Client meeting their youth activity obligations
A client receiving Young Parent Payment can continue to be paid a benefit while they are absent from New Zealand for any reason if:
- the travel will not prevent them from continuing to meet their youth activity obligations (eg because they are attending school and the travel is during the school holidays or they are attending a training course and the travel is during a term or semester break, and they do not need to be in New Zealand to meet any of their other obligations during the travel period)
Examples include (but are not limited to)
Client situation | Outcome |
A young person is meeting their education obligation by attending secondary school and they wish to holiday in Australia during the school holidays. The client is not required by their Service Provider to undertake a parenting or budgeting course or attend any meetings with them during the period they wish to travel. | The travel will not prevent the client from meeting any of their youth activity obligations so it will be approved. The young person can be absent from New Zealand and continue to receive their payment for up to 28 days in any 52 week period. |
A young person is meeting their education obligation by participating in a full time training course and decides to take time off from the course in the middle of the term so that they can holiday in Australia. | The travel will not be approved as it will prevent the young person from meeting their obligation to be in full-time education or training. |
A young person is enrolled in a full-time training course, however, the course has not yet started, and the young person wishes to travel to the United States for a holiday before the course commencement date. The young person does not have to be in New Zealand to meet any other obligations during the travel period (eg they do not have to attend a budgeting or parenting course during the time of the travel) | The travel will not prevent the client from meeting any of their youth activity obligations so it will be approved. The young person can continue to receive their payment for up to 28 days in any 52 week period while they are absent from New Zealand. |
For more information see:
Legislation
- Effect of absence of beneficiary from New Zealand section 114 Social Security Act 2018
- General rule: benefit not payable while beneficiary absent from New Zealand section 219 Social Security Act 2018
- Subpart 6—Factors affecting benefits: absence from New Zealand Part 4, subpart 6 Social Security Regulations 2018
