Changes to Income and Cash Assets Regulations – Exempting Lump-Sum Payments made by the Ministry of Social Development

29 October 2019.

Cabinet has agreed to amend the Social Security Regulations 2018 and the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Regulations 2018 so that payments made by the Ministry of Social Development are exempt from income and cash assets tests for eligibility to access specified forms of government financial assistance.

Coversheet - Changes to Income and Cash Assets Regulations (PDF 502.54KB)
Report - Seeking a cash asset and income exemption for MSD lump-sum payments (PDF 1.67MB)
Report - Proceeding without the proposed exclusions for the MSD lump-sum payments exemption (PDF 133.72KB)
Aide memoire - Exempting MSD lump-sum payments from income and cash assets tests to ensure client access to full and correct entitlements (PDF 115.97KB)
Cabinet paper – Changes to Income and Cash Assets Regulations – exempting lump-sum payments made by MSD (PDF 122.03KB)
Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee Minute SWC-19-MIN-0121 (PDF 124.42KB)
Aide memoire – MSD lump-sum payments exemption (for Cabinet) (PDF 124.61KB)
Cabinet Minute CAB-19-MIN-0472 (PDF 134.44KB)