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 2011 legislation programme in the name of the Minister for Social Development and Employment and Youth Affairs are:
Category 2 (to be passed in 2011):
- Social Security Amendment Bill (No 3)
- Social Assistance (Living Alone Payments) Amendment Bill
- Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Bill (No 6)
- Social Assistance (Contingency) Amendment Bill.
Category 4 (to proceed to a select committee in 2011):
- Children, Young Persons, and their Families (Child Offenders) Amendment Bill
- Children, Young Persons, and their Families (Protecting our Children) Amendment Bill.
Non-Ministry Bills on the legislation programme in which the Ministry has a particular interest include the:
- Alcohol Reform Bill
- Child Protection Convention Bill
- Crimes Amendment Bill
- Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill
- Courts and Criminal Matters Bill
- Education Amendment Bill
- Statutes Amendment Bill
- Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2)
- Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3)
- Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Bill 2010
- Victims of Crime Reform Bill.
