to the Training Incentive Allowance Programme, instead of the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme, as the programme under which the training incentive allowance payments are made; and
add flexible childcare assistance under the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme to the list of payments that may be made under regulation 195 directly to or on account of a young person to whom regulation 194 of the principal regulations applies; and
remove the reference in regulation 195 to the Sole Parent Study Assistance Programme, which is no longer in force; and
make minor changes to ensure consistency in the way that the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme is referred to throughout the principal regulations.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 16 October 2025.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

Social Security (Youth Money Management) Amendment Regulations 2025