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Social Security Act 2018

Obligations - Beneficiaries’ obligations - Specific obligations: work preparation

121: Persons subject to work-preparation obligations

You could also call this:

“Who needs to follow work-preparation rules”

You need to follow certain work-preparation rules if you are in any of these situations:

  • You get sole parent support and your youngest child is under 3 years old.

  • You are a work-tested beneficiary but have been allowed to delay your work-test duties.

  • You are the partner of someone who gets an emergency benefit or jobseeker support (paid at a work-test couple rate) and their youngest child is under 3 years old. This doesn’t apply if your partner is a young person with special rules.

  • You are the partner of someone who gets a supported living payment because they can’t work much or are blind, and their youngest child is under 3 years old.

  • You are under 65 years old and get an emergency benefit for a special reason related to New Zealand Superannuation.

If any of these apply to you, you must follow the rules in section 124. You might also need to do some of the things listed in section 125.

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Part 3 Obligations
Beneficiaries’ obligations: Specific obligations: work preparation

121Persons subject to work-preparation obligations

  1. The following persons must comply with section 124 and may be required to do any of the things set out in section 125:

  2. a person who receives sole parent support and whose youngest dependent child is under the age of 3 years:
      1. a person who is a work-tested beneficiary and who has been granted under regulations made under section 431 a deferral of that person’s work-test obligations:
        1. a person who—
          1. is the spouse or partner of a person who—
            1. receives an emergency benefit or jobseeker support paid at a work-test couple rate; and
              1. has a youngest dependent child aged under 3 years; and
              2. is not the spouse or partner of a young person to whom section 166 or 167 applies:
              3. the spouse or partner of a person who—
                1. receives a supported living payment on the ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness; and
                  1. has a youngest dependent child aged under 3 years:
                  2. a person under the age of 65 granted an emergency benefit under section 17(2)(c) of the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Act 2001.

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                    Notes
                    • Section 121(b): repealed, on , by section 5 of the Social Security (Subsequent Child Policy Removal) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 38).