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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending - Status of residents - Rights of residents

39: Right to benefits

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"You can still get a benefit if you are a resident, and it's calculated like you're a long-term hospital patient."

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If you are a resident, you can still get a benefit. A benefit is defined in the Social Security Act 2018. When your benefit is being calculated, you are treated as if you are a patient in a hospital for more than 13 weeks.

You are treated as a hospital patient according to the Social Security Act 2018 or the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001. This means you can get a benefit even if you are a resident. Your benefit is calculated as if you have been in a hospital for a long time.

Being a resident does not stop you from getting a benefit, and the rules for hospital patients apply to you. You can get more information about benefits from the Social Security Act 2018. The rules for benefits are the same for you as they are for hospital patients.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Status of residents: Rights of residents

39Right to benefits

  1. A resident is not disentitled from obtaining a benefit (as defined in Schedule 2 of the Social Security Act 2018).

  2. For the purpose of calculating the benefit, the resident is taken to be a patient in a hospital (within the meaning of, as the case requires, sections 206 and 207 and Schedule 2 of that Act, or section 19(1) of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001) for more than 13 weeks.

Notes
  • Section 39: replaced, on , by section 459 of the Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32).