67Accommodation supplement: other funding exclusion

1. A person (P) is ineligible for an accommodation supplement (on the ground of the other funding exclusion) if—

2. P is the spouse or partner of a person who is already receiving an accommodation supplement (except as provided in section 68); or
3. P—
   1. is receiving a basic grant or an independent circumstances grant under the Student Allowances Regulations 1998 (or under other regulations made under section 645 of the Education and Training Act 2020); or
   2. would be eligible to receive one of those grants if P were to apply for the grant; or
   3. would be eligible to receive one of those grants were it not for the level of income of P or of P’s parent or parents or spouse or partner; or
4. P is a resident assessed as requiring care in respect of whom a funder is paying some or all of the cost of contracted care services under section 54, 55, 56, 57, or 58 of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018; or
5. P has a psychiatric, intellectual, physical, or sensory disability, and—
   1. P’s accommodation costs are wholly or partly funded under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022; or
   2. P’s care (other than care in P’s own home) is funded wholly or partly under that Act; or
6. P is receiving New Zealand superannuation or a veteran’s pension and—
   1. if P is not a community spouse or partner (as defined in Schedule 2), the total income of P and P’s spouse or partner (if any) is more than the applicable amount specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5; or
   2. if P is a community spouse or partner (as so defined), the total income of P alone (disregarding any income of P’s spouse or partner who is receiving long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home) is more than the applicable amount specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5.