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Clients who cannot receive Community Costs

A client cannot receive Community Costs if:

  • they (or their partner if any) are receiving Special Benefit
  • they are a dependent child (which includes a child for whom an Orphans Benefit or Unsupported Childs Benefit is paid)
  • they are a child for whom payments are being made under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
  • they have been assessed as needing to live in a residential care facility on a long-term basis (such as clients with mental health, physical or intellectual disabilities)
  • they have been needs assessed as requiring long term residential care in a hospital or rest home indefinitely (such as clients in age-related care)

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Any payments including board payments paid for a child in the direct care or sole guardianship of the Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki.

Legislation

The Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 is also known as the Children's and Young People's Well-being Act 1989. It was previously known as the:

A dependent child is a child who is:

A dependent child does not include a:

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