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Welfare Reform impacts on the Social Security Agreement with Canada
From 15 July 2013 new provisions provide for consolidation of benefit categories with new benefits names and an increased focus on work expectations for some categories. These changes have some impacts on the Agreement with Canada.
New Benefit categories
Jobseeker Support will replace:
- Unemployment Benefit (including Unemployment Benefit Student Hardship and Unemployment Benefit Training)
- Sickness Benefit (including Sickness Benefit Hardship)
- Widows Benefit for clients with dependent children aged 14 years or older, or have no children
- Domestic Purposes Benefit - Sole Parent and widowers with dependent children aged 14 years or older
- Domestic Purposes Benefit - Women Alone
Sole Parent Support will replace:
- Widows Benefit for clients with dependent children aged under 14 years
- Domestic Purposes Benefit - Sole Parent and widowers with dependent children aged under 14 years
Supported Living Payment will replace:
- Invalid's Benefit
- Domestic Purposes Benefit - Care of sick or infirm
The following benefits will remain:
- Emergency Benefit for clients in hardship (including Emergency Maintenance Allowance)
- Unsupported Child's Benefit and Orphan's Benefit
- New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran's Pension
- Youth Payment
- Young Parent Payment
For entitlements arising from an Agreement occurring on or after 15 July 2013 references in the Agreement with Canada to the former benefit names must be considered as references to the new names. The name changes do not affect New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran's Pension.
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